This reignites a glimmer of hope for me ~ Sooz

January Fox News ratings lowest since 2001
By David Ferguson
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 9:43 EST

The Fox News Channel, the largest conservative media outlet, suffered its worst month since 2001 in January among the most coveted viewer demographic, according to the latest ratings figures. A press release from the NBC Media Center reported that Nielsen ratings for the month of January showed Fox News viewership at a 12-year low, while rival MSNBC gained ground in all categories in 2012.

The right-leaning news juggernaut continues to dominate most cable news categories, hosting 9 of the top 10 programs, but it has lost considerable ground among the 25 to 54 demographic, turning in the worst ratings since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 and its lowest total day ratings since 2008.

“The Rachel Maddow Show” made a surprisingly strong showing, up from the 14th most popular show in cable news to the 10th, the only non-Fox show in the top 10. According to NBC, “‘The Rachel Maddow Show’ at 9:00 p.m. ranked Number 2 topping CNN’s ‘Piers Morgan Tonight’ by 84 percent among viewers ages 25-54 (308,000 vs. 167,000) and by 70 percent among total viewers (1.09 million vs. 639,000). ‘Maddow’ was also ranked #1 among the younger demographic of ages 18-34. ‘Maddow’ is up 32 percent in ages 25-54, more growth than all cable news programs in the hour combined, and up 11 percent in total viewers compared to January 2012.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/30/january-fox-news-ratings-lowest-since-2001/

Interesting that the younger folks (low voter turnout) are getting interested in NOT FOX.

Fox's problem is that their demographic is aging and dying.

The same is true for the GOP/TP, mac ~ which makes their refusal to "adjust" their mindset all the more self-defeating ~

Sooz

While their ratings may be down, they're still beating every other cable news show. Fox has 9 out of 10 shows in the Top 10.

that's true. and they are still far less popular than public radio. it is really a matter of perspective.

And FOX has zero presence in Canada.
They declined to apply for a broadcast license when they found out that the news they broadcast had to be true.
What does that say about FOX

Excellent point, oskar ~

What I personally see as "a glimmer of hope" is the potential trend of what virtually all media sees as the most important demographic: the 25-54 year-olds ~

Sooz

Murdoch has big competition in Australia, as well. he is not nearly so dominant there. he only seems to do well where neoconservatism has totally taken over: the US and the UK.

The demographic that pays the bills. Shouldn`t be too long before advertisers demand reduced rates.

Exactly, oskar ~ that also happens to be the precise demographic the GOP/TP is continuing to lose, thanks to their extremism ~

Sooz

that, and their open hostility to reality.

Oskar wrote:



Not true about Fox News in Canada. It's a false rumor. Fox News is allowed in Canada, and is carried on many Canadian digital systems.

Snopes.com

Claim:
The Fox News television channel has been banned in Canada

Examples:
[Collected via e-mail, October 2012]
* Is it true that Fox News Network is not allowed in Canada?
* I've heard that because the network is not factual, the network is not allowed on Canadian TV.

Origins:
Since at least 2011, rumors have circulated claiming the Fox News television channel has been banned in Canada due to its running afoul of Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission CRTC prohibitions which make it "illegal to broadcast lies and label it news."

One prominent example of this rumor states, for example, that:


It is true various sections of CRTC regulations prohibit the broadcasting of "false or misleading news" by radio and television licensees, and that in 2011 the CRTC declined to narrow those regulations to apply only to "news that the licensee knows is false or misleading and that endangers or is likely to endanger the lives, health or safety of the public."

However, it is not true such regulations (which apply only to Canadian broadcasters using Canadian airwaves) have kept the Fox News Channel from gaining entry into Canada, or that they were invoked to boot Fox News out of that country after the channel was established there. The CRTC approved an application to bring the Fox News Channel to Canadian digital television line-ups back in November 2004, and that channel is now carried by dozens of different digital providers throughout Canada.

LAST UPDATED: 18 October 2012

Please re-read what I wrote and the context within which it was written.
Thank you.

Here is your full and complete statement:

Fox News does have a presence in Canada. Fox News is carried on many cable systems, just as it is in the United States.

Fox News is only carried on cable/satellite, even in the United States. It is not carried on broadcast stations, so of course they would not apply for a broadcast license.

The Fox Broadcasting Company (which carries such shows as The Simpsons, etc.), which does use broadcast stations, doesn't have any news at all. That network carries strictly entertainment programming.

Please re-read what I wrote and the context within which it was written.
Thank you.

I re-read it. You stated: "And FOX has zero presence in Canada."

That is not true. FOX has a presence in Canada.

If that statement is correct is some context that I am not seeing, please explain yourself.

Otherwise, you were mistaken. Which is not a crime. Everyone is mistaken now and then.

Please re-read what I wrote and the context within which it was written.
Thank you.