Chris Ariens of TVNewser writes that the recently released ratings for the new Fox Business Network show that it’s running at about the same pace as the early days of Fox News.
Ariens writes, “The first public ratings release of Fox Business shows the 9-month-old network is performing close to what Fox News Channel was doing in its first year.
“In July 1997 Fox News averaged 14,000 viewers in Total Day and 25,000 viewers in prime time. The network launched in October 1996. Fox Business is averaging about 8,000 in business day and 20,000 in prime time. FNC is also a general interest news channel while FBN is niche network, in a much more crowded, and mostly digital, environment. FBN is only on one analog cable system: NYC’s Time Warner.
“FBN is still far behind market leader CNBC. The NBCU channel averages 284,000 viewers during the day and 191,000 in prime time. FBN is available in close to 40 million homes while CNBC is in 94 million.”
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Computerworld.com, the online product of IDG’s Computerworld magazine, was named Web Site of the Year for 2008, while Network World, also from IDG, was honored for the Multi-Platform Presentation of the Year.
Douthit writes and edits weekly auto reviews and trend stories about the automotive industry. Douthit also leads coverage of the metro Atlanta area’s fast-growing northern and western communities, including Cobb County, northern Fulton County and Forsyth County.
McGraw also stated, “The advertising outlook at BusinessWeek is challenging. Ad pages to the issue of July 28th are off 17.3 percent, and that’s according to Publisher’s Information Bureau, PIB. At the same time, BusinessWeek’s circulation is growing and new syndicated studies indicate that our audience is younger and more affluent than in years past.”
Saporta has written a column for the paper for nearly two decades, chronicling the movers and shakers in the Atlanta business community. She’s at least the third person on the business desk who has accepted the buyout offer.
Bush writes, “The irony, of course, is that in the age of transparency, new media and blogs, the notoriously tight-lipped Apple is one of the few companies that manage to get away with a we-don’t-have-to-respond approach to media relations. But in light of the recent questions surrounding Mr. Jobs’ health, some argue it’s time to start telling its life-after-Jobs story.
Prodhan writes, “It’s hard to dislike a man who loves newspapers so much, says