{"id":14412,"date":"2017-05-30T12:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T17:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=14412"},"modified":"2017-05-30T14:51:55","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T19:51:55","slug":"robservations-tv-news-turning-off-viewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2017\/05\/30\/robservations-tv-news-turning-off-viewers\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: May ratings show TV news turning off viewers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Chicago at night<\/p><\/div>\n

Robservations on the media beat:<\/p>\n

Late-news ratings took another hit in May, with viewership down more than 17 percent in key adult demographics for all of Chicago\u2019s 10 p.m. Monday-through-Friday newscasts. Nielsen numbers for the May sweep showed overall ratings dropped 12.8 percent from last year and 17.6 percent among viewers between 25 and 54. Analysts offered a variety of explanations for the decline, including erosion of audience to digital media, time-shifting among primetime viewers, and lower levels of homes using television versus last May. One source cited \u201cnews fatigue\u201d by consumers since the presidential election. In total households and adult demos, ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7 <\/a>finished first in all afternoon and evening news races, while Tribune Media\u00a0WGN-Channel 9<\/a>\u00a0won in mornings.<\/p>\n

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The Mash<\/p><\/div>\n

The Chicago Tribune<\/a> is pulling the plug on The Mash,<\/a> the award-winning newspaper and website <\/a>written for and by high school students in the Chicago area, effective June 9. Billed as \u201cthe voice of teen Chicago\u201d since 2008, it was distributed free every other Thursday to high schools, libraries and teen centers. With Tribune staffers serving as mentors, the paper gave a start to writers who\u2019ve gone on to careers in the media. It also promoted literacy and stronger news consumption among young people. \u201cFor nine years, the program has fostered a community of young journalists in Chicago, and we\u2019ve been so proud and grateful to be the place so many teens started their journey in this industry,\u201d editor Lauren Chval<\/strong> wrote.<\/p>\n

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WVIX\/WVIV<\/p><\/div>\n

Univision Radio has sold north suburban WVIV FM 103.1 <\/a>to the Polish National Alliance for $5.5 million. It\u2019s expected to air time-brokered ethnic programming similar to Alliance Radio's west suburban WPNA AM 1490.<\/a> Univision Radio has been using 103.1 FM to simulcast the Spanish contemporary \u201cLatino Mix\u201d format of southwest suburban WVIX FM 93.5.<\/a> But with the company moving WVIX to a more powerful transmitter in Lemont, the other signal is no longer needed.<\/p>\n

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Doug Ray<\/p><\/div>\n

Paddock Publications, owner of the Daily Herald,<\/a> grew larger last week with the purchase of Lawton Publishing,<\/a> based in Spokane, Washington. The addition boosts Paddock\u2019s Town Square Publications<\/a> custom publishing group subsidiary. \u201cLike other acquisitions in recent years, the purchase of Lawton Publishing assets is in keeping with our strategic plan to grow Paddock\u2019s business in new and different ways,\u201d Doug Ray,<\/strong> chairman, CEO and publisher of Paddock Publications, told employees. \u201cCombined with the strength of the Daily Herald brand in print and digitally, events, other specialty products and commercial printing, Paddock continues to be a more diversified company, helping to sustain a brighter future for the company and its employees.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Chris Berry<\/p><\/div>\n

Chris Berry,<\/strong> who spent a decade in Chicago at CBS Radio all-news WBBM AM 780<\/a> and rose to director of news and programming in the \u201990s, has been promoted to senior vice president of news, talk and sports programming at iHeartMedia.<\/a> In addition to his new role, he\u2019ll continue as senior vice president and general manager of NBC News Radio and iHeartMedia\u2019s 24\/7 News Network.<\/p>\n

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ABC 7 News<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: Late-news ratings took another hit in May, with viewership down more than 17 percent in key adult demographics for all of Chicago\u2019s 10 p.m. Monday-through-Friday newscasts. Nielsen numbers for the May sweep showed overall ratings dropped 12.8 percent from last year and 17.6 percent among viewers between 25 and 54.... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14412"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14428,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14412\/revisions\/14428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}