The future of Fox Business

[Polk]

At what point are they going to abort this thing? The Nielsen numbers are so low that they aren't statistically different that zero. To the extent the network is drawing any viewers, it's by putting on non-business programming (Imus).

 

[driveby]

And yet that doesn't stop msnbc ............

 

[Zander]

And yet that doesn't stop msnbc ............

 

[Zona]

Fox will take anyone...Imus, mark freaking furhman, ....dick morris...toe sucker...

they have rove on all the time as well....pretty much anyone who can disgrace themselves are welcome on fox.

You just know Dobbs will be there and I have a feeling Prejean will be there as well, followed by Palin.

Yet they have great ratings. Along with American idol and other crap.

Luckily, approx. 99% of americans dont watch fox. Thank god.

300 million people in america and 3-5 million of them watch. In the big picture, it means nothing.

 

[Si modo]

At what point are they going to abort this thing? The Nielsen numbers are so low that they aren't statistically different that zero. To the extent the network is drawing any viewers, it's by putting on non-business programming (Imus).

Link?

 

[Zander]

Fox will take anyone...Imus, mark freaking furhman, ....dick morris...toe sucker...

they have rove on all the time as well....pretty much anyone who can disgrace themselves are welcome on fox.

You just know Dobbs will be there and I have a feeling Prejean will be there as well, followed by Palin.

Yet they have great ratings. Along with American idol and other crap.

Luckily, approx. 99% of americans dont watch fox. Thank god.

300 million people in america and 3-5 million of them watch. In the big picture, it means nothing.

Hate to break this to ya zona, the topic is FOX BUSINESS NEWS. It is a new channel that was launched a few months ago.

 

[Zona]

Fox will take anyone...Imus, mark freaking furhman, ....dick morris...toe sucker...

they have rove on all the time as well....pretty much anyone who can disgrace themselves are welcome on fox.

You just know Dobbs will be there and I have a feeling Prejean will be there as well, followed by Palin.

Yet they have great ratings. Along with American idol and other crap.

Luckily, approx. 99% of americans dont watch fox. Thank god.

300 million people in america and 3-5 million of them watch. In the big picture, it means nothing.

Hate to break this to ya zona, the topic is FOX BUSINESS NEWS. It is a new channel that was launched a few months ago.

I know and I was trying to figure out why Imus is there..???

 

[KittenKoder]

Wow ... such little knowledge is present in Fox-haters ... seriously? Simpsons is till number one, Family Guy quickly rising (Seth may get his own talk show at this rate) ... House, Fringe ... the list goes on, those are all, get this, owned and produced by FOX! Yes, the network (which means lots of stations, duh) produces some of the best "liberal" shows on TV ... and you think they are "down in viewers"? Holy shit? So number one show means the fewest people watching now?

 

[Polk]

At what point are they going to abort this thing? The Nielsen numbers are so low that they aren't statistically different that zero. To the extent the network is drawing any viewers, it's by putting on non-business programming (Imus).

Link?

The ratings.

Responding to a request by The New York Times this week, Nielsen provided ratings for Fox Business for the month of June. It said more recent ratings were not yet available to the public. In June, Fox Business was watched by an average of 21,000 people during the hours Fox deems its “business day”: 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.

In prime time — between the hours of 8 and 11 p.m. — Fox Business averaged 29,000 viewers.

Nielsen said Fox had nearly doubled its prime time ratings compared to the same month in 2008, when it averaged 17,000 viewers. Comparisons of its “business day” were not possible because the channel’s ratings were too low to be reportable in June 2008.

Fox Business has been closely watched in the media world because it confidently took aim at CNBC, the leading business news network, when it had its debut in October 2007.

It appears that the audience for most of Fox’s programming day remains too low to be reported by Nielsen. It said it could not report ratings for the 6 to 9 a.m. time period that Mr. Imus would inhabit. (Fox Business hasn’t confirmed the talks with Mr. Imus.)

Checking In on Fox Business - Media Decoder Blog - NYTimes.com

Takes at least 35,000 estimated viewers to be measurable (since the amount that would appear in the sample can reasonably be used as as estimate of the general population).

