MSNBC is going into extra hours tonight on the Japan story. It will air a 1 hour special at 11pm ET (apparently) with Chris Jansing anchoring from Japan.
Archive for March, 2011
Trish Regan Departs CNBC…
Posted in CNBC on March 15, 2011 by icn2TVNewser’s Chris Ariens writes that CNBC’s Trish Regan has left the network. What’s odd is she just filled in at the Weekend Today newsdesk.
Adam Shapiro Interview
Posted in FBN on March 15, 2011 by icn2Talking Biz News interviews FBN’s Adam Shapiro…
How are you connecting with business people in Japan who can tell you what is going on at their companies?
We have contacted several of the major international companies, but the small business person is also a story worth covering. At this point we are still trying to get our hands around the disaster itself after which we can concentrate on the pure business angles.
Are you having any down time?
There is no down time whatsoever. We are 13 hours ahead of New York. Our Day starts at 9 a.m. local, 8 p.m. New York. We spend the day shooting stories and gathering information. At 6 p.m. local, 5 a.m. New York, we begin broadcasting. We finish broadcasting at 2 a.m. local, 1 p.m. New York. These are long days, but the job we have to do is important and it is also an honor to be trusted with the responsibility to deliver.
Here Come the Twins…
Posted in CNN on March 15, 2011 by icn2People Magazine’s Sarah Michaud reports that Kyra Phillips has given birth to twins…
CNN Newsroom anchor Kyra Phillips, 42, and her fiancée, Fox News Senior National Correspondent John Roberts, 54, welcomed fraternal twins just after midnight on Tuesday, March 15, they tell PEOPLE exclusively.
The Hazards of Live TV: #25,098
Posted in Hazards of Live TV on March 15, 2011 by icn2It’s a Nuke reactor…no wait…it’s a nightclub?
Anchors out of Japan?
Posted in Miscellaneous Subjects on March 15, 2011 by icn2Marketwatch’s Jon Friedman writes that news anchors should stay out of Japan…
The networks would better serve themselves and their viewers by cutting back on this self-satisfying practice in journalism. The folks watching at home are not impressed when they see some TV-news star jetting into a war zone or a natural-disaster site, and blathering about the misfortune and suffering in rather insincere tones.
What we need in these terrible situations are people who have genuine expertise to share, either in terms of the crucial political, financial or social implications.
February Digital Numbers: CNBC…
Posted in CNBC on March 14, 2011 by icn2CNBC Digital is noting its February numbers…
CNBC DIGITAL SETS NEW RECORDS IN FEBRUARY
CNBC.com attracts more unique visitors in February than any other month on record;
CNBC’s Real-Time iPhone App scores record page views
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. – March 14, 2011 – CNBC.com, the online destination for global business news and expert analysis, had its best month ever in terms of uniques and its second best month ever in page views. According to the latest data from comScore Media Metrix, the site was visited by 6.8 million unique users last month, a 61% increase compared to the same time period last year, and recorded 315 MM page views, a 36% increase year-over-year.
CNBC’s Real-Time iPhone App posted a record 47 MM page views, representing a 93% increase year-over-year and also saw unique visitors increase by 41% compared to the same period last year. CNBC Mobile Web also posted a 39% increase in page views compared to February 2010.
Additional February 2011 highlights include:
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MSNBC Debuts New Seasons of “Lockup”
Posted in MSNBC on March 14, 2011 by icn2MSNBC announced new seasons of Lockup…
MSNBC’S AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY UNIT TO PREMIERE NEW SEASONS OF “LOCKUP EXTENDED STAY” AND “THE SQUEEZE”
“LOCKUP ORANGE COUNTY: EXTENDED STAY” & SEASON 2 OF “THE SQUEEZE” – SATURDAY, MARCH 19 @ 10 PM ET/7 PM PT & 1 AM ET/10 PM PT, RESPECTIVELY
NEW YORK—March 14, 2011—MSNBC’s award-winning documentary unit will premiere two new seasons of its popular law enforcement series, “Lockup Extended Stay” and “The Squeeze” on Saturday, March 19, at 10pm and 1am ET, respectively.
