By the looks of Donald Trump’s Twitter feed, you might think he is running against CNN, not Hillary Clinton. On Monday afternoon Trump fired off six tweets in a row attacking CNN’s news coverage and accusing the network of being the “press shop for Hillary Clinton.”
That’s according to Bernstein Research. Cable shortfall would have been worse but for spike in viewership at the cable news networks — CNN, Fox News and MSNBC. Bernstein’s Todd Juenger adds that the incremental audience for cable news came from viewers who would not be watching TV at all, as well as taking share from other TV networks.
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CNN believes that in a platform era, there’s more it can do to get its journalism out there. “We already offer immense value,” says Mitra Kalita, the news network’s VP of digital programming. “What we want to do — very broadly — is to figure out if there’s a new event that happens and people turn to CNN, how do we keep them there. It also means finding new readers in all the places they are. I don’t see content as separate from distribution.
Media Outlets Feud Over Pool Coverage
On the eve of this year’s political conventions, the five news networks that traditionally pool resources to provide video from the political events — ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News and NBC News — have informed news outlets that aren’t members of the pool that they will need to begin paying significant new fees in return for access to live coverage, not just at the conventions but debates, presidential press conferences, and many other events. WSJ subscribers can read the full story here.
Facebook is paying more than $50 million to 140 video creators, including legacy publishers, digital media companies and celebrities. BuzzFeed leads the pack with a $3.05 million deal over one year, with the New York Times and CNN not far behind, according to a document obtained by The Wall Street Journal.
CNN is charging advertisers $40,000 to $100,000 for a 30-second spot during the Republican and Democratic conventions, compared with about $5,000 for a normal prime-time commercial, according to a person familiar with the matter. Fox News plans to charge similar rates, according to Ken Goldstein, a professor of politics at the University of San Francisco who analyzes polling and advertising for Bloomberg Politics.
In a world of infinite headlines, channels narrow their focus. It was the internet that finally killed the news wheel. All of a sudden, the fastest way to get the news wasn’t by switching on a cable news channel, it was by hopping online. Cable news has been trying to adapt ever since. Now, both CNN and MSNBC are trying a new angle that takes them back to their roots, but with a twist. The focus is back on news, just with fewer stories.
NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama dined in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Monday with CNN personality Anthony Bourdain, whose “Parts Unknown” food travelogue is one of the network’s most popular […]
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Samantha Barry, CNN’s head of social media, says the company has reframed itself as a global multiplatform network. That means moving to wherever its wide-ranging audiences are — most recently messaging apps — with habituating audiences as the ultimate success metric.
What could possibly persuade Jeff Zucker to exit his current job as boss of CNN Worldwide? A bid for New York mayor, perhaps? One source suggests Zucker has been reaching out to Gov. Cuomo’s advisers to see if it might be feasible. “It is 10 times 100 percent not true,” Zucker responds.
NEW YORK (AP) — Former NBC “Meet the Press” moderator David Gregory is joining CNN as a Washington-based political analyst. CNN said Monday that Gregory will appear primarily on […]
With a straight-up-the-middle coverage plan, the 24/7 cable network managed to snare six primary debates in campaign 2016, four with the Republicans and two with the Democrats. In addition, it has cranked out seven town hall presentations, including one with President Obama on gun violence. “We are the cable network that doesn’t choose sides,” says Sam Feist, CNN’s Washington bureau chief.
CNN is planning to pour $20 million into its digital products as it looks to expand its reach while also fending off the growth of a new crop of online media companies. The new investment will be focused on three key areas: Web video, mobile and global expansion.
One week after ratings soared to a 2016 high with an insult-ridden Republican debate on Fox News Channel, viewership fell off about 30% for CNN’s rather civil get-together last night.
NEW YORK (AP) — Thursday’s GOP debate was watched by 14.5 million people, according to the Nielsen ratings company. The explosive faceoff between presidential hopeful Donald Trump and rivals […]
