TV RATINGS – BLOGS – & NEWS NEWS
by Amani Channel
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING NEWS AUDIENCE
TVByTheNumbers shares some insights into what’s going on with TV viewing audiences in the wake of the new 2009/10 broadcast season:
CBS and Fox are very slightly up for adults 18-49 vs. last season, MyNet is well ahead, but NBC, ABC and the CW are way down
Check out this post for a chart of primetime ratings situation… It’s not pretty. (via TVSpy)
POPULAR NEWS BLOGGER GIVES INSIDE SCOOP
Check out this informative interview with the one and only Lenslinger. He shares the challenges and issues facing traditional news gathering operations.
SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SUSPENDS CONTACT WITH WTSP TAMPA BAY’S 10
Could this be a case of a some kind of failure of communication, or is there something deeper going on?
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office in Tampa, FL put a gag order on all contact with the CBS affiliate in the market because veteran reporter Mike Deeson “verbally berated a civilian employee of the Sheriff’s Office.”
Looks like there is some kind of history of issues between Deeson and the HillCo Sheriff’s Office.
I guess Channel 10 will need to cover more features now that they’re being cut off from the main source of crime information. What happened Mike?
