Media News Monday!
Media News Monday
Media News Monday is a compilation of media news from the past week posted on Monday. Media is an integral part of politics, and I think that it's important to get to know media and media innovation in order to forecast future ways of campaigning and disseminating information. If any of you are interested in campaigning, this weekly diary may help you with ideas. It is also important to keep up with right wing corporate media (RWCM) news. If you have any media news to add, please do so.
Previous edition: Dec. 27, 2004
For more previous editions, search my diaries.
Now for the news from the past week posted today, Jan 3, 2005:
Cable News Ratings 2004 top programs. TVNewser has the ratings. Just say no to drudge.
- O'Reilly (FNC)
- Hannity & Colmes (FNC)
- Fox Report (FNC)
- On the Record (FNC)
- Special Report (FNC)
- Larry King Live (CNN)
FNC rounds out the rest of the top 10. The second highest CNN rated show was Newsnight with Aaron Brown, while MSNBC's highest program (not incl. the Olympics) was Hardball with Chris Matthews.
NBC Nightly News won the fourth quarter ratings race in most demos but ABC's World News Tonight placed first in the key demo of adults 25-54 for the week of December 20-23.
National Papers Popular Among College Students NYT reaches 23% of U.S. college students. USAToday reaches 15% of U.S. college students, while the WSJ reaches 7% of college students.
NBC Hangs on Sans Brokaw
Either Tom Brokaw's got substantial coattails or viewers seem to like that Brian Williams fella after all, because according to Nielsen Media Research, "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" was the No. 1 network evening newscast, winning the fourth quarter 2004 in all categories.
For the quarter, "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" averaged 10.407 million total viewers--13 percent more than ABC's "World News Tonight," with 9.209 million, and 45 more than "CBS Evening News," with 7.213 million. "Nightly News" has now won the last 21 quarters among total viewers.
For more complete ratings including demos click the link.
Bacon's To Track Blogs
Bacon's Information, the provider of media research, distribution, monitoring, and evaluation services for public relations and corporate communications professionals, has endeavored to light the depths of the Blogosphere. In January, Bacon's MediaSource will begin sharing with its clients the names of what it considers to be the 250 most reputable blogs, the messages they contain, and the frequency with which client-relevant information appears on them.
4.1 million ppl a week listen to Three Major Online Radio Networks Those Radio networks are America Online's Radio Network, Yahoo!'s LaunchCast, and Microsoft's MSN Radio & WindowsMedia.com.
Education and Careers Sites, Demographics, Advertisers, and Ad Types, Sizes and Delivery DNC should consider advertising on some of these sites, because Dems traditionally do better on these issues.
Sirius Breaks One Million Mark
Pentagon TV Channel for the troops
European media execs looking to bust up Murdoch's News Corp monopoly on Pay TV
Via tvguide.com:
CBS honcho Les Moonves married his longtime squeeze, Early Show cohost Julie Chen, last Thursday in Mexico. The union comes just weeks after a judge granted Moonves a quickie divorce from former wife Nancy.