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Posted March 03, 2010


Even at just 28 days, February was still a real long month for CNN. The cable network's prime-time lineup of Campbell Brown, Larry King and Anderson Cooper continued to struggle big time. CNN's prime-time audience fell 54 percent to 534,000 viewers, and the number of adults 25-54 was off 57 percent to 147,000 people compared with February 2009, according to Nielsen. Source: Los Angeles Times. Posted March 03, 2010, 6:19 AM PDT.
Posted March 02, 2010


The British Broadcasting Corp., facing complaints from commercial rivals who say public funding gives it an unfair advantage in expanding online, proposed sweeping cuts Tuesday that include a 25 percent reduction in spending on its Web site. Source: New York Times. Posted March 02, 2010, 6:14 AM PDT.


News Corp. subsidiary Dow Jones & Company Tuesday officially acquired Hearst’s 50 percent stake in SmartMoney magazine, making Dow the brand’s sole owner. The SmartMoney franchise includes the print magazine, SmartMoney.com and a custom publishing division. Source: Folio. Posted March 02, 2010, 6:09 AM PDT.
Posted February 26, 2010


Staff cuts at two of the biggest broadcast-television news outfits in the U.S. foreshadow a shift toward cheaper TV news gathering, as broadcast-news groups face shrinking profits and increasing competition from cable and the Internet. Source: Wall Street Journal. Posted February 26, 2010, 6:05 AM PDT.


The Oregonian laid off 37 employees on Wednesday. The majority are in the news department, with smaller numbers in advertising, circulation and accounting. Staffers were informed last year that layoffs were likely this month. The Oregonian, like all newspapers, has endured declining revenues the past few years, the result of the recession and the migration of advertising to the Internet. Source: OregonLive.com. Posted February 26, 2010, 5:55 AM PDT.
Posted February 23, 2010


ABC News is poised to make a major round of cuts that will reduce the size of the news division by as much as 20 percent and radically reorder the network’s traditional approach to news gathering. Forced to belt-tighten by the weak advertising market, network executives have opted to restructure the labor-heavy newsroom from top to bottom in favor of a leaner, more nimble operation. Source: Los Angeles Times. Posted February 23, 2010, 12:44 PM PDT.


Having just bought out a hundred paid reporters, The Times continues to grow its burgeoning army of unpaid assistance. The paper announced yesterday that -- in addition to the non-profit help it already gets in Chicago, the Bay Area and Brooklyn -- it's now enlisted the journalism students of N.Y.U. to help produce a new Times blog called The Local East Village. Source: New York Observer. Posted February 23, 2010, 6:05 AM PDT.
Posted February 22, 2010


As the late-night debacle at NBC turned the daypart into must-see TV, the ABC news program Nightline methodically stuck to its knitting, staying out of the fray while other ABC News programs reported on the intrigue. With Jay Leno preparing to return to The Tonight Show, where he dominated for many seasons, Nightline now finds itself in the thick of the battle. Source: Broadcasting & Cable. Posted February 22, 2010, 6:20 AM PDT.


A new poll finds PBS among the most trusted institutions in America and the most trusted name in news. According to an annual poll conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media, 40 percent of Americans trust PBS' news and public affairs programs a "great deal." Fox News was second at 29 percent and CNN was third at 27 percent. Source: Broadcasting & Cable. Posted February 22, 2010, 6:05 AM PDT.
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