CNN.com won the online news race on Election Day for TV networks, ranking as the most visited Web site on Nov. 4 among all TV network Web sites, with MSNBC.com second, said online audience measurement firm Hitwise. CNN.com’s traffic rose…
An estimated 78.58 million people watched prime-time coverage of the historic election on 14 broadcast and cable networks Tuesday night, according to final national averages from Nielsen Media Research. That’s a dramatic increase from the 59.17 million who watched Election…
Fox Broadcasting parent News Corp. said today that its fiscal first-quarter earnings fell 30% as a drop in profit from its local television operations more than offset a boost in earnings from cable network programming. The company, factoring in the…
ABC News has appointed Jake Tapper as senior White House correspondent, Martha Raddatz as senior foreign affairs correspondent and Jonathan Karl as senior congressional correspondent. All three correspondents will take on their new assignments effective immediately. Mr. Tapper, who joined…
The Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert-anchored “Indecision 2008: America’s Choice,” which aired live last night, became the highest-rated and most-watched special in Comedy Central’s “Indecision” political series. Capping the special with the live announcement of Sen. Barack Obama winning the presidency, “America’s…
ABC’s coverage of Election Night was the most-watched of the four broadcast networks from 8 to 11 p.m. Tuesday, a position the network has not held on a presidential Election Night since 1996. According to fast national data, adjusted for…
The Web sites of cable news networks MSNBC.com and CNN.com, as well as ABCNews.com, reported record-breaking traffic on Election Night, according to statistics released today. On Nov. 4, MSNBC.com generated nearly 250 million page views served up to more than…
Miley Cyrus, star of the Disney Channel’s “Hannah Montana,” and “American Idol” finalist David Archuleta have signed on to perform during NBC’s live broadcast of “The 82nd Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.” Kristin Chenoweth of ABC’s “Pushing Daisies” and stars…
President-elect Barack Obama today formally announced a transition team, saying it would be headed by John Podesta, Valerie Jarrett and Pete Rouse. Mr. Podesta was the final White House chief of staff in the Clinton administration. Ms. Jarrett is CEO…