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CNN and MSNBC Lose Almost Half Their Viewers in One Year (Dinosaur Media DeathWatchâ„¢)
NewsBusters ^ | November 27, 2013 | Noel Sheppard

Posted on 11/27/2013 1:34:49 PM PST by Zakeet

It's been a tough year for the liberal cable news outlets.

Data released Tuesday show CNN shedding 48 percent of total viewers since last November and MSNBC dropping 45 percent.

The numbers were even worse in the all important demographic of people aged 25 to 54 as CNN's ratings dropped 59 percent and MSNBC's 52 percent.

In an off-election year, and with last November's numbers skewed higher as a result of the presidential election, it should be expected for ratings to decline.

However, Fox News didn't see close to these losses. In total day, FNC is only down 18 percent since last November and 30 percent in the demo.

As you might imagine, prime time numbers were also down.

CNN was off 54 percent in total viewers and 62 percent in the demo. MSNBC declined 50 percent in total prime time viewers and 57 percent in the demo.

By contrast, FNC was second in all of cable in prime time this November averaging over 2 million viewers. This represented a decline of 21 percent in total viewers and 41 percent in the demo.

As such, no matter how you slice it, the liberal cable networks fared much worse in the past twelve months than their far more centrist competitor.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cnn; dinomedia; half; lose; mediabias; msm; msnbc; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; ratings; viewers; year
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To: Grams A

I was in Houston in a hospital waiting room and Obama came on the TV. Most people shook their head in disgust and went to another waiting room.


81 posted on 11/28/2013 9:10:53 AM PST by Gabrial (The nightmare will continue as long as the nightmare is in the Whitehouse.)
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To: kneehurts

agree about all the socialists and anti Constitution types and dummies over in New England.
My wife is form there and I worked up there and we had to get out and move and boy it was the best move we have ever done.

There are too many who think homosexual marriage, health care and freebies are a right


82 posted on 11/28/2013 9:42:28 AM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Red Badger

You know, you have to wonder what percentage of their “viewers” are TV sets glued to CNN and left on 24 hours a day at gyms, airports, cafeterias and stuff like that where it is just background noise, nobody is really watching.


83 posted on 11/28/2013 10:26:47 AM PST by West Texas Chuck (Burn my flag? I'll piss on your ashes.)
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To: fhayek

” they always have CNN on. “

Go to any international airport stateside, and this garbage is on. That’s why travelers have their own laptops or Ipad to get their news which is faster when it comes to breaking news. I would rather stick my face up Moochelle obama’s fat ass than listen to one minute of CNN.


84 posted on 11/28/2013 11:10:22 AM PST by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: Zakeet

Kill off the Monolithic Media! Give’em a hug and pull the plug!


85 posted on 11/28/2013 11:43:15 AM PST by 2harddrive
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To: onyx

Can you update that pic to show the Kenyan wearing a paper suicide suit?


86 posted on 11/28/2013 12:55:00 PM PST by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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To: Zakeet
CNN was off 54 percent in total viewers

And they probably count anyone who walks through an airline terminal as a "viewer".

87 posted on 11/28/2013 12:59:03 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: Zakeet

Fox sucks too.


88 posted on 11/28/2013 1:04:08 PM PST by right way right (What's it gonna take? (guillotines?))
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To: cherokee1

Great idea, but I don’t have those skills!


89 posted on 11/28/2013 1:07:27 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: nascarnation

Exactly but I think it’s a greater majority of all people are getting information from the Internet. I cancelled cable over a year ago and now get everything I want from the Internet. Streaming movies, TV shows, music, news, and no commercials to deal with.

All of this is also accessible from a smart phone, tablet, or laptop which means I can tap into anything I want without being stuck at a TV set and I choose what I want to view or listen to when I want.

Initially I cancelled cable because times are tough and I needed to cut expenses but even if I could afford it now I’d never hook it back up.

On a final note, I don’t even use the Internet to visit any of the stations mentioned. These so called news stations don’t deliver news at all anymore. It’s like going to MTV to hear music. Much like MTV doesn’t deliver music anymore, these news stations don’t actually deliver the news. It’s all propaganda, twisted facts, outright lies, and a ton of drama.


