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Via WorldNetDaily
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Nielsen ranks WND in top 25 news sites
>EXCERPT

Nielsen Online does not count actual traffic on individual websites, but relies on estimates of visitors based on projections and data it gathers from hundreds of thousands of monitoring stations. According to Nielsen, the Drudge Report led all news sites in sessions per user with 19.1. Fox News was second with 8.0, followed by: AOL News 7.8, Daily Kos 7.7, Yahoo! News 7.7, CNN 7.4, MSNBC 5.9, KSL 5.6, New York Times 5.5, Gannett Newspapers 5.4, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 5.2, Google News 5.2, Star Tribune 5.1, St. Louis Post Dispatch 5.1, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 5.1, Zwire 4.8, Netscape 4.7, The Atlantic 4.3, Breitbart 4.1, GTGI Network 4.1, IB Web Sites 4.1, WorldNow 4.0, WorldNetDaily 4.0, Washington Post 3.9, Cox Newspapers 3.8, Media General Newspapers 3.8, Gannett Broadcasting 3.7, Tribune-Review Online 3.7, Hearst Newspapers Digital 3.7, Townhall 3.6.

Based on unique visitors, Nielsen breaks down news site traffic rankings as follows: CNN, MSNBC, Yahoo! News, AOL News, New York Times, Gannett Newspapers (USA Today), Google News, Fox News, Washington Post, WorldNow, Heart Newspapers, IB Web Sites, Gannett Broadcasting, Cox Newspapers, Drudge Report, Breitbart, Netscape, Media General Newspapers, Star Tribune, GTGI Network, Townhall, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WorldNetDaily, Zwire, Daily Kos, St. Louis Post Dispatch, The Atlantic, KSL, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Tribune-Review.

“It’s important to understand Nielsen numbers don’t reflect the actual traffic websites experience,” explained Joseph Farah, founder and chief executive officer of WND. “However, the numbers are somewhat helpful for comparison purposes. WND’s actual monthly traffic is about five times larger than Nielsen estimates based on its sampling.”

Via TvPredictions
By Swanni
Fox News Sunday Going HD In August
Meet the Press is expected to switch in 2009.

Washington, D.C. (April 20, 2008) — Fox News Sunday is scheduled to begin broadcasting in High-Definition this August, according to Politico.com.

When the switch occurs, Fox News Sunday will be the second morning Sunday news show to go high-def on a weekly basis. ABC’s This Week made its HD debut today.

Fox’s Sunday newscast, which is hosted by Chris Wallace, now airs in widescreen digital, which some people mistake for high-def. But the real HD debut will not come until August, the Politico writes.

The web site also says NBC is not expected to begin offering Meet the Press in high-def until 2009.
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Via Hollywood Reporter
NBC unveils eco-friendly satellite truck
By Paul J. Gough

NBC Universal’s push toward green business is sweeping over its newsgathering operation.

During Monday morning’s “Today” show, the network is scheduled to take the wraps off what it calls the “mean green streaming machine,” a hybrid SUV that leaves less of a footprint as it collects and transmits news from the road.

The white and green Ford Escape hybrid uses not only electric and gasoline power but also solar panels and wind turbines to recharge the batteries for its electronics gear.

“We’re trying to get as much of these good technologies together and put them into a lightweight, fuel-efficient hybrid vehicle,” said Marc Weinstock, technical manager for NBC in New York.

Like all hybrid vehicles, this one uses a combination gasoline and electric engine when racing to the scene of breaking news. The three deep-cycle batteries can run the various satellite and cell phone video technology — all air-quality — for between five or six hours. The electronics can be recharged while stopped using solar panels rolled out on a type of mat or large wind turbines that are hoisted on two portable masts.

NBC News will put this vehicle on the road immediately, sending it on the road for MSNBC’s coverage of the Pennsylvania primaries. The vehicle will be based in New York like some of the network’s other 14 satellite trucks, but it will spend less time in the garage.
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Via ConnieTalk
Seriously, Larry…Enough With The Polygamy Overkill

If you’ve turned CNN on at all last week than you probably already know more than those in the Texas courtroom this week about the latest news on the FLDS alleged polygamy scandal. CNN has been providing nearly 24/7 coverage on the removal of 416 children from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints from the religious sect’s compound near Eldorado, Texas. It’s like they live for this stuff: it’s become as big as the first O.J. Simpson trial as far as media coverage, with the potential to become much bigger.

I’m not saying it’s a bad thing that this is getting coverage - not at all. I think it’s great that we’re raising awareness about the illegal underground practice of marrying off children to husbands with multiple wives, and the child abuse that occurs when young teenagers have multiple children in these societies closed off from the outside world. But there are other things going on in the world, too.

>Read the rest at ConnieTalk. (Video also available)

Via CNN Observations

Jane King at Bloomberg

Breaking News: CNN Marketsource correspondent Jane King is now with Bloomberg Television. She reported for CNN’s affiliate service from the New York Stock Exchange since 2000 when she was hired specifically for the post. With Bloomberg she will work in the same type of position. You can watch one of her reports from FOX6 San Diego here.

As of this writing, she still has a bio on CNN.com.

Related: CNN Newsource launches CNN Marketsource [2000]

Below you will find an ad that Bloomberg placed in this week’s TV Week.

>Didn’t I read something about Delia Gallagher getting the boot from CNN a while back? Well, her former role was, “CNN faith and values correspondent.” Now she’s “back” as a Vatican Analyst. Hmmm.

>Ah, out of 546 posts, this is my first about Veronica De La Cruz. Imagine that. Anyway, I saw this in the yahoo group bearing her name. (Which is unofficial of course.)

For everyone that has trouble getting up in the morning to watch lovely Veronica, catch