Saturday, November 18, 2006
CNN.com Tops MSNBC.com for Top Cable News Site in October
How long has it been since CNN.com has topped MSNBC.com in the internet news sites list....too long. According to Nielsen//NetRatings CNN.com was number 3 in the list of news sites, MSNBC was 4th and waaaaaaaaay down the list was FNC at number 18. See the complete list HERE.# posted by ATN @ 10:07 PM 
Friday, November 17, 2006
HLN's Beck Top Rated Program in Cable News in the Demo Wednesday Night
HLN’s Glenn Beck special “Exposed: The Extremist Agenda” delivered the highest P2+ and P25-54 demo numbers so far in 2006 with over 1 million total viewers
Beck was #1 in the P25-54 demo, handily beating all cable news competition including FNC and MSNBC
Glenn Beck
P2+ P25-54
7p 1026 /547
9p 970/ 384
In P25-54, Glenn Beck at 7p delivered 547k, 115% ahead of FNC’s Fox Report (254k) and 240% ahead of MSNBC’s Hardball (161k). Beck’s “Exposed” was the #1 telecast of HLN this year and was the 2nd most-watched P25-54 telecast since the launch of Headline Prime.
The Glenn Beck 9p replay averaged 384k P25-54 viewers ranking as the 6th cable news program of the day and 9p hour’s largest P25-54 audience to date. The replay out-delivered MSNBC’s Scarborough Country by 63% (384k vs. 236k).
**HLN beat MSNBC in both P2+ and the P25-54 demo in Prime Time
Beck was #1 in the P25-54 demo, handily beating all cable news competition including FNC and MSNBC
Glenn Beck
P2+ P25-54
7p 1026 /547
9p 970/ 384
In P25-54, Glenn Beck at 7p delivered 547k, 115% ahead of FNC’s Fox Report (254k) and 240% ahead of MSNBC’s Hardball (161k). Beck’s “Exposed” was the #1 telecast of HLN this year and was the 2nd most-watched P25-54 telecast since the launch of Headline Prime.
The Glenn Beck 9p replay averaged 384k P25-54 viewers ranking as the 6th cable news program of the day and 9p hour’s largest P25-54 audience to date. The replay out-delivered MSNBC’s Scarborough Country by 63% (384k vs. 236k).
**HLN beat MSNBC in both P2+ and the P25-54 demo in Prime Time
# posted by ATN @ 10:31 PM
Thursday, November 16, 2006
CNN Founder on CNN, Murdoch and the TW-AOL Merger
In an interview in Denver, Colorado, CNN founder Ted Turner was asked questions about a wide range of subjects including:
Newscorp's Rupert Murdoch: "There is one person I don't like," he said of Murdoch.
Turner lambasted Murdoch - whose net worth is $7.7 billion, according to Forbes magazine.
"He gives nothing to charity," said Turner, whose net worth is estimated at $1.9 billion."
AOL-Timer Warner merger: "There is one person I don't like," he said of Murdoch.
Turner lambasted Murdoch - whose net worth is $7.7 billion, according to Forbes magazine.
"He gives nothing to charity," said Turner, whose net worth is estimated at $1.9 billion.
CNN: Turner, 67, built his fame and fortune as founder of several popular cable channels, including CNN, TNT and Cartoon Network. He told the audience he was most proud of CNN, which he launched in 1980 because he didn't trust the mainstream news networks. "I'm curious. That is why I started CNN," he said. "Then I let my friends in on it." Turner said he spent a lot of time in Denver, once the hub of the nation's cable-TV industry, while running his Atlanta-based media company.
Read the entire article HERE.
Newscorp's Rupert Murdoch: "There is one person I don't like," he said of Murdoch.
Turner lambasted Murdoch - whose net worth is $7.7 billion, according to Forbes magazine.
"He gives nothing to charity," said Turner, whose net worth is estimated at $1.9 billion."
AOL-Timer Warner merger: "There is one person I don't like," he said of Murdoch.
Turner lambasted Murdoch - whose net worth is $7.7 billion, according to Forbes magazine.
"He gives nothing to charity," said Turner, whose net worth is estimated at $1.9 billion.
