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'Dunkirk' star Mark Rylance says his fellow Brits are as resilient now as they were in WWII http://nydn.us/2ue5cqy
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Movie ticket prices hit record levels in the second quarter of 2017 http://bit.ly/2uDR36I ...Average Broadway ticket prices went up 6 dollars.
Covering the business of show - BO (box office) bits/ratings and media insights
Q2 2017 Ratings: Fox News is Most-Watched Cable News Network for 62nd Straight Quarters ...TV Newser
Ryan Seacrest Returns To 'American Idol', ABC Confirms..no way will this sit well with Kelly Ripa..she has been treated like crap with this network. This was the plan all along. Get Ryan over to ABC and then have him host this. The Kelly and Ryan show can now promote the heck out of "American Idol" in the morning. Kelly got played once again.
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TIM'S BO Notes:
- For all the hype, one would think "War for the Planet of the Apes" would be in the superhero opening category. NOPE!. It was never going to be. - And please note that "Spiderman: Homecoming" dropped 61 percent in its second weekend. Ouch! - At the halfway point, it looks like only "Dunkirk" has emerged as an Oscar contender. comScore’s Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented, Sony's "Sony's 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' has another great weekend trapping another $117.5 million in its box office web and thus brings its worldwide cume to $469.37 million while Fox's 'War For The Planet Of The Apes' leaps to an impressive $46 million opening weekend from 61 international markets plus a number one debut in North America for a combined global weekend of $102.5 million."
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Broadcast Nets Cheat Nielsen Ratings System from Broadcast and Cable
The broadcast networks have found that misspelling show names can fool Nielsen’s automated ratings system into mis-categorizing lower-rated shows. That results in those particular broadcasts not being included among a show’s season-long ratings numbers. A Wall Street Journal report finds NBC has played the misspelled card 14 times this season, while CBS has done it 12 times and ABC has done it 7 times.
WHY THIS MATTERS: The practice presents a false ratings picture to advertisers and Nielsen has seemingly looked the other way. Distorted ratings are not something marketers or the agencies pay to receive. Billie Gold, director of programming at media agency Dentsu’s Amplifi unit, says, “Networks never used to do this,” but adds now it has become the norm. They only way to stop it is for vigilant marketers and their agencies to cry foul. .WSJ
The broadcast networks have found that misspelling show names can fool Nielsen’s automated ratings system into mis-categorizing lower-rated shows. That results in those particular broadcasts not being included among a show’s season-long ratings numbers. A Wall Street Journal report finds NBC has played the misspelled card 14 times this season, while CBS has done it 12 times and ABC has done it 7 times.
WHY THIS MATTERS: The practice presents a false ratings picture to advertisers and Nielsen has seemingly looked the other way. Distorted ratings are not something marketers or the agencies pay to receive. Billie Gold, director of programming at media agency Dentsu’s Amplifi unit, says, “Networks never used to do this,” but adds now it has become the norm. They only way to stop it is for vigilant marketers and their agencies to cry foul. .WSJ
TV Advertisers Spending More to Promote Websites iSpot.TV says $2.87B was spent on ads with URLs READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Since 2012, the percentage of TV commercials containing the sponsor's URL has hovered at about 60%. In 2017, 57% of TV ads contained a website call to action, iSpot.tv said.
Kermit Actor Was Fired Over 'Unacceptable' Conduct, Says Muppets StudioSTEVE WHITMIRE WAS REPLACED BY MATT VOGEL LAST WEEK AFTER 27 YEARS AS ICONIC CHARACTER
Hollywood media: The Trump era is killing comedies at the box office, or something What’s really behind the decline at the box office in 2017? Is it “franchise fatigue,” as the Hollywood Reporter predicted in May? Studios projected the year to end up near 2014’s nadir even before a bad stretch for some of More... Meanwhile, Andrea Mitchell Sees Trump Calling Out NBC’s Bias as ‘Badge of Honor’
TCA Awards: Full list of nominations led by 'Atlanta,' 'The Handmaid's Tale,' 'This Is Us...Nominations for the 33rd annual TCA Awards were announced on June 19. Winners will be revealed on Aug. 5 in a ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel presided over by Tony and Emmy winner Kristen … Read More »
quick hitsChester Bennington Dies In Apparent Suicide: Linkin Park Singer & Co-Founder Was 41...Linkin Park Singer Chester Bennington Remembered by Hollywood: 'I Am in Tears'...FRONTMAN WAS DISCOVERED DEAD ON SAME DAY AS CHRIS CORNELL’S BIRTHDAY
Music therapy program for children established in Chris Cornell's name http://lat.ms/2udEHQ7
Malaysia bans "Despacito" on state radio and television https://bloom.bg/2uE2n2X
UC Berkeley Is Again at the Center of Free Speech Debate https://goo.gl/rwLEL1 #MovieIndustryNews - Dick Van Dyke to Receive Britannia Award for Excellence in Television Scott Pruitt's rumored televised climate debate would be a win for public discourse http://washex.am/2gO5K1k ‘You See That Mullet?’' http://bit.ly/2vnZIaZ Linkin Park Releases New Music Video on the Morning of Chester Bennington’s Death http://dlvr.it/PX8zQ6 |
Since Trump’s election, increased attention to politics – especially among women...Roughly half of Americans say they are paying increased attention to politics...since Donald Trump’s election, including nearly six-in-ten women. And 15% say they have attended a political event, rally or protest since the election – with two-thirds (67%) of this group saying they have done so to oppose Trump or his policies.
Local news losing its audience...Pew says so, too. Why? Many reason but watch a half hour and see this - - PR stories; too much weather. Stories that are not news...gimmicks for live shots.
Murdoch told Ailes to tilt Fox News coverage toward "anyone but Trump...even Hillary Clinton": report http://hill.cm/r30qTLo
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I worked in media for 30 years...never let us define you - - now, I report of how they cover them and keep my entertainment beat...on my own is the way to go...I cover more of the business side of TV and movies. When requested to do more gossip and personality features for show business folk for newspaper editors, I balked and resisted. That was never what I cared about when it came to show business. The award season circuit is actually the business of show. It looks like they are handing out awards all the time, but that is the business and marketing of show. Not all award shows are covered anymore because they, too, have lost sight of themselves and got too cocky and political. Also, I am more about content than photos and video. That just seem too lazy for me. Anyone can do that, but content in king.
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