The Current State of the Media

[chaos]

Amnesty Graham is now dead to the (((Media)))

Just shows how people are being manipulated and controlled to do as their friends do. McCain has proven in death his vindictiveness and willingness to take a grudge to the grave instead of compromising and working together. RIP better off without him.

[Yamcha]

 

[Mobil]

Also keep in mind CNN IS blasted all over doctor offices and restraints and airports and STILL get low ratings..even my 24 hr fitness gyms plays only CNN and ESPN...talk about a ass beating!

[Yamcha]

 

[chaos]

So Cohen says the book is inaccurate, the media is on Cohen because he didn't specify which part was inaccurate. LOL

[Moontrane]

Inbred tanning bed?  That's actually quite hilarious!

[polychronopolous]

NBC Nightly News’ Suffers Lowest-Rated Year Ever




“NBC Nightly News” declined in ratings during the 2017-18 TV season, suffering its lowest-rated September-to-September year ever. The Lester Holt-led program still beat David Muir’s in the key adults 25-54 demographic, marking the 22nd straight season NBC has held that advantage over ABC’s “World News Tonight.”

“World News Tonight” won the year in total viewers, marking the program’s second consecutive win in overall eyeballs. This one was the newscast’s largest margin of victory over “Nightly News” to-date, according to Nielsen.

The ABC newscast rose 4 percent overall from last year, averaging 8.637 million total viewers per night, its best haul in 13 years. NBC’s version slipped to 8.153 million total viewers per night, its smallest average audience dating back to when Nielsen electronic data began in 1991. The decline is more in line with general trend of television ratings these days.


That eyeball-gap is the largest advantage in ABC’s favor over NBC since the 1995-96 season.

Furthermore, “NBC Nightly News” finished down 5 percent in the demo compared to its stats last year in that metric (1.851 million for 2017-18 vs. 1.949 million in 2016-2017), whereas “World News” is just slightly up (1.773 million for 2017-18 vs. 1.760 million in 2016-2017).

But Holt’s program still came in well ahead of “CBS Evening News,” which lost to both “Nightly” and “World” in 2017-18, averaging 6.209 million total viewers and 1.287 million in the adults 25-54 range. Those numbers put “Evening News” behind ABC by the largest margins in at least 26 years.


https://www.thewrap.com/nbc-nightly-news-lowest-rated-year-ever-lester-holt/

[Kwon3]

I can't believe 8 million people watch that program. It's what, an hour long, at most? ABC, CBS, NBC...all huge networks but featuring very little news programming and mostly filler sitcoms and soap operas til 3 PM. They're pretty much all garbage.

[polychronopolous]

Vox Media On Pace to Miss Revenue Target as Digital Advertising Disappoints

Other digital-media firms have struggled to live up to ambitious growth goals in a challenging online ad market

By Benjamin Mullin and Amol Sharma
Sept. 23, 2018 6:36 p.m. ET

Digital publisher Vox Media is expected to miss its revenue goal for this year by more than 15%, according to people familiar with the matter, adding to the list of new-media companies struggling to live up to lofty growth expectations.

The company, which owns websites including Vox, The Verge and SB Nation, had been targeting revenue of about $200 million in 2018, which would have translated into about 25% growth over last year’s haul of roughly $160 million, the people said. Instead, the company will be struggling to achieve double-digit percentage revenue growth, the people said.

The expected miss was discussed last week at a Vox Media board meeting, as some investors grow concerned about the situation, one of the people said.

A spokeswoman for Vox Media said it is too early to make predictions about 2018’s final revenue because the fourth quarter is traditionally the largest, by far, for the company and the digital media industry. The spokeswoman said Vox Media is having a strong third quarter and expects to finish the year within its forecasting range, with double-digit percentage revenue growth.

A person close to the company said that $200 million is a “stretch” sales goal, at the high end of the range.

The expected Vox Media shortfall is another sign that the digital media industry is struggling to adapt to the reality that online ad growth is becoming harder to come by, especially as tech firms such as Facebook Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Amazon.com Inc. corner the market. Last year, BuzzFeed and Vice Media, two of the largest digital media firms by revenue, missed their revenue targets substantially.

The growth posted by venture-backed digital media companies would still be the envy of most of their peers in traditional media, whose mature businesses have grown at a slower pace in recent years. But the new-media companies are under pressure to live up to the high expectations of venture and strategic investors, who not long ago believed companies in the sector could easily grow faster than 25% annually.

Vox Media, which has raised more than $300 million in venture capital, now has nearly 1,000 employees. Its last major investment round, a $200 million infusion from Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal in 2015, valued the company at about $1 billion.