CNN: Turner, 67, built his fame and fortune as founder of several popular cable channels, including CNN, TNT and Cartoon Network. He told the audience he was most proud of CNN, which he launched in 1980 because he didn't trust the mainstream news networks. "I'm curious. That is why I started CNN," he said. "Then I let my friends in on it." Turner said he spent a lot of time in Denver, once the hub of the nation's cable-TV industry, while running his Atlanta-based media company.
Read the entire article HERE.
# posted by ATN @ 1:45 PM
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
CNN Co-founder: Election Week is a Breakthrough Week for CNN
CNN co-founder Reese Schonfeld has drawn his conclusions for CNN's good week last week. Below are his thoughts from his website:
"CNN has finally had a breakthrough week. In primetime election week FoxNews averaged 1.5 million viewers, CNN 1.2 million viewers. Fox ordinarily beats CNN almost two-to-one, last week it was only five-to-four. In households viewing it was even better, slightly less than six-to-five. In the key demographic, 18-49, CNN had more viewers than Fox averaging 370,000 to Fox’s 343,000, first time I’ve seen that since I’ve been looking at the numbers. Adults 18-34 went to CNN also, 130,000 to 105,000. It was only in the older audience that Fox beat CNN and just barely; 466,000 viewers to 440,000.
Total day Fox beat CNN nine-to-seven, but again CNN’s demographics improved greatly. Fox averaged 217,000 viewers, CNN 212,000 in adults 18-49. 18-34 CNN beat Fox 69,000 to 55,000. Once again, with the older (25-54) age group Fox led with 294,000 viewers to CNN’s 259,000.
What conclusions do I draw:
Give people what they want and they’ll watch it. Liberals and moderates wanted a Democratic victory and they got it, so they watched CNN instead of conservative’s favorite, FoxNews.
Occasional news viewers, those who watch cable news only for big events chose CNN.
Younger viewers seem to be occasional viewers and from the demographics they obviously chose CNN. But there is a question; are they watching CNN because it reflects their opinions or because they’re used to watching it on big stories.
I think it’s a combination of both and I know we’ll know much more when we get next week’s numbers. Most occasional viewers will drop out and new viewing habits will begin to emerge. If CNN still shows large gains we’ll begin to know how much the Democratic victory has helped the perennial #2 network.
Over the next three months I should be able to determine how accurately the audience numbers of Fox and CNN portray the mood and the preferences of American viewers. It may prove to be more valuable than any conventional poll because we’ve got a pool of several million responders."
"CNN has finally had a breakthrough week. In primetime election week FoxNews averaged 1.5 million viewers, CNN 1.2 million viewers. Fox ordinarily beats CNN almost two-to-one, last week it was only five-to-four. In households viewing it was even better, slightly less than six-to-five. In the key demographic, 18-49, CNN had more viewers than Fox averaging 370,000 to Fox’s 343,000, first time I’ve seen that since I’ve been looking at the numbers. Adults 18-34 went to CNN also, 130,000 to 105,000. It was only in the older audience that Fox beat CNN and just barely; 466,000 viewers to 440,000.
Total day Fox beat CNN nine-to-seven, but again CNN’s demographics improved greatly. Fox averaged 217,000 viewers, CNN 212,000 in adults 18-49. 18-34 CNN beat Fox 69,000 to 55,000. Once again, with the older (25-54) age group Fox led with 294,000 viewers to CNN’s 259,000.
What conclusions do I draw:
Give people what they want and they’ll watch it. Liberals and moderates wanted a Democratic victory and they got it, so they watched CNN instead of conservative’s favorite, FoxNews.
Occasional news viewers, those who watch cable news only for big events chose CNN.
Younger viewers seem to be occasional viewers and from the demographics they obviously chose CNN. But there is a question; are they watching CNN because it reflects their opinions or because they’re used to watching it on big stories.
I think it’s a combination of both and I know we’ll know much more when we get next week’s numbers. Most occasional viewers will drop out and new viewing habits will begin to emerge. If CNN still shows large gains we’ll begin to know how much the Democratic victory has helped the perennial #2 network.
Over the next three months I should be able to determine how accurately the audience numbers of Fox and CNN portray the mood and the preferences of American viewers. It may prove to be more valuable than any conventional poll because we’ve got a pool of several million responders."
# posted by ATN @ 10:53 PM
Gupta Specials, CNN Presents Marathon to Air on Thanksgiving Day
Source: CNN Press Release On Thanksgiving Day, CNN is programming more than 10 hours of its most compelling specials and documentaries. Four Dr. Sanjay Gupta Specials will air back-to-back from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 23, followed by four CNN Presents programs to air in prime time. All times Eastern.
