If nobody watches NBCNews, ratings drop, no one sees their ads, sales for those products drop, sponsors stop advertising there. They're not healthy now. More loss of ad revenue could kill 'em.
I worked in media as well and know sponsor revenue is the key. Maybe you're correct. It can't hurt if sponsors know lots of us are disappointed by NBC News and are changing our news consumption preferences and not spending any time with them.
Pls see my post #71...this could go all out.
Maybe we need to repost your hit the media thread.
Can someone list the MAJOR sponsors of NBC?
I will contact them.
BTW, it’s EASY for me to stop watching NBC, since I stopped watching all network TV since 2006 or so.
I still watch football but am willing to give that up. I did not watch one minute of the Olympics because it was on NBC. Ditto for my family.
Also, does NBC own any cable channels? If I watch tv at all, it is Animal Planet, Discovery, the History Channel, etc. If any of these are owned by NBC, can you or anyone list them?
It will work its not rocket science. And it will send a message to the DBmedia there is a price to biased journalism and they all will pay it if they don’t straighten out their act. Meanwhile, we have the added edge of growing the new media no matter what. They can soon be between a rock and a hard place if we do it right.
Yes, I don’t like the sound of a boycott, but writing to sponsors feels like a boycott, doesn’t it?
If nobody watches NBCNews, ratings drop, no one sees their ads, sales for those products drop, sponsors stop advertising there. They’re not healthy now. More loss of ad revenue could kill ‘em.
I worked in media as well and know sponsor revenue is the key. Maybe you’re correct. It can’t hurt if sponsors know lots of us are disappointed by NBC News and are changing our news consumption preferences and not spending any time with them.
As for the other thing, I remember when I was a Sunday mag features writer being bumped off several stories because they might have run afoul of advertisers. And that was back in the day when circulation actually contributed to margins. Today, it is ALL sponsor-driven for the lamers.
One of the stories related to cigarette smoking—at a time when we had tobacco company advertisers. How things have changed, eh.
If nobody watches NBCNews, ratings drop, no one sees their ads, sales for those products drop, sponsors stop advertising there. They’re not healthy now. More loss of ad revenue could kill ‘em.
In short, you only really get NBC’s attention if you organize a successful boycott of Sunday Night Football. THAT is what matters to the bottom line.
I think we could organize it right here on FR.
I think we could organize it right here on FR.