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  • MNF Down [26%] in Second Preseason Outing

    08/22/2018 4:35:25 AM PDT · by 11th_VA · 76 replies
    sportsmediawatch.com ^ | Aug 21, 2018 | Paulsen
    ESPN’s NFL preseason ratings fell by more than a quarter on Monday night. Monday’s Ravens-Colts NFL preseason game earned a 1.7 rating and 2.66 million viewers on ESPN, down 26% in both measures from last year (Giants-Browns: 2.3, 3.57M). There was no comparable game in 2016. Excluding games on NFL Network, the 1.7 rating is the fourth-lowest for any preseason game since 2004. ESPN has aired three of the four lowest rated games over that span, including Jets-Washington on Thursday and Buccaneers-Jaguars last year (1.6 for both). MNF ranked just sixth for the night in adults 18-49 (0.8) behind ABC’s...
  • Family paid leave on Mass. agenda Proposal in Senate is nation's most generous

    04/23/2006 6:39:51 AM PDT · by Semper Paratus · 53 replies · 606+ views
    The Boston Globe ^ | April 23, 2006 | By Andrea Estes
    Senate leaders this week will propose legislation to offer all workers in Massachusetts up to 12 weeks' paid time off to care for newborn and adopted children or sick family members, financed by an employee payroll premium of at least $1.50 a week. The bill, which would pay employees their full salary, up to $750 a week, would create the most generous paid leave policy in the nation. ''What family hasn't been touched by some emergency," said Senate President Robert Travaglini, who will formally unveil the proposal Tuesday before the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. ''I've been through physical and...