One concern for Vox Media, much like other digital media firms, is that revenue from sponsored content isn’t growing as fast as it once did, the people familiar with the matter said.

Vox Media, which relies on advertising as its primary source of revenue, has sought to diversify its business over the last year.

The company has expanded its cross-company advertising network, Concert, launched a podcast business, cut licensing deals with video companies such as Netflix and PBS and has begun selling publishers its proprietary content management system, Chorus.

Vox Media’s peers have taken similar steps. BuzzFeed, for example, recently launched a product review site to capitalize on affiliate revenue sales, and its news division has begun asking readers to chip in with donations.

In August, Vox Media announced internally a reorganization of its advertising sales workforce, creating one team to handle major categories and accounts and another to focus on cultivating new business. In April, the company promoted Chief Marketing Officer Lindsay Nelson to become its chief commercial officer in charge of leading revenue growth efforts.

Despite the tough digital advertising market, Vox Media’s audience is growing. The company drew 78.4 million readers in July, according to comScore, an 8% increase over the previous year. Digital audiences for the New York Times, the Washington Post and BuzzFeed were all down in July compared with the previous year.

—James Oberman contributed to this article.
Write to Amol Sharma at amol.sharma@wsj.com

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[Primemuscle]

I was laughing my balls off reading that.   Even more so the comments

Please don't.

[Primemuscle]

Yup. That about sums it up for everyone chattering on Getbig.

[Kwon3]

[Yamcha]

STOP THE FUCKING PRESSES!!!! This is front page material!

[Yamcha]

Did anyone read this article? I am curious as to what the opinion writer suggests dems do to upgrade their 'harmonica'.

[polychronopolous]

Did anyone read this article? I am curious as to what the opinion writer suggests dems do to upgrade their 'harmonica'.

I have a hard time even considering the Democrats a legitimate political party revelant on the national level.

If you cannot go into middle America and win votes, you simply cannot be taken serious. Especially when it comes to legislative power.

And all the late night comedy show, echo chamber monologues and snarky Trump jokes and meltdowns will not change that simple fact.

[loco]

Yup. That about sums it up for everyone chattering on Getbig.

No, just you and Agnostic, especially when you forget who he is and tell him Trump's his hero:

She is well past her prime and due another breast lift no doubt

Something you learned to say from Donald Trump? No wonder he's your hero.

Did we just meet?? Donald Trump my hero? What are you smoking?

[Yamcha]

I have a hard time even considering the Democrats a legitimate political party revelant on the national level.

If you cannot go into middle America and win votes, you simply cannot be taken serious. Especially when it comes to legislative power.

And all the late night comedy show, echo chamber monologues and snarky Trump jokes and meltdowns will not change that simple fact.

[polychronopolous]

Drumpf terrifying chilling

[Soul Crusher]

Good post and the country is divided along geographic lines.
Urban and Suburban areas tend to be very different from rural areas.

By living in a mountainous rural region in the southeast USA, I better understand rural voters, then most other democrats.
For them, cultural issues are VERY important.
They feel strongly about gun rights, Christian faith / values, along with traditional marriage.

Im a dago wop in NYC and align more w what you claim are SE people.  You are dead wrong in your assessment.   F - you voted for hillary - you are clueless

[mazrim]

No, just you and Agnostic, especially when you forget who he is and tell him Trump's his hero:

lol

[chaos]

Im a dago wop in NYC and align more w what you claim are SE people.  You are dead wrong in your assessment.   F - you voted for hillary - you are clueless

Howard is quite out of touch with reality, typical liberal.

[Primemuscle]

I have a hard time even considering the Democrats a legitimate political party revelant on the national level.

If you cannot go into middle America and win votes, you simply cannot be taken serious. Especially when it comes to legislative power.

And all the late night comedy show, echo chamber monologues and snarky Trump jokes and meltdowns will not change that simple fact.

We should know more about legislative power and the vote in less then 3 weeks. Vote!

[polychronopolous]

We should know more about legislative power and the vote in less then 3 weeks. in less then 3 weeks. Vote!

Yeah well Democrats will not have it.

And you can archive this post and print it in 3 inch headlines because it simply isn't going to happen.

Democrats cannot win middle America anymore.

[Primemuscle]

Yeah well Democrats will not have it.

And you can archive this post and print it in 3 inch headlines because it simply isn't going to happen.

Democrats cannot win middle America anymore.

Where did you get the idea I was prophesizing the midterm election results. We can speculate about them all we want and that won't change a thing.

[Yamcha]