Tag: media industry

CNN Records Lowest Ratings Week in 9 Years

CNN is ending January on a low note—the lowest the news network has seen in nine years, to be exact. According to The Wrap, for the week of Jan. 16 through Jan. 22, Nielsen ratings showed CNN averaged just 444,000 primetime viewers, with 93,000 in the crucial 25–54 age demographic. For daytime programming, the network…


Lessons to Be Learned From the Media Circus

Commentary I’ve been thinking a lot about the phrase “media circus” lately. I’ve heard it applied to all sorts of crime-related stories I’ve covered during my decades as a reporter. Lately, the expression cropped up during the near wall-to-wall coverage of the Gabby Petito missing person/homicide case. I also heard it applied recently to the…