A rough weekend for three of the NFL’s most celebrated old-school quarterbacks may have long-term implications for the league’s TV partners, as the loss of Ben Roethlisberger, Drew Brees and Eli Manning could cause a shakeup in the Nielsen ratings. No team poses more of a risk than the Pittsburgh Steelers. By virtue of the Steelers’ outsized contribution to the weekly NFL deliveries, Roethlisberger’s season-ending injury is likely to have the most meaningful impact on Fox, CBS, NBC and ESPN. Late in the second quarter in Pittsburgh’s home opener against Seattle, the 37-year-old quarterback shook out his arm in distress after firing what appeared to be a routine incomplete pass. The sight of Roethlisberger clutching his right elbow like Rodney Dangerfield trying to finesse his way out of a golf bet was the stuff of nightmares for Steelers fans and the networks that cash in on the team’s popularity. Pittsburgh has six national TV windows remaining on its schedule, and it will have to suit up for each of them with the largely untested backup Mason Rudolph under center. A third-round draft pick in 2018, Rudolph looked effective against the Seahawks—he connected on 12 of 19 passes for 112 yards with two touchdowns and an interception—but unless he starts lighting up the scoreboard like Big Ben in his prime, the Steelers are not going to be a reliable ratings draw. The amount of gross ratings points in play is not insignificant. Last season, Pittsburgh was the NFL’s fifth... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
[ Advertising Age | 2019-09-18 21:56:19 UTC ]
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James O'Brien's How to Be Right (Virgin) has claimed the Amazon Charts Most Sold: Non-Fiction number one, ending the five-week run of Adam Kay's This is Going to Hurt (Picador). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-28 08:18:55 UTC ]
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Welcome to another edition of Ad Age Sports Media Brief, a weekly roundup of news from every zone of the sports media spray chart, including the latest on broadcast/cable/streaming, sponsorships, endorsements, gambling and tech. Imagine Dragons The XFL this week took the wraps off the names... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-08-23 19:19:00 UTC ]
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As the ongoing trade war between the United States and China rumbled on early this year, some interesting book industry statistics were coming out of the People’s Republic. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-20 23:06:52 UTC ]
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The publishers' association in Riga is mounting a new bid to ease the country's VAT rates on books, after enduring sharp hikes and only modest decreases. The post Latvian Publishers Association Demands a Cut in the VAT Rate on Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-08-15 05:30:56 UTC ]
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The NBA is kicking the tires on a new scheduling initiative designed to give East Coast hoops fans a reprieve from having to stay up until the wee hours of the morning to keep tabs on the league’s Western Conference superstars. Beginning this season, the NBA is slashing the number of nationally... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-08-13 10:00:00 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association has joined forces with more than 50 UK retailers to demand changes to the business rates system in a bid to save the high street. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-12 17:07:43 UTC ]
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DHH Literary Agency will host an event in Liverpool allowing aspiring authors to pitch their work direct to its team. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-08 21:14:50 UTC ]
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Campaigner calls out ‘hate and conspiracy campaigns’ after Australian’s attackThe teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has hit back at the Australian News Corp columnist Andrew Bolt for writing a deeply offensive column that mocked her autism diagnosis.The Swedish schoolgirl posted a tweet... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-08-01 20:43:04 UTC ]
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Scholastic cited a host of factors for a 55% decline in operating income in the fiscal year ended May 31, 2019. Revenue rose 2% in the year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The numbers for Norah O’Donnell’s historic first week as the anchor of “CBS Evening News” are in, and despite leaving no stone unturned on the promotional front, the new-look newscast didn’t make any progress on the ratings front. According to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, the first five... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-07-24 19:58:59 UTC ]
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If you can find a bookie who’ll take some action on the latest pay-TV carriage dispute, bet everything you have that the stalemate between AT&T and CBS will end before the 2019 NFL season kicks off in September. Like Time Warner Cable before them, the phone company and its DirecTV subsidiary... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-07-22 20:52:00 UTC ]
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The history of television ratings is of great interest to me because--to quote Maya Angelou--"if you don't know where you've come from, you don't know where you're going." Market research firm The Nielsen Company, founded in 1923, is perhaps best known for its ubiquitous television ratings, but... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2019-07-18 16:04:09 UTC ]
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A new production wrinkle did little to boost interest in the MLB All-Star Game, as the TV turnout for Fox’s mic’d-up Midsummer Classic fell to an all-time low. According to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, Tuesday night’s showdown between the American and National League headliners averaged... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-07-11 18:50:40 UTC ]
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The prolonged uncertainty over the shape and timeline of Brexit has led to delayed investment decisions from publishers which will affect industry growth further down the line, Publishers Association president Peter Phillips has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-07 12:51:47 UTC ]
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Elliot Ackerman and Anuradha Bhagwati explore the complex truths of military service. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-07-05 12:40:58 UTC ]
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[caption id="attachment_161551" align="alignright" width="150"] Jimi Li[/caption] ALM Media, the New York-based B2B media and intelligence firm serving the legal and financial services industries, announced the addition of Jimi Li to its executive ranks as chief technology officer. Li arrives... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-07-02 16:04:59 UTC ]
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The 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup has been putting up big numbers for Fox Sports, and if the United States squad can get past England in Tuesday’s semifinal match, advertisers are all but assured that a massive audience will tune in for the July 7 final. According to Nielsen live-same-day data,... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-07-01 17:19:54 UTC ]
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Large restaurant chains Red Robin and White Castle are reporting shortages of Impossible Foods Inc.’s popular meat-free patties, even as the plant-based food producer embarks on a nationwide expansion with Burger King. Calls to a dozen Red Robins and the same number of White Castles on Thursday... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-06-14 15:48:17 UTC ]
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Two books examine what makes a ballpark great, and what happened in one of the wildest games ever. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-06-06 15:24:40 UTC ]
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After cease and desist letter issued for portraying Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez like DC’s Wonder Woman, indie Devil’s Due pastiches another characterAfter getting into hot water with DC Comics for an issue in which congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez looked a little too much like DC’s Wonder... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-06-06 13:44:12 UTC ]
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