Annual marketing survey yields weightier results
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College students took a break from beer pong to take stock of the world, a study of their favorite brands suggests. Time unseated Cosmopolitan as top magazine among the 1,000 students surveyed, while CNN.com bumped Perez Hilton off the list of top websites, Advertising Age reports. "World peace" became the fourth most desired wish for this election year—though, to be fair, the No. 6 most cherished was the ability to fly.
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CNN honchos give in after correspondent raises stink over Zakaria's program
New York Post Nov 6, 08 12:39 PM CST
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CNN honchos will “soon” announce that dedicated globetrotter Christiane Amanpour will be getting her own show. “She’s getting her own hour. She was furious after CNN gave Fareed Zakaria his own show on Sunday—especially since it’s all about international affairs, which is her specialty,” an insider dished to the New York Post .
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Big three see ratings fall 16% from 2004 election
NewTeeVee Nov 5, 08 3:26 PM CST
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After proving itself indispensable in this year’s campaign, the internet won again on election night, Liz Gannes writes on NewTeeVee. Web users marked record traffic on several sites, while TV’s big three networks lost 16% off 2004 ratings, with cable and internet picking up the slack. During Barack Obama’s acceptance speech, video streaming sites recorded millions of global visitors; CNN.com and ABCNews.com set site records.
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OPINION
News operations aim for ratings, shoot viewers instead
Sacramento Bee Nov 3, 08 1:27 PM CST
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Tomorrow night will be a high-water mark for TV news gadget gimmickry as the networks try to hook some of the millions of viewers who will tune in for election coverage, Rick Kushman writes in the Sacramento Bee . Some, like the technology that will allow TV networks to have instant results, are genuinely important. But most borders on the ridiculous.
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Obama leads McCain by 5 points, down from 8
CNN Oct 21, 08 7:32 AM CDT
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The presidential race is tightening, with Barack Obama leading John McCain 51% to 46% among likely voters, down from an 8-point gap, a CNN/Opinion Research Center poll shows. McCain’s boost may be linked to a drop in the number of people who think he’ll continue President Bush’s policies —49% compared with 56% in an Oct. 3-5 poll, reports CNN.
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Broadcasting & Cable Oct 16, 08 5:27 PM CDT
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Conservative commentator Glenn Beck, who has gained a sizable following with his nightly show on CNN's Headline News channel, is leaving for Fox News. Beck signed a multi-year deal to host Fox's 5pm weekday program beginning in the spring, Broadcasting & Cable reports. He will also host a weekend show. Beck's CNN show has grown 200% since its launch in 2006, and he also has a popular radio show on Premiere Radio Networks.
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Network recruits Hughley for Letterman-style talk show
CNN Oct 16, 08 12:33 PM CDT
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The 24-hour news cycle will take a break for comedy with a Letterman-like talk show set to make its debut on CNN next weekend. Comic and actor DL Hughley, one of the "Original Kings of Comedy," will host. "When you watch as much news as our audience does, there comes a time you just want to stop and laugh—and that time will be Saturday nights at 10 on CNN," says the network's US chief.
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Dem grabs clear debate victory in CBS, CNN polls
CBS Oct 8, 08 2:08 AM CDT
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Barack Obama was the clear winner of last night's debate against John McCain, two separate polls conducted for television networks found. Minutes after the debate ended, 40% of uncommitted voters identified Obama as the winner to 26% who said McCain came out on top, CBS News reports. Viewers found Obama more likeable by a 2-to-1 margin, and 68% said they believed the Democratic candidate will make the right decisions on the economy.
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ANALYSIS
Citizen reporting under fire after CNN site spreads Jobs rumor
CNET Oct 4, 08 8:48 PM CDT
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A bogus report about the health of Apple CEO Steve Jobs has reporters pointing fingers, investors fuming, and the SEC investigating, Greg Sandoval writes on CNET. The rumor, published by an armchair reporter on CNN's citizen journalism site, iReport.com, caused a brief 10% drop in Apple’s share price and could tank the reputations of professional and amateur journalists.
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Report that CEO had heart attack is false, company says
Bloomberg Oct 3, 08 12:38 PM CDT
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Apple again today was forced to quash rumors about the health of CEO Steve Jobs, refuting a report that the CEO had suffered a “major heart attack,” Bloomberg reports. Shares fell as much as 5.4% following a post on CNN’s citizen-journalist iReport site, but have since rebounded. Jobs’ health has been an issue since a bout with pancreatic cancer in 2004.
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OPINION
Broadcasters cede historic role as political pundits
Los Angeles Times Sep 1, 08 9:33 AM CDT
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The Democratic Convention made it official, writes Scott Collilns in the Los Angeles Times: The broadcast networks have passed the political torch to the cable networks. CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC not only delivered “wall to wall coverage” compared to the broadcast nets' paltry hour of nightly programming. Their ratings soared, while the networks' "stank."
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Politico Aug 31, 08 2:45 PM CDT
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Reporters scheduled to cover the Republican convention are preparing to move fast if Hurricane Gustav wallops the Gulf Coast. Anchors Anderson Cooper and Geraldo Rivera are already headed for the storm, but hordes of journalists are stuck in St. Paul, Minn., where the RNC will start tomorrow unless it's postponed. “It almost feels like having a two-front war,” one Fox News exec said.
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analysis
Network hopes new anchor will translate into ratings, ad revenue
New York Times Aug 22, 08 8:06 AM CDT
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Rachel Maddow's promotion to prime-time at MSNBC more clearly draws the partisan lines among the cable networks, writes Brian Stelter of the New York Times : MSNBC on the left, Fox on the right, and CNN claiming middle ground. Now the big question: Will the Maddow move translate into more ads? It seems likely. Viewers seems drawn to outspoken views, and, in fact, Fox now brings in more ad revenue than CNN. MSNBC is in a distant third.
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Follows a series of bombings in the capital
CNN Aug 3, 08 9:58 AM CDT
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Bombs ripped through a minibus this morning in Baghdad, reports CNN, killing 12 and injuring 22 after a string of similar bombings in the region. Two more roadside bombs injured nine near a hospital and two near a convoy of SUVs. Elsewhere, a soldier was killed in an unrelated accident, ma