What’s Hot/What’s Not: 10/30/11
What’s Hot:
Christiane Amanpour back to CNN? – There’s probably nothing to it but it’s not the kind of story ABC or CNN needs to deal with.
Alan Chernoff exits CNNI – Chernoff heads to a PR firm…
CNBC signs with Arbitron – This is pretty big news as it signals a strategic change by the network to get past the “Nielsen barrier” and measure out of home viewing which the network has for years said constitutes a large percentage of its viewership. The question I have is how long before FBN follows suit?
Jim Clancy loses his CNNI show – The network’s Abu Dhabi bureau will get a new show.
Hala Gorani – And Gorani gets back a half hour of her I-Desk show.
American Morning’s imminent demise – All signs point to a change being announced next week.
Ali Velshi – And one of the changes according to The New York Times’ Brian Stelter is Velshi will get a CNNI business show.
What’s Not:
Donald Trump – Trump gins up a fake spat with Lawrence O’Donnell.
The media coverage of Trump’s Spat – And the Media falls for it again…
CNBC Portfolio Challenge Trouble; 2011 Edition – CNBC’s Portfolio Challenge is in the news again and like four years ago it’s because of contestants gaming the system.
October 30, 2011 at 6:50 pm
Man, what a pathetic week for cable-news news. I’m starting to miss Glenn Beck..
October 30, 2011 at 7:05 pm
Stelter says Banfield to 5am, Soledad at 7. Soledad retweeted it.
October 30, 2011 at 10:39 pm
CNN news, yawn.
October 31, 2011 at 7:44 am
I think my earlier post got edited out. Anyway, it is a pathetic week if CNN news, most of it “behind the scenes” anyway, is hot!