Latest Q1 ratings are out and the carnage at CNN and MSNBC is astoundingly bad.
Fox News on the other hand set a new best-ever record, and continues to dominate the cable news market at every hour of the day...
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The Carnage Continues at CNN
CNN continued what has become a precipitous decline in ratings for its prime-time programs in the first quarter of 2010, with its main hosts losing almost half their viewers in a year.
The trend in news ratings for the first three months of this year is all up for one network, the Fox News Channel, which enjoyed its best quarter ever in ratings, and down for both MSNBC and CNN.
CNN had a slightly worse quarter in the fourth quarter of 2009, but the last three months have included compelling news events, like the earthquake in Haiti and the battle over health care, and CNN, which emphasizes its hard news coverage, was apparently unable to benefit.
The losses at CNN continued a pattern in place for much of the last year, as the network trailed its competitors in every prime-time hour. (CNN still easily beats MSNBC in the daytime hours, but those are less lucrative in advertising money, and both networks are far behind Fox News at all hours.)
The Carnage Continues atCNN - Real Clear Politics – TIME.com
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Still Surging: Fox News Has Best Quarter In Network History
Fox News had their best year of all time in 2009. Now that weve finished the first quarter of 2010, its clear FNC is showing no signs of letting up they just finished their best quarter ever, in total day total viewers.
It was also the second highest rated quarter ever in prime time total viewers. More details and analysis after the jump.
While Fox News continues to see record ratings, their cable news competitors are dropping off even more year-to-year. In the A25-54 demographic during prime time, FNC was up 16%, while CNN dropped 42%, MSNBC was down 22% and HLN was down 40%. In total viewers prime time, FNC was up 3% while the rest declined as well (CNN 39%, MSNBC 15%, HLN 24%).
Still Surging: Fox News Has Best Quarter In Network History | Mediaite
Fox News on the other hand set a new best-ever record, and continues to dominate the cable news market at every hour of the day...
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The Carnage Continues at CNN
CNN continued what has become a precipitous decline in ratings for its prime-time programs in the first quarter of 2010, with its main hosts losing almost half their viewers in a year.
The trend in news ratings for the first three months of this year is all up for one network, the Fox News Channel, which enjoyed its best quarter ever in ratings, and down for both MSNBC and CNN.
CNN had a slightly worse quarter in the fourth quarter of 2009, but the last three months have included compelling news events, like the earthquake in Haiti and the battle over health care, and CNN, which emphasizes its hard news coverage, was apparently unable to benefit.
The losses at CNN continued a pattern in place for much of the last year, as the network trailed its competitors in every prime-time hour. (CNN still easily beats MSNBC in the daytime hours, but those are less lucrative in advertising money, and both networks are far behind Fox News at all hours.)
The Carnage Continues atCNN - Real Clear Politics – TIME.com
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Still Surging: Fox News Has Best Quarter In Network History
Fox News had their best year of all time in 2009. Now that weve finished the first quarter of 2010, its clear FNC is showing no signs of letting up they just finished their best quarter ever, in total day total viewers.
It was also the second highest rated quarter ever in prime time total viewers. More details and analysis after the jump.
While Fox News continues to see record ratings, their cable news competitors are dropping off even more year-to-year. In the A25-54 demographic during prime time, FNC was up 16%, while CNN dropped 42%, MSNBC was down 22% and HLN was down 40%. In total viewers prime time, FNC was up 3% while the rest declined as well (CNN 39%, MSNBC 15%, HLN 24%).
Still Surging: Fox News Has Best Quarter In Network History | Mediaite