Based on ratings for the second quarter just released by Nielsen, I guess I can believe what I was seeing Tuesday night on CNN: an example of a respected news network going totally tabloid. The just-released second quarter Nielsen figures show that CNN trails both MSNBC and Fox in the 25-to-54 demographic. Silicon Alley Insider’s Nich Carlson points out that two of its primetime stars,...
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During a recent visit to The New York Times‘ world headquarters in Manhattan, I asked a few staffers about the “geek squad” that reportedly is exploring lots of exciting alternatives to the conventional way the company has operated in the past. “There are several groups, actually, one on this floor, another a few floors down, and a another several floors up,”...
(For an updated post about this, and why the BBB listing at right, turns out to be wrong, click here.) Every now and again, it strikes most of us how bizarre the magazine circulation game is, be it the role of Publishers Clearing House in goosing magazine circulation numbers, or the relentless, and costly, mailing of postcards to subscribers, explaining in doomsday terms, what will happen if...
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