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MSNBC Beats CNN In Prime For Quarter, First Time Ever
TV By The Numbers ^ | June 30, 2009 | by Bill Gorman

Posted on 06/30/2009 10:55:44 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

NEW YORK – June 30, 2009 – For the first time ever, MSNBC notched a quarterly victory over CNN in weekday primetime for 2Q09 in both total viewers and Adults 25-54, according to data from Nielsen Media Research. MSNBC was also the number one cable news network among younger viewers, Adults 18-34, in primetime in second quarter. For 2Q09, MSNBC also beat CNN at 8 p.m. among both total viewers and A25-54 with “Countdown with Keith Olbermann.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cnn; msnbc; staterunmedia


1 posted on 06/30/2009 10:55:45 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Wonder if they’ll report that Fox got all 10 of the top 10.


2 posted on 06/30/2009 10:58:18 AM PDT by Domandred (Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

MSNBC stepping out in front of CNN in the race for whacko leftist viewership.


3 posted on 06/30/2009 10:58:34 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Does this mean that there now 342 people watching MSNBC?


4 posted on 06/30/2009 10:59:47 AM PDT by B.O. Plenty (Give war a chance...)
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To: B.O. Plenty

All TVs in the WH and CHicago have been ordered to be turned on and tuned in to MSNBC ;~)


5 posted on 06/30/2009 11:02:26 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Berg is a liberal democrat. Keyes is a conservative. Obama is bringing us together already!)
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

CNN will now jump hard left!!!!!


6 posted on 06/30/2009 11:02:35 AM PDT by quikdrw (Life is tough....it's even tougher if you are stupid.)
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To: B.O. Plenty

Big media news. msnbc won with 342 against cnn’s 6.


7 posted on 06/30/2009 11:03:19 AM PDT by Texas resident ( Cut n Shoot Texas: Got it's name honestly.)
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To: hoosiermama

The tvs in the wh and chicago have been ordered to be put on msnbc for now. Al jazeera is about to launch their network in the US. msnbc will be left out in the cold.


8 posted on 06/30/2009 11:04:56 AM PDT by Texas resident ( Cut n Shoot Texas: Got it's name honestly.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Isn't this like the Los Angeles Clippers scoring a "victory" over the Oklahoma Thunder?

Yes, they beat the other guys, but it's not like there's no one else in the league..

9 posted on 06/30/2009 11:06:33 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
People must like being lied to by lispy theatrical performers more than straight faced talking heads.
10 posted on 06/30/2009 11:06:51 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: quikdrw

FOX is on top, you’d think they’d try to get it “right”!


11 posted on 06/30/2009 11:07:36 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Berg is a liberal democrat. Keyes is a conservative. Obama is bringing us together already!)
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To: hoosiermama

No chance. The execs at CNN and MSNBC will look at the ratings and not even see the Fox beat them both.


12 posted on 06/30/2009 11:21:24 AM PDT by quikdrw (Life is tough....it's even tougher if you are stupid.)
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To: quikdrw

Even if they did see FOX at the top, they would never figure out why.....DUH!


13 posted on 06/30/2009 11:26:40 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Berg is a liberal democrat. Keyes is a conservative. Obama is bringing us together already!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This headline is like “Michael Moore (PMS) beat Ed Asner (CNN) in the 200 meter freestyle” when Michael Phelps (FoxNews) won the race by 30 seconds.


14 posted on 06/30/2009 11:40:37 AM PDT by FreepShop1
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This is really got to hurt at CNN. Beaten by MSNBC, the Merely Sycophants Nothing But Clowns network.


15 posted on 06/30/2009 11:45:27 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July, democrats believe every day is April 15)
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To: Domandred
Misleading Headlines:

MSNBC POSTS FIRST-EVER QUARTERLY VICTORY OVER CNN IN PRIME

Still Way behind FOX

MSNBC Out-Rates CNN in 2Q in Both Total Viewers and A25-54 For First Time in Weekday Prime time

FOX still way ahead in this important demographic

MSNBC #1 News Network Among Young Viewers, Adults 18-34, in Prime time

FOX Does not have a newscast in PRIMETIME

“Countdown with Keith Olbermann” Continues to Dominate Over CNN’s “Campbell Brown”

Oblermann still blows compared to O'Reilly- O'Reilly repeat beats Olberman

16 posted on 06/30/2009 11:52:56 AM PDT by 11th Commandment (Proud Member of the DHS radical list since Jan 20, 2009)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This would be funny except the MS.NBC is the Obammy propaganda network. Scary.


17 posted on 06/30/2009 1:24:10 PM PDT by vpintheak (Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. Prov. 25:26)
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To: Domandred

The “article” is a press release from MSNBC - it states at the beginning it is “via press release”.


18 posted on 06/30/2009 2:07:31 PM PDT by Gee Wally
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