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NBC What I'm Talking About? II

Law(s of Economics) and Order

Posted by Bob Garfield on 04.19.07 @ 10:35 AM

We learn from The New York Times that NBC might cancel the longest running series on television because it cannot afford it anymore.

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NBC What I'm Talking About?

A 6.8 Average Primetime Rating Sounds Pretty Chaotic to Me

Posted by Bob Garfield on 04.19.07 @ 01:39 AM

According to Nielsen, the Peacock network averaged 6.8 million viewers in primetime last week.

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Chaos Contest!

What's the Best Evidence That The Walls of the Old Are A'tumblin' Down?

Posted by Bob Garfield on 02.15.07 @ 12:01 PM

Is it NBC cutting $750 million in costs and shooting no scripted comedies and dramas in the first hour of prime time?

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The (This Isn't Actually The) Washington Post

Someone Had Better Brief the Ombudsman

Posted by Bob Garfield on 02.12.07 @ 06:37 PM

It began with a blog post by William Arkin on washingtonpost.com.

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And Speaking of the Implosion in Progress...

Just Another Terrifying Detail About One Broadcast Market

Posted by Bob Garfield on 11.30.06 @ 06:36 PM

In the previous post, we documented how broadcast stations are feeling the double whammy of audience fragmentation in both their cash cows: local news and prime time. The example was Washington, DC.

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Chaos 2.0

To Witness The Collapse of the Old Model, Stay Tuned To Your Local Station

Posted by Bob Garfield on 11.29.06 @ 11:00 PM

A few layoffs at a local NBC affiliate in Washington, DC. In the overall scheme of things, who cares?

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Chaos: The Symposium

The University of Texas Hosted a Conference on the Uncertainties Facing Media and Marketing and All I Got was a Lousy T-Shirt

Posted by Bob Garfield on 11.20.06 @ 12:03 PM

Actually, everyone got a t-shirt, which they got to customize as they chose, completing the pre-printed sentence that begins "Advertising Is..."

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Are Brands Headed for Obsolescence?

Of Course Not. Unless...

Posted by Bob Garfield on 10.27.06 @ 12:15 AM

The iCitizen summit wasn't a total loss for your humble correspondent (see post below). The other speakers were fabulous. One was Chris Anderson, editor of Wired and author of The Long Tail theory. His presentation was a primer on how The Long Tail is changing the economics of manufacturing and distribution, but in it Chris made a sort of throw-away observation that has earthshaking implications:

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