90 posted on 11/28/2013 2:14:16 PM PST by Render
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To: Render; All
One of our conservative talkers had a guest on and they mentioned MSNBC and their disgusting behaviors. Guest said "...but they make money."

I can't imagine how, although they borrow NBC's orginal work, so it's mostly just talent fees and they probably don't pay well.

Locally, the Gannet NBC affiliate in Phoenix is moving away from news on their main evening newscast. Main anchors work Sunday, rather than Friday (not a bad idea there), but promos for evening news are "relaxed, hip, we know you don't want all that bad news". Throwing in the towel. Fine by me. I haven't watched in 15 years anyway.

91 posted on 11/28/2013 2:34:53 PM PST by chiller (NBCNews et al is in the tank and should be embarrassed)
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92 posted on 11/28/2013 2:37:23 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: RKBA Democrat

My question is where people ARE getting their news instead of these sources. If they’re getting the news off of online Obama shills it’s just as bad as if they got it from on-air Obama shills...


93 posted on 11/28/2013 9:03:35 PM PST by butterdezillion (Free online faxing at http://faxzero.com/ Fax all your elected officials. Make DC listen.)
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To: butterdezillion

I think a concurrent trend is that people are generally tuning out on the news, particularly that relating to politics. We tend to forget that since we’re very attuned to politics and the news at FR it doesn’t mean that the rest of the population is all that interested.


94 posted on 11/29/2013 4:47:08 AM PST by RKBA Democrat ( There is no worst president but owebama, and valerie jarrett is his prophet.)
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To: Zakeet

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/214411/nbc-to-win-november-sweep-but-tv-networks-rating.html?edition=67394

NBC To Win November Sweep, But TV Networks’ Ratings Down Overall
by Wayne Friedman, Wednesday, November 27, 2013 11:38 AM

NBC is on the verge of winning the November TV viewing prime-time period for the second time in two years. But overall, the month still doesn’t offer much good news for any English-speaking broadcast network.

By many viewing metrics, networks have lost ground — and it’s just two days from the end of Nielsen’s November reporting period.

NBC is down 7% to a 2.6 rating among 18-49 viewers when looking at Nielsen’s live-plus-same-day viewing metrics. CBS is off 8% to a 2.2 average rating; ABC is down 9% to a 2.0 number; and Fox has lost 23% to a 1.7 rating.


95 posted on 11/29/2013 4:54:02 AM PST by abb
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To: abb
Ratings have been dropping like a rock for the past 60 years

In fact, the idiots have lost more than 80 percent of their market over that time, and the results would be far more grim than that without sports broadcasts. And still they persist in making a statement, advancing their libtard agendas, and making excuses.

96 posted on 11/29/2013 6:00:05 AM PST by Zakeet (If socialists understood economics, they wouldn't be socialists - Friedrich Hayek)
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To: Zakeet

CNN and MSNBC should be thankful for airport terminals and nursery homes.


97 posted on 11/29/2013 8:41:50 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: reformedliberal

The technology for original production has become cheaper. Distribution and release costs are still about the same. There’s still a limited number of competent writers, directors, and actors, and effects work is still expensive. The primary limiting factor is that there’s no system for producing an income from mid-sized budget features. Folks will pay money to see a film in a theater, TV will cover production costs for their features because they can recoup them through advertising, but there’s no financial model that’ll produce an income from a half-million dollar film that’s not mass market. Direct to net in some kind of organized pay-per-view model might eventually be the key. NetFlix is also doing some innovation in the field of in-house production.

The big breakthrough’s going to come when we get to somewhere around 80% broadband penetration and cable dies. Then you’ll be able to make your film, put it on the server with an evolving pricetag, and pocket most of the income.


98 posted on 11/29/2013 6:37:33 PM PST by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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To: onyx
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99 posted on 11/29/2013 8:50:33 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ( Visit http://icantenroll.com/ In Glitch We Trust....;o})
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To: MeshugeMikey

bump


100 posted on 11/29/2013 8:53:22 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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