In four Dr. Sanjay Gupta Specials, CNN senior medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta looks beyond the medical definitions to examine all aspects of the human mind, including the physical, emotional and psychological causes and effects of genius, sleep, happiness and memory:
· “Genius: Quest for Extreme Brain Power” examines the mysteries behind high intelligence and airs at 2 p.m.
· “Sleep” investigates remedies for sleeplessness, the dangers of fatigue, the meaning of dreams and bizarre sleep disorders and airs at 3 p.m.
· “Happiness and Your Health: The Surprising Connection” explains how happiness affects health and airs at 4 p.m.
· “Memory” reveals surprising secrets about memory, from its seemingly contradictory abilities to its intricate interactions with various systems of the body. It airs at 5 p.m.
Four documentaries from CNN Presents, the most honored documentary program on cable news, will air from 6 p.m. to midnight:
· Wounded Warriors, airs at 6 p.m. and again at midnight on Friday, Nov. 24. CNN correspondent Alex Quade travels with Medevac units and wounded troops from the battlefields of Iraq to the Wounded Warriors Barracks at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina as they return to an often altered life back home.
· Firehouse 54-4, airs at 7 p.m. and again at 1 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 24. The morning of Sept. 11, 2001, changed Engine House 54 and Ladder 4 forever. CNN’s Larry King takes viewers through those dreadful hours with surviving firefighters and family members of the fallen, who share their memories and emotions.
· In The Footsteps of Bin Laden, airs Nov. 23 at 8 p.m. and again at 2 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 24. CNN’s chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour traveled to ten countries on four continents in the footsteps of the world’s most wanted terrorist. This two-hour special investigation includes interviews with 21 people with first-person knowledge of Osama bin Laden. The documentary is partially based upon the book, The Osama bin Laden I Know, by CNN terrorism analyst Peter Bergen, who as a CNN producer was with the first team of television journalists to interview bin Laden in 1997.
· CNN Presents: 26 Hours of Terror, airs Nov. 23 at 10 p.m. and again at 4 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 24. In March 2005, a shooting rampage that started in Atlanta ’s Fulton County Courthouse resulted in the deaths of a judge, a court reporter, a deputy sheriff and a U.S. Customs agent. CNN revisits these dramatic events in a two-hour documentary reported by Kyra Phillips.
In four Dr. Sanjay Gupta Specials, CNN senior medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta looks beyond the medical definitions to examine all aspects of the human mind, including the physical, emotional and psychological causes and effects of genius, sleep, happiness and memory:
· “Genius: Quest for Extreme Brain Power” examines the mysteries behind high intelligence and airs at 2 p.m.
· “Sleep” investigates remedies for sleeplessness, the dangers of fatigue, the meaning of dreams and bizarre sleep disorders and airs at 3 p.m.
· “Happiness and Your Health: The Surprising Connection” explains how happiness affects health and airs at 4 p.m.
· “Memory” reveals surprising secrets about memory, from its seemingly contradictory abilities to its intricate interactions with various systems of the body. It airs at 5 p.m.
Four documentaries from CNN Presents, the most honored documentary program on cable news, will air from 6 p.m. to midnight:
· Wounded Warriors, airs at 6 p.m. and again at midnight on Friday, Nov. 24. CNN correspondent Alex Quade travels with Medevac units and wounded troops from the battlefields of Iraq to the Wounded Warriors Barracks at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina as they return to an often altered life back home.
· Firehouse 54-4, airs at 7 p.m. and again at 1 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 24. The morning of Sept. 11, 2001, changed Engine House 54 and Ladder 4 forever. CNN’s Larry King takes viewers through those dreadful hours with surviving firefighters and family members of the fallen, who share their memories and emotions.
· In The Footsteps of Bin Laden, airs Nov. 23 at 8 p.m. and again at 2 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 24. CNN’s chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour traveled to ten countries on four continents in the footsteps of the world’s most wanted terrorist. This two-hour special investigation includes interviews with 21 people with first-person knowledge of Osama bin Laden. The documentary is partially based upon the book, The Osama bin Laden I Know, by CNN terrorism analyst Peter Bergen, who as a CNN producer was with the first team of television journalists to interview bin Laden in 1997.