The Orange County Jail in Southern California holds nearly 7,000 inmates, qualifying it as one of the nation’s top 10 largest prisons. Producers of MSNBC’s critically-acclaimed “Lockup Extended Stay” series spent six grueling months scouring this Orange County “mega jail” to bring viewers the most fascinating and poignant stories from the inmates inside. The four brand-new episodes of “Lockup Orange County: Extended Stay” will air on MSNBC at 10pm ET over four consecutive Saturdays, beginning March 19.
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Bloomberg Japan Coverage Notes…
Posted in Bloomberg on March 14, 2011 by icn2From Bloomberg…
BLOOMBERG TELEVISION’S SPECIAL JAPAN PROGRAMMING
- Live Around-the-Clock Reporting from Human Disaster Impacting World’s Third Largest Economy -
Today, March 14th, 2011, Bloomberg Television continues to provide around-the-clock coverage of the massive human and economic toll of the natural disaster in Japan. Television reporters Sara Eisen(@saraeisenfx), Mike Firn and Margaret Conley are on the ground in Japan, covering what’s at stake for the $1.1 trillion Japanese economy, as well as the fear and distress of a population increasingly worried about the mounting death toll, power outages and possibility of nuclear meltdown. Watch Bloomberg Television live, 24-hours a day, at www.bloomberg.com/tv
Since Friday, Bloomberg Television’s team of over 12 reporters and producers have been dispatched around the country, with Tokyo-based TV reporter Mike Firn reporting from Chiba – home of Japan’s oil refineries and oil port – as well as near Fukushima nuclear plant. Bloomberg Television has also been making use of Bloomberg’s more than 140 print reporters based in Tokyo.
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David Bohrman names Senior VP and Chief Innovation Officer at CNN…
Posted in CNN on March 14, 2011 by icn2Broadcasting & Cable’s John Eggerton & Andrea Morabito write about CNN’s David Bohrman being named Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer…
David Bohrman, Washington bureau chief and head of special events for CNN, has been named senior VP and chief innovation officer. He will report directly to CNN Worldwide President Jim Walton.
In that role, starting May 1, he will help create formats and “editorial approaches” across CNN’s multiple platforms. As EP of CNN’s election coverage, Bohrman has already been innovating through things like the YouTube debate and “magic wall.”
Press Releases: 03/14/11
Posted in Press Releases on March 14, 2011 by icn2CNBC (1)
CNBC’S “FAST MONEY MADNESS” KICKS OFF TODAY
64 Companies, 4 Sectors, 1 Corporate Titan
Don’t Just Get In The Game This March, Get In The Market!
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. – March 14, 2011 – CNBC’s “Fast Money” puts the ball in your court this March. “Fast Money” wants YOU to pick your favorite stock in America right now.
Today, Monday, March 14th, CNBC’s “Fast Money,” hosted by Melissa Lee, launches “Fast Money Madness.” For the first time, victors will be determined on Twitter. To play in this tournament, follow the show on twitter.com/cnbcfastmoney.
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Cable News Dropoff…
Posted in Miscellaneous Subjects on March 14, 2011 by icn2The Hollywood Reporter’s Marissa Guthrie writes about a dropoff in cable news viewership in 2010…
After years of audience growth, cable news may have hit a wall.
According to the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s annual State of the News Media report, cable news viewership for CNN, MSNBC and Fox News fell substantially in 2010 — 13.7 percent in aggregate for a sharper decline than any other sector. Broadcast news, which has experienced declining viewership for years, was down another 3.4 percent in 2010.
And the cable news networks’ declines were sharpest in primetime, where median viewership plummeted 16 percent to an average of 3.2 million, while daytime tune-in was down 12 percent.
Chris Jansing in Japan…
Posted in MSNBC on March 14, 2011 by icn2It wasn’t listed as part of Friday’s announcement of who from NBC was going to Japan but Chris Jansing is there and will be reporting from the region all day…
What’s Hot/What’s Not: 03/13/11
Posted in What's Hot/What's Not on March 13, 2011 by icn2What’s Hot:
Japan Earthquake and Tsunami – Starting late Thursday night the cable nets were all over the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
NBC News vs. Brian Stelter – That a network might find something a media writer might write objectionable is not surprising. Media writers are always writing things that networks might find objectionable. That the blow back would come publicly on Twitter was very surprising…
Brianna Keilar – Keilar was tapped as a White House Correspondent for CNN.
