Posted on 06/10/2024 11:22:23 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
The consolidation of the corporate media entities continues apace, with CNN set to feature Associated Press (AP) content on its website for the first time in nearly 15 years. CNN staffers fret that the move, pushed by the network’s CEO Mark Thompson, is a prelude to layoffs as the corporate news organization moves away from original reporting.
The CNN-AP deal is the latest in a line of schemes to revive the network’s collapsing audience. In late May, it was revealed the network logged its lowest primetime ratings since 1991. According to Nielsen data, the network’s 8 PM to 11 PM programming from May 13 through May 19 attracted only 83,000 viewers among the coveted demographic of 25-to 54-year-olds.
Since taking over the corporate news network late last year, Mark Thompson has bounced between cost-cutting measures and revenue schemes seemingly aimed to accelerate CNN’s descent into irrelevance. The National Pulse reported in January of this year that the network is considering ways to make people pay to watch news clips on their cell phones as people increasingly turn away from cable news. In February, Thompson announced drastic cuts to staff salaries, including some of their top newsroom talents.
While CNN’s content deal with the AP is unlikely to push the audience needle in the network’s favor, the move does highlight an ongoing concern regarding consolidation in American media. As media ownership becomes increasingly concentrated, the political bias of the corporate media will likely become more amplified—as will their ability to censor conservative and populist voices. Even more concerning, local and independent outlets are not immune from the Democrat’s media monopoly.
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https://www.newsmediaalliance.org/grants-directory/
Getting a Grant: How, Where and Why to Apply for Journalism Funding
A window of opportunity has at last opened for federal aid to support local journalism
An act tucked inside the federal spending bill could deliver as much as $1 billion to subsidize local journalists’ salaries.
shifting over to contractors with fed funding for LOCAL journalists.
Maybe we should apply
-PJ
CNN has been on life support for decades as its ownership continues to change hands.
It's long been the poor step child to the Warner Brothers motion picture and television production business, which today continues to be a big winner at the US boxoffice with the 2 highest grossing films of 2024: Dune: Part 2 and Godzilla vs. King Kong.
The parent company is now Warner Bros. Discovery, another media/entertainment conglomerate masterminded by tycoon John Malone. Here's a snippet from a 2023 story on CNN's ownership:
The fact that Malone and his team continue to let CNN implode tells us the future of CNN will be similar to that of Newsweak.
“The fact that Malone and his team continue to let CNN implode tells us the future of CNN will be similar to that of Newsweak!”
One of my blood relatives had really great advice when it came to our Enemies like Malone.
“Stand back and let them destroy themselves, and whomever sponsors/pays them!”
Communist Party USA will make good on their standing offer to hire them all.🙋♂️🙋♀️
Although they are only suited to cleaning and transporting portable toilets at large outdoor events.🧻🧻
CNN - Censored News Network
The May ratings reflect the oversaturation CNN gave to the Trump trial, with hour upon hour of speculation and minimal real news every night. You can’t blame people for switching it off when it’s the same repetition every night.
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