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Ad spending dropped 2% in the third quarter from the previous year despite the Olympics and presidential election, TNS Media Intelligence reported Thursday. For the first nine months of 2008, total spending was down 1.7%, but most national TV categories showed gains, with network up 3%, cable up 3.7...
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I was flying over “ruby red” Utah last Tuesday when the television networks called the presidential election for Sen. Barack Obama. We’d already had our first beverage and snack service—animal crackers, Terra chips and a Doritos snack mix among the choices—and the JetBlue flight from New York to Oakland...
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Sen. Barack Obama’s acceptance speech after winning the presidential election last night had earned more than 4.8 million viral video views 24 hours after the clip began to circulate online, according to data from online video measurement service Visible Measures. That figure includes only viral clips...
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CNN.com won the online news race on Election Day, ranking as the most visited Web site on Nov. 4 among all media and political sites, with MSNBC.com second, said online audience measurement firm Hitwise. CNN.com’s traffic rose 146% on Tuesday compared with Monday, while MSNBC.com’s traffic jumped 122...
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The Web sites of cable news networks MSNBC.com and CNN.com, as well as ABCNews.com, reported record-breaking traffic on Election Night, according to statistics released today. On Nov. 4, MSNBC.com generated nearly 250 million page views served up to more than 20 million unique visitors. That’s more than...
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Not only did Barack Obama come away with the election last night, he also tallied up more social media buzz during the last year, according to data from online tracking service Trendrr. Sen. Obama had the advantage in news mentions, blog buzz, MySpace followers and number of videos on YouTube, Trendrr...
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Cable network Current has partnered with Digg and Twitter to power its Election Night coverage, the programmer announced today. Starting at 7 p.m. EDT on Nov. 4, Current will cover the election results on-air and online with live streaming headlines from Digg.com, a social news site that lets users vote...
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Dish Network will combine feeds from six of the largest cable news networks on one of its channels starting today through next Friday in an effort to give subscribers more access to news during the days before and after next Tuesday's presidential election. Larger satellite competitor DirecTV announced...
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CBS News has announced plans for a live Webcast on Election Night, Nov. 4, anchored by Katie Couric. The Webcast, which will run at CBSNews.com and CNET.com, will begin following CBS News’ live broadcast coverage of the election results and will include questions received from online viewers submitted...
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Hulu broadened its programming lineup further with the news that it will stream the Tuesday night presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama live on Hulu.com. The feed will be provided by NBC News and will run about 90 minutes. In addition, Hulu will live stream the final presidential debated...
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MobiTV will broadcast tonight’s presidential debate live without commercials beginning at 9 p.m. EDT right to your cell phone. Tonight’s debate and the other two scheduled for this campaign will be available to MobiTV subscribers on AT&T, Sprint, Alltel and other carriers powered by MobiTV. Subscribers...
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Political news blog CNN Political Ticker reached a new usership high with more than 2.7 million page views Aug. 22. It is the No. 1 political news blog, according to Nielsen Online. The network’s CNNPolitics.com also has garnered its share of online traffic, with more than 1 billion page views since...
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BET Networks unveiled its plans for extensive, multiplatform election year political coverage, including the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. BET and BET J will air hours of on-air programming, including live coverage, daily news specials, public service announcements and extended news...