What’s Not:
Morning Joe – The decision to stick mostly to format on Morning Joe instead of going wall to wall on the Japan earthquake and tsunami was a bad one.
Charlie Sheen – Sheen continued to stay in the news and cable news continued to pander to this not THAT newsworthy subject…
Earthquake and Tsunami Boost CNN Friday…
Posted in CNN on March 13, 2011 by icn2The Hollywood Reporter’s Marissa Guthrie writes about the ratings CNN got on Friday…
Coverage of the devastating earthquake and tsunamis in Northern Japan boosted CNN’s ratings by more than 400%.
On Friday, the first day of the disaster CNN offered wall-to-wall coverage from Japan. The net delivered an average audience of 2.2 million viewers (3 a.m. to 3 a.m.) compared to Fox News Channel’s 2.0 million and MSNBC’s 558,000.
The net’s coverage peaked during the 11 a.m. hour Friday with 3.6 million total viewers and 1.5 million of them in news’ target demographic of 25-54-year-olds.
In primetime (8-11 p.m.), CNN came close to beating perennial cable news leader Fox News, averaging 2.6 million total viewers to FNC’s 2.7 million. CNN did beat FNC in the demo, 1.1 million versus 757,000.
A nearly 400,000 gap between FNC and CNN in the Demo based on a 100,000 gap in Total Viewers? That says CNN’s audience was significantly younger and younger is better from an advertiser perspective. CNN will live with that 100K Total Viewer gap. The real prize was coming out way on top of FNC in the Demo. As always…this is breaking news…and therefore an outlier. But it does re-enforce CNN’s hard news brand.
Update: Greta Van Susteren isn’t too happy with what CNN is doing…
My thought: there are times when you compete and enjoy your success (I enjoy success and you should, too and it is great to talk about it and take a bow) and there are times when it is indecent and tasteless to brag. This is one of them. More than 10,000 are dead in Japan and millions and millions of broken hearts and CNN seems to think it is important to brag about their ratings to the point where they are even sending them out (and even sending them out a day early to get attention.)
CNNI Reboots Graphics…
Posted in CNN on March 13, 2011 by icn2CNNI has unveiled new graphics and lower thirds. These more closely resemble the lower third style being used on CNN Domestic, though they are obviously not a direct 1:1 match. CNN Observations has screen grabs of the changes…
Record Web Traffic for CNN.com…
Posted in CNN on March 13, 2011 by icn2TV by The Numbers reports that CNN.com set traffic records for video streams on Friday…
CNBC Sunday Programming Changes
Posted in CNBC on March 13, 2011 by icn2From CNBC…
SPECIAL CNBC ASIA PROGRAMMING WILL AIR TONIGHT 3/13 FROM 8PM-8:30PM ET FOLLOWED BY A LIVE CNBC SPECIAL REPORT: DISASTER IN JAPAN FROM 8:30PM-9PM ET.
LIVE EUROPE PROGRAMMING WILL AIR TOMORROW MORNING 3/14 AT 4AM-5AM ETB(PRE-EMPTS MAD MONEY RE-AIR).
CNBC SPECIAL REPORT: DISASTER IN JAPAN
Special Report anchored by CNBC’s Melissa Francis and Tyler Mathisen live from CNBC Global Headquarters. Program will look at just how dangerous the nuclear situation has become in Japan. Plus, an inside look at the state of the nuclear infrastructure in the United States, including the safety standards.
CNBC will have live reports from Japan and speak to some of this nation’s top nuclear experts.
FNC Sunday Programming Changes…
Posted in FNC on March 13, 2011 by icn2TVNewser has the latest programming changes occurring on FNC including Shepard Smith heading to Japan (!)…
CNN Sunday Programming Changes (Update)
Posted in CNN on March 13, 2011 by icn2From CNN…
Tonight, 9-11pmE, CNNUS/CNNI will simulcast a live special edition of Anderson Cooper 360 with Anderson Cooper, Sanjay Gupta and Soledad O’Brien from Japan. Also contributing to this live special edition of AC360: Kyung Lah, CNN’s Tokyo-based correspondent who has been reporting since the earthquake; Anna Coren, Stan Grant, Paula Hancocks, and Gary Tuchman.
