------ Forwarded Message > From: Sardar <sar...@spiritone.com> > Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 19:01:23 -0700 > To: Sardar <recon1968br...@yahoo.com> > Subject: ABC, CBS Evening News Continue To Hemorrhage Viewers > > ABC, CBS Evening News Continue To Hemorrhage Viewers > > x > Email Article > From > To > > > Email Sent! > You have successfully shared the post. > | > A A A > a.. Buzz > b.. Share33 > c.. Gillian Reagan | Apr. 2, 2010, 9:58 AM | 1,276 | 21 > > DIS Apr 1 2010, 06:40 PM EDT > 35.55 Change % Change > - 0.00% > > GE Apr 1 2010, 06:40 PM EDT > 18.33 Change % Change > - 0.00% > > CBS Apr 1 2010, 06:40 PM EDT > 14.17 Change % Change > - 0.00% > > See Also: > > ABC News Asks 300 Employees To Leave > > After Laying Off Hundreds Of Staffers, ABC News Plans For Paywall By > Summer > > Eric Alterman: Pay Anchors Like Journalists Instead Of Hedge Fund > Managers > > > CNN isn't the only news network struggling to bring in viewers. > > Evening news broadcasts at major networks are suffering, too. > > According to Bill Carter at the New York Times, ABC's World News with Diane > Sawyer had its worst quarter since 1987. CBS' Evening News with Katie Couric > hit a new low starting in January. > > But Brian Williams' Nightly News at NBC got a boost with its best first > quarter in four years (thanks, Olympics). > > Over all, Q1 numbers were: > > NBC (GE): 9.92 million viewers > > ABC (DIS): 8.27 million > > CBS (CBS): 6.45 million > > "The number of viewers still watching the three shows together - more than > 24 million in the first quarter - continue to dwarf any news program on > cable," Carter notes. > > But evening news casts continue to lose their viewers to cable networks and > Internet news coverage. In an effort to make up the difference in dipping ad > revenue, broadcasts have been cutting hundreds of newsroom staffers. ABC > News is also looking at new revenue streams like paywalls for their websites > and adding video onto ad-supported sites like Hulu. > > Tags: TV, Media, ABC, News > > > Read more: > http://www.businessinsider.com/nbc-abc-cbs-evening-news-continue-to-lose-viewe > rs-2010-4#ixzz0jzy3UjVq > > > Read more: > http://www.businessinsider.com/nbc-abc-cbs-evening-news-continue-to-lose-viewe > rs-2010-4#ixzz0jzy3fp4k > > http://www.businessinsider.com/nbc-abc-cbs-evening-news-continue-to-lose-viewe > rs-2010-4
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