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NBC won the first Tuesday of the 2005-06 TV season in the metered markets for total viewers and adults 18-49, according to Nielsen Media Research data; Fox finished second, and CBS third, Mediaweek reports. My Name Is Earl gave considerable help, along with the always-reliable Law & Order: SVU.
On Fox, Bones took a considerable hit in its second week, dropping 33 percent from its premiere. While the reviews for Bones had been mixed at best, there had been hope that it would do well coming after House, and in fact it won its timeslot last week. Typical erosion in week two, for a new series, is generally closer to 10-15 percent.
All sectors of the media business will suffer from the weakened economy in 2008 and 2009, with a slump in local advertising particularly hurting newspapers and local TV, according to a new projection from Goldman Sachs.
Broadcast nets will experience…
The New York Times is shuttering its International Herald Tribune site; NYTimes.com will soon host the international news normally reserved for its sister website.
The move is not about cost savings, but rather about growth, NYTimes.com general manager Vivian Schiller…
Unilever’s Vaseline set forth on an unusual research project in a small town in Alaska. Setting up a storefront, the company began giving away free bottles of lotion and asking recipients to name the person who had recommended they come…
Meet the Press, the show hosted by Tim Russert for 17 years before his death last June, is beginning to slip in ratings.
Last month, CBS’s Face the Nation pulled ahead of Meet the Press for the first time in two…
Bloggers collectively create nearly one million blog posts each day, and half of bloggers believe blogs will be a primary source of news and entertainment in the next five years, according to Technorati’s 2008 State of the Blogosphere Report, MarketingCharts writes.…
Wal-Mart and Costco reported same-store gains in September, with sales rising 2.4% and 9% respectively. Sales at Target stores open at least a year fell 3%, writes Retailer Daily.
Below, fiscal results from the discount retail giants:
Sales of food and…
