Can CNN Compete With Headline News?
I launched both CNN and Headline News, and I never believed the days would come when more people watched our tabloid version rather than what was supposed to be the quality product.
I launched both CNN and Headline News, and I never believed the days would come when more people watched our tabloid version rather than what was supposed to be the quality product.
Posted 05.02.2012
April was the worst month for CNN in over a decade, and Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes made his dissatisfaction clear on Wednesday. The cable news ra...
Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.02.2012
CNN ought to do whatever it can to cut April out of the calendar. Last year was bad enough, but this year CNN's audience shrunk by 21% over the total day and 16% in primetime.
Posted 04.18.2012
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell raged against GOP candidate Mitt Romney and his endorser, musician Ted Nugent, during his show Tuesday night. In what O...
Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.30.2012
CNN is a major brand worldwide, but it's in third place on its home turf.
Posted 04.30.2012
The cable news ratings for February 2012 are in, and things were not business as usual. Like clockwork, Fox News cleared the top of the list. The ...
Posted 02.01.2012
The cable news ratings for January 2012 are in, and as usual, Fox News cleared the top programs. The network claimed the thirteen highest rating shows...
Posted 11.30.2011
November's cable news ratings are out and here we go again! Like clockwork, Fox News dominated the ratings. Still, every network had an interesting st...
Posted 01.03.2012
October's cable news ratings are out, and Fox News reigned again. The perennial first place network claimed the top eight primetime shows last month. ...
Rashad Robinson | Posted 01.01.2012
White nationalists see Buchanan as a mainstream champion of their beliefs. Their goal? Make sure he maintains his position on MSNBC so that divisive, racially inflammatory ideas continue to circulate.
Posted 11.28.2011
The third quarter cable news ratings are out, and Fox News reigned again. Behind Fox News though, things were not business as usual: CNN is gaining on...
Posted 10.04.2011
Another month, another boring old list of cable news ratings. In July, Fox News cleared the field as usual, racking up the top--wait. It didn't? No...
Reese Schonfeld | Posted 09.05.2011
Not only was Casey Anthony found not guilty, but she also won more total day viewers than FoxNews, MSNBC and CNN.
Posted 09.05.2011
Keith Olbermann bragged via Twitter last week after his new show on Current received higher ratings than that of Lawrence O'Donnell's, occupier of his...
Posted 08.29.2011
All four top cable news networks had something to celebrate during the second quarter of the 2011 ratings season. Fox News could toast its usual domi...
Reese Schonfeld | Posted 08.02.2011
When major news breaks, people who are not regular news viewers turn to CNN for what they think is important. Now, if CNN could only find a way to make more of their news seem important, they might provide real competition to Fox.
Posted 08.01.2011
Most months, the cable news ratings show little fluctuation. Fox News is always dominant, and the rest of the pack shuffles around a bit. In May, thou...
Posted 06.26.2011
Another month, another chance to survey the cable news landscape. April was not the cruelest month for Fox News; the network took its usual 11 slots a...
Posted 05.29.2011
CNN's ratings soared in the first quarter of 2011, making it one of the biggest winners of the last three months of cable news ratings. While Fox News...
Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011
Last week's news numbers are the most substantial proof I can present that when major news breaks, occasional (non-regular) news viewers still turn to CNN to get the facts.
Posted 05.25.2011
Fox News' Bret Baier and Shepard Smith have firmly settled into the top 5 of the cable news ratings. February's number show that Baier has had the sec...
Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011
CNN continues to lag behind FoxNews and MSNBC in total viewers. But in February, thanks to the upheaval in Northern Africa, CNN was the only one of th...
Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011
According to information supplied by Cynopsis, Fox News continues to dominate to the cable news ratings, but CNN and MSNBC finished in a virtual tie among primetime viewers.
Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011
FoxNews continues to dominate news viewing in total audience and all demographics except 18-34 year olds, where MSNBC leads. According to Cynopsis, a...
Posted 05.25.2011
In a way, January's cable news ratings are no surprise: Fox News overwhelmed the competition, and MSNBC beat CNN. But there were some interesting tidb...
Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.22.2012