As for Imus,

Imus’ show got an average of 177,000 total viewers yesterday morning from 6-9amET. The last time numbers were reported for FBN, their business day (5am-9pmET), the average was around 21,000. Imus’ total viewer figure was at least 1000% better than the previous program, Money For Breakfast.

Has Fox Business Found Its Star? Imus Premiere Gets Strong Ratings | TV | Mediaite

 

[Polk]

The real problem for Fox Business is a matter of identity. The reason for creating the network was to "counter the anti-business bias" of CNBC (you'd need to be drunk to think CNBC has an anti-business bias, but that's another issue entirely), but that really only works when the market is going up and a Republican is in the White House. Otherwise, Fox Business is the servant of two masters. It's toward between being "pro-business" and in favor of the editorial line of it's parent company.

 

[Toro]

Fox will take anyone...Imus, mark freaking furhman, ....dick morris...toe sucker...

they have rove on all the time as well....pretty much anyone who can disgrace themselves are welcome on fox.

You just know Dobbs will be there and I have a feeling Prejean will be there as well, followed by Palin.

Yet they have great ratings. Along with American idol and other crap.

Luckily, approx. 99% of americans dont watch fox. Thank god.

300 million people in america and 3-5 million of them watch. In the big picture, it means nothing.

Hate to break this to ya zona, the topic is FOX BUSINESS NEWS. It is a new channel that was launched a few months ago.

It was launched a few years ago. Its funny you think it was only a few months ago, though.

FBN is seeing shockingly low ratings, something like 20-30,000 a day, about a tenth that of CNBC. That's why they are bringing guys who have nothing to do with business onto the network - because it is dying.

It was pretty funny a few years back when Roger Ailes said they weren't going to "come to work every day thinking business is bad" like CNBC. Of course, the joke is that critics call CNBC "Bubblevision" for their incessant happy talk about the economy and the market.

Anyways, to pile on a bit more.

The agony of Fox Business - Paul Krugman Blog - NYTimes.com
Checking In on Fox Business - Media Decoder Blog - NYTimes.com

BTW, Fox Sports Network is fantastic!

 

[Zander]

Fox will take anyone...Imus, mark freaking furhman, ....dick morris...toe sucker...

they have rove on all the time as well....pretty much anyone who can disgrace themselves are welcome on fox.

You just know Dobbs will be there and I have a feeling Prejean will be there as well, followed by Palin.

Yet they have great ratings. Along with American idol and other crap.

Luckily, approx. 99% of americans dont watch fox. Thank god.

300 million people in america and 3-5 million of them watch. In the big picture, it means nothing.

Hate to break this to ya zona, the topic is FOX BUSINESS NEWS. It is a new channel that was launched a few months ago.

It was launched a few years ago. Its funny you think it was only a few months ago, though.
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FBN commenced broadcasting on October 15, 2007 - but DISH network, which I use for TV, only started carrying the channel a few months ago.

 

[RadiomanATL]

FBN is going bye-bye unless they can come at the topic of "business news" from another angle.

 

[Annie]

Hate to break this to ya zona, the topic is FOX BUSINESS NEWS. It is a new channel that was launched a few months ago.

It was launched a few years ago. Its funny you think it was only a few months ago, though.
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FBN commenced broadcasting on October 15, 2007 - but DISH network, which I use for TV, only started carrying the channel a few months ago.

We can't get it here, but seems people are asking for it too. For years Comcast wouldn't carry FOX NEWS, they people started canceling and going Direct TV, that's when we got FOX. Same will probably follow with the business channel.

 

[Ravi]

Wow ... such little knowledge is present in Fox-haters ... seriously? Simpsons is till number one, Family Guy quickly rising (Seth may get his own talk show at this rate) ... House, Fringe ... the list goes on, those are all, get this, owned and produced by FOX! Yes, the network (which means lots of stations, duh) produces some of the best "liberal" shows on TV ... and you think they are "down in viewers"? Holy shit? So number one show means the fewest people watching now?

Oh, the irony.

Perhaps you should try reading for comprehension, KK...look at the thread title.