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CNN’s New Programming Met With Resistance from Ad Buyers (The HORROR!)
Variety ^ | 6-18-14 | Brian Steinberg

Posted on 06/18/2014 4:09:45 PM PDT by Enterprise

The seeming standoff comes as CNN has been under more scrutiny in the past year. While CNN remains a go-to venue when big breaking news takes place, the network has found keeping viewers riveted to its screen a tougher task as competing news outlets have staked out new turf. Fox News Channel regularly wins more viewers than CNN. MSNBC provides competition as well. In the past year, new entrants have tested the waters. Al Jazeera America, while not generating big viewership, has bountiful cash reserves and a hard-news focus. Fusion, a new network backed by ABC and Univision, is experimenting with ways to reach Hispanic and millennial viewers.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: badratings; fausnews; fools; scam
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To: Robwin

Personally when that international news wire about Missing airliner they didn’t get to the story until Monday it disappear seriously while Al Jazeera and BBC went crazy after that

They still haven’t found the stupid plane


21 posted on 06/18/2014 5:58:20 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: Enterprise

Ad buyers want up-scale. They’re getting soap opera... which sells for a much lower rates...

Hey CNN, how does that ‘trade your integrity away’ stuff working for you now?


22 posted on 06/18/2014 7:20:00 PM PDT by GOPJ (#2 reply spot RESERVED for Tokyo Rose comments: "nothing works - give up - it's all hopeless".)
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To: Enterprise

Ad buyers want up-scale. They’re getting soap opera... which sells for a much lower rates...

Hey CNN, how does that ‘trade your integrity away’ stuff working for you now? (insider stories from Iraq ... in exchange for... years ago... ) Anyone remember?


23 posted on 06/18/2014 7:21:05 PM PDT by GOPJ (#2 reply spot RESERVED for Tokyo Rose comments: "nothing works - give up - it's all hopeless".)
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