In this edition: FNC knows its brand & its audience; fake news still on the airwaves; Colbert-O’Reilly ratings benefit from crossover; WHCD entertainer is a GOPer; who are the "children of Agnew"?; ratings; and so much more...
Thoughts, and Then, the News
Media News Monday has been on hiatus for a few months now. I needed a break from compiling all the media news on a weekly basis. For awhile, I did it on a daily basis, as that was easier for me at the time. I don’t know if I’ll be able to stick to a regular schedule, so I want to change the name of this from Media News Monday to something else. If you’ve got a suggestion for a new name, I’m all ears. I’ll return to writing some thoughts and/or analysis in this space in the next edition.
Now for the news:
Note: I'm going to put a %%% next to things that are more interesting or go into things more in-depth.
More Fox News Branding...
America has Problems... The Problem is not America. Give Fox this. They know their audience and know how to market to them. CNN and MSNBC are still learning.
Awesome Media Link of the Day
Cyberjournalist.net has lists of just about every media blog there is.
TV Guests Watch
I’ve been compiling guest appearances for a few months now; here are the posts for each month I’ve done this.
RWCM Watch
Credit Where It’s Due
Media People & In the Field
News & Notes on Media orgs, Programming, Specials, etc.
- You know that FNC personnel are moving to a nationally televised morning show on the regular Fox? They’re Faux News-ifying Fox
- Can’t get enough of Barbara Walters? If you’ve got Sirius, then, you might catch her new program.
- Remember Bernie Kerik’s old girlfriend, Judith Regan? The publisher of that OJ book? She was fired a few weeks ago, and News Corp. (her imprint’s parent company) has simply changed the name from ReganBooks to "HC". Authors will simply be moved to other imprints under the News Corp. umbrella.
State of the Media, Trends, Research Reports, Innovations
The Audience: Ratings, Circulation, & Ad Rates, etc.
Hispanic magazine ad pages were little changed in 2006 from 2005, rising 0.3 percent, according to The Media Economics Group. That was nearly the same as the 0.1 percent increase in ad pages for full-year 2006 reported by the Publishers Information Bureau. Meanwhile, at African-American magazines, ad pages dropped 5.1 percent. Hispanic magazines were up 14 percent in ad dollars for the year, to $243.9 million; several publications raised their ad rates last year, accounting for some of the rise. At black magazines, yearly ad dollars totaled $449.2 million, a decline of 2 percent from 2005 for the 30 magazines tracked. The numbers for black magazines were skewed by the decline at The Source, which may have suffered as a result of a lawsuit brought against the magazine. It was the top decliner for ad pages among black magazines, down 50.2 percent, and magazines including Ebony, Black Enterprise and Vibe also fell.
Media News Monday is a compilation of media news from the past week posted on Monday. If you have any media news to add, please do so. For more RWCM watch & Media News: Penndit's News, Media News, and RWCM Watch Links. I get the advertising, public relations, targeting voters information, and media research from a variety of sources. Cross-posted at Penndit. For previous editions, search my diaries or Penndit.
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