Latest on CNN journalists in Japan: http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/11/breaking-news-8-9-quake-hits-japan/
Kyung Lah CNN Tokyo correspondent; Anderson Cooper CNN anchor; Soledad O’Brien CNN special correspondent and anchor; Dr. Sanjay Gupta CNN Chief Medical Correspondent; Paula Hancocks CNN Correspondent (normally based in Korea); Anna Coren CNN Anchor (Normally based in Hong Kong); Stan Grant CNN correspondent (Normally based in Beijing); Gary Tuchman CNN Correspondent; Martin Savidge CNN Correspondent and Anchor; Fernando del Rincon CNN En Espanol; Steve Kastenbaum CNN Radio; Brian Todd is embedded with the USAID search and rescue team.
CNN Japan Coverage Notes…
Posted in CNN on March 12, 2011 by icn2News on News’ Kevin Coy has CNN and CNNI’s programming schedule for Saturday night and Sunday…
What’s Hot/What’s Not: Submissions…
Posted in What's Hot/What's Not on March 12, 2011 by icn2Post your nominations for this week’s What’s Hot/What’s Not. I’ll post the finalists on Sunday night
CNBC’s London Makeover…
Posted in CNBC on March 12, 2011 by icn2News on News’ Kevin Coy has a look at changes to CNBC’s London studios…
CNBC’s European studios in London are undergoing a major refurbishment which has required the move of its output to its smaller ‘studio 2′.
Programming began broadcasting from studio 2 on Monday 7th March, however work has been underway at CNBC’s Fleet Place facility in Lodnon since early in the year.
It is thought that the refurbishment will include a new high-tech video wall suggested to be similar to the one now in use at CNBC’s world headquarters in Englewood Cliffs.
NBC News vs. Brian Stelter
Posted in MSNBC on March 11, 2011 by icn2A truly astonishing thing happened on Twitter this evening. Elements of NBC News took very public issue with a Brian Stelter blog post on coverage of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
It started with a tweet to Stelter from Subrata De
@brianstelter “Western correspondents”? CNBC Tokyo Bureau Chief Kaori Enjoji &NBC News Tokyo Bureau Chief Arata Yamamoto. Do they NOT count?
This was followed by a tweet from Erica Masonhall…
@brianstelter “lack of western” journos is insulting. NBC and CNBC Tokyo bureaus reported live for Today and Nightly News. No lack of covg.
Stelter responded to both…
@ErikaMasonhall @subratadenbc having two people there, two people whom U.S. viewers barely recognize, does not make my description wrong.
Stelter also responded separately to Subrata De…
@subratadenbc of course “they count,” but you and I both know that U.S. networks are remarkably short-staffed in Asia.
Masonhall then responded to Stelter again…
@brianstelter Yes, it does. You described a lack of coverage. Reporting from non-US correspondents is NOT a lack of coverage.
Then Chuck Todd joined the fray…
@brianstelter but come on, that blanket statement doesn’t apply to NBC
Then the NBC News PR twitter account also attacked…
@brianstelter Your post is insulting to all of the US media orgs who have scrambled to cover this horrible disaster.
@brianstelter – @NBCNews has bureaus in Beijing, Tokyo, & Bangkok; full-time correspondents in Asia; partnerships w NTV
Who’s right in this fracas? Well technically both are right. But there’s a lot of nuance required here in sorting this out.
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Where’s the Context?
Posted in FNC on March 11, 2011 by icn2Business Insider’s Glynnis MacNicol has a strange item on TV News tune in based on Google Hot web searches. Yes, you read that right. Here’s MacNicol’s breathtaking headline…
REVEALED! The TV Network People ACTUALLY Tune In To For Breaking News
“ACTUALLY Tune in to”? Must mean a TV ratings ranking is forthcoming right? Wrong. MacNicol’s apparent basis for this claim is some sort of Google Hot Search ranking, which I don’t quite understand for reasons I’ll get into in a moment. But the fact remains that MacNicol uses a web search ranking to justify a TV tune in ranking headline. There’s no connection. There’s no intersection. If web traffic were a true reflector of TV Tune in, CNN’s typical TV position would probably be #1, MSNBC #2, and FNC #3…not the reverse.
And what exactly is this ranking based on? What are the critieria? We don’t know because MacNicol doesn’t tell us though to be fair she may not know either…it may be Google’s secret. But it’s hard to take any web based result seriously when we don’t know what the criteria are. Furthermore, what does “Fox News” stand for? A generic search on the “Fox News” website? A generic search for the “Fox News” website? Again, we don’t know. But how that question is answered goes a long way to establishing this ranking as either supportive or gratuitous information that this ranking has anything to do with “breaking news”. But I’d rather see what Comscore and other site traffic websites have to say than some un-contextualized Google ranking.
Though this entry concerns FNC, this really isn’t about FNC but the metrics of the evidence for this article’s claim. FNC may indeed turn out to have more viewer tune in during the critical overnight hours than CNN but we don’t know that yet because Nielsen hasn’t released those numbers. And, for the record, I agree with MacNicol that FNC’s coverage was good and MSNBC’s, especially during Morning Joe, was not. Courtney Friel worked harder and did more coverage on the Tsunami story for FNC than Morning Joe’s team did for MSNBC. Think about that. Yes, I know I already used that line on Twitter but it was too good not to recycle here.
This entry has less to do with FNC and more to do with using Apples to support Oranges. FNC may indeed end up drawing more viewers on TV than anyone else for this breaking news story. But you’re not going to find any evidence for that based on web search rankings.
Related: Mediaite’s Mark Joyella has early numbers from Nielsen. These aren’t final numbers so they may change around a bit. They don’t convincingly refute MacNicol’s point but they don’t convincingly validate it either. It all depends on how you define the “breaking news” timeframe.
CNN Saturday Programming Changes
Posted in CNN on March 11, 2011 by icn2CNN’s planned Saturday coverage of the Japan earthquake/tsunami…
(all times eastern)
6am Special Coverage: Quake Tsunami Disaster – anchors: Andrew Stevens & Randi Kaye
7am Special Coverage: Quake Tsunami Disaster — anchors: Andrew Stevens & Randi Kaye
8am Special Coverage: Quake Tsunami Disaster — anchors: Andrew Stevens & Randi Kaye
9am Special Coverage: Quake Tsunami Disaster — anchors: Becky Anderson & Randi Kaye
10am Special Coverage: Quake Tsunami Disaster — anchors: Becky Anderson & Randi Kaye
11am Special Coverage: Quake Tsunami Disaster – anchors: Becky Anderson & Fredricka Whitfield
12pm Special Coverage: Quake Tsunami Disaster – anchors: John Vause & Fredricka Whitfield
1pm Special Coverage: Quake Tsunami Disaster – anchors: John Vause & Fredricka Whitfield
2pm Special Coverage: Quake Tsunami Disaster – anchors: John Vause & Fredricka Whitfield
3pm Special Coverage: Quake Tsunami Disaster – anchors: John Vause & Fredricka Whitfield
4pm CNN NewsRoom – Fredrikca Whitfield anchors
5pm CNN NewsRoom — Don Lemon anchors
6pm Quake Tsunami Disaster – Situation Room Special – Wolf Blitzer anchors
7pm Quake Tsunami Disaster – Situation Room Special – Wolf Blitzer anchors
8pm Quake Tsunami Disaster – Situation Room Special — Wolf Blitzer anchors
9pm Special Coverage: Quake Tsunami Disaster – anchors: Don Lemon & John Vaus
10pm Special Coverage: Quake Tsunami Disaster – anchors: Don Lemon & John Vause
CNN Deployment Notes…
Posted in CNN on March 11, 2011 by icn2The latest info from CNN on its coverage deployment for the Japanese earthquake and Tsunami. But it’s who isn’t going that has my attention. No Anderson Cooper.
Update: Cooper’s going…
I had my back packed for #Libya today, but will be going to #Japan instead.
CNN’s Tokyo-based correspondent Kyung Lah (@KyungLahCNN) has been covering this story since it broke in the 1aET hour. CNN’s Seoul-based correspondent Paula Hancocks (@phancocksCNN) has also joined Lah in Japan. Both teams are currently en route to Sendai, Japan, which is located near the quake’s epicenter.
Additional CNN correspondents heading to Japan to cover this developing story include:
* CNN Hong Kong anchor Anna Coren
* CNN’s national correspondent Gary Tuchman
* CNN’s Atlanta-based correspondent Martin Savidge
* CNN en Español’s Fernando del Rincon
* CNN anchor and special correspondent Soledad O’Brien
* CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta
* CNN radio correspondent Steve Kastenbaum