· CNN Presents: 26 Hours of Terror, airs Nov. 23 at 10 p.m. and again at 4 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 24. In March 2005, a shooting rampage that started in Atlanta ’s Fulton County Courthouse resulted in the deaths of a judge, a court reporter, a deputy sheriff and a U.S. Customs agent. CNN revisits these dramatic events in a two-hour documentary reported by Kyra Phillips.
# posted by ATN @ 10:28 PM
Monday, November 13, 2006
The Winners and Losers on Mid-term Election Night
Broadcasting and Cable's J. Max Robins adds his assessment of the election night coverage. Below is how he sums it up:
Among the winners:
CNN: CNN President Jonathan Klein must be as giddy as House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi over his network's rare triumph over Fox News Channel in the key 25-54 news demo and its finish just a sliver behind in total viewers. With the most aggressive, comprehensive coverage that evening, CNN's marquee players—notably Wolf Blitzer, Jeff Greenfield and Anderson Cooper—were on point in their reporting and analysis of the historic returns. In the wake of the Democrats' victory and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's resignation the next day, CNN's ratings stayed strong. But holding on to that momentum will be, to borrow a phrase, a hard slog.
...And among the losers:
FOX NEWS: Fox News tried to spin CNN's performance as evidence of the rival network's liberal bias, which drew Democratic partisans looking for tales of their party's resurgence. True, CNN did pick up a couple of wins during the 2004 Democratic National Convention before returning to a distant second place, behind Fox. But CNN's coverage was simply more energetic and comprehensive than its competition, and the Nielsens reflect that. Brit Hume, who anchored the night for Fox, told the New York Observer the day before Election Day that he was “no longer as interested in politics” as he once was. Anyone who caught Hume's performance—or that of his pals on the Fox News All-Stars panel—could see the sense of deflated resignation—a turn-off to any viewer, regardless of party affiliation.
MSNBC: How can a network that was up more than 100% over the 2002 midterm elections be a loser? Because MSNBC missed the opportunity to do even better by relying more on NBC News' marquee talent—Tom Brokaw, Tim Russert, Brian Williams, Campbell Brown and David Gregory—while NBC was running primetime programming. Instead, there was too much Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann, and too little of the news division's A-list and reports from the field. And the schoolyard spat between Matthews and Joe Scarborough made the whole operation look amateurish.
I hear a 'We wish you well' coming from FNC PR here pretty soon don't you?
Among the winners:
CNN: CNN President Jonathan Klein must be as giddy as House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi over his network's rare triumph over Fox News Channel in the key 25-54 news demo and its finish just a sliver behind in total viewers. With the most aggressive, comprehensive coverage that evening, CNN's marquee players—notably Wolf Blitzer, Jeff Greenfield and Anderson Cooper—were on point in their reporting and analysis of the historic returns. In the wake of the Democrats' victory and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's resignation the next day, CNN's ratings stayed strong. But holding on to that momentum will be, to borrow a phrase, a hard slog.
...And among the losers:
FOX NEWS: Fox News tried to spin CNN's performance as evidence of the rival network's liberal bias, which drew Democratic partisans looking for tales of their party's resurgence. True, CNN did pick up a couple of wins during the 2004 Democratic National Convention before returning to a distant second place, behind Fox. But CNN's coverage was simply more energetic and comprehensive than its competition, and the Nielsens reflect that. Brit Hume, who anchored the night for Fox, told the New York Observer the day before Election Day that he was “no longer as interested in politics” as he once was. Anyone who caught Hume's performance—or that of his pals on the Fox News All-Stars panel—could see the sense of deflated resignation—a turn-off to any viewer, regardless of party affiliation.
MSNBC: How can a network that was up more than 100% over the 2002 midterm elections be a loser? Because MSNBC missed the opportunity to do even better by relying more on NBC News' marquee talent—Tom Brokaw, Tim Russert, Brian Williams, Campbell Brown and David Gregory—while NBC was running primetime programming. Instead, there was too much Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann, and too little of the news division's A-list and reports from the field. And the schoolyard spat between Matthews and Joe Scarborough made the whole operation look amateurish.
I hear a 'We wish you well' coming from FNC PR here pretty soon don't you?
# posted by ATN @ 1:59 PM
