Entertainment Industry
Palin draws 37 million viewers, just shy of Obama (Reuters)
Reuters - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, unknown to most Americans a week ago, nearly matched Barack Obama's record TV audience with her feisty speech on Wednesday accepting the Republican nomination for vice president, topping 37 million U.S. viewers. More »
Prime-Time Metered Market Wednesday Ratings: Solid Bones Season Opener on Fox (Mediaweek.com)
Mediaweek.com - -Yesterday's Losers (excluding repeats): Greatest American Dog (CBS) More »
Ratings Box: What's Hot/What's Not (Mediaweek.com)
Mediaweek.com - Based on preliminary live plus same day Nielsen data, the two-hour premiere of the CW's 90210 roared out of the Tuesday gate as the highest rated telecast of any scripted show ever on the network among adults 18-34 (3.0/9), women 18-34 (4.3/12), adults 18-49 (2.6/7) and women 18-49 (3.6/9). 90210 finished as the third highest rated series premiere in the CW's history in women 18-34 (4.3/12), adults 18-34 (3.0/ 9) and adults 18-49 (2.6/ 7). And it led the CW to its best performance for any evening among adults 18-49. Now, tell me…who is the father of Kelly's son? More »
National Ratings in Prime-Time: Week of August 25, 2008 (Mediaweek.com)
Mediaweek.com - NBC led the low-rated troops for the week of August 25 in households, total viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54; while Fox pulled ahead among adults 18-34. But with four nights of coverage of the 2008 Democratic Convention at 10 p.m., none of the networks were rejoicing. CBS, in particular, took a hit with year-to-year losses of as much as 36 percent. More »
Target scores Aguilera hits album exclusive (Reuters)
Reuters - Target and Target.com (http://www.target.com/) will be the sole retailers to carry Christina Aguilera's first greatest hits collection, "Keeps Gettin' Better - A Decade of Hits," due November 11. More »
Democratic Convention was No. 1 on cable last week (AP)
AP - Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Aug 25-31. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses: More »
LinkedIn lands CNBC deal (Reuters)
Reuters - CNBC has entered into an alliance with LinkedIn under which the financial news channel will air content generated by the professional networking site's 27 million members. More »
New York Sun newspaper could close by end of September (Reuters)
Reuters - The New York Sun, a daily newspaper launched six years ago as an often conservative-leaning alternative to The New York Times, may stop publishing by the end of September unless it gets additional financial backing. More »
McCain camp blames media for Palin controversy (Reuters)
Reuters - The McCain campaign came out swinging Wednesday against the media over the controversy and coverage swirling around vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. More »
NBC stayed on top last week, with viewership down (AP)
AP - What a difference the Olympics makes, especially when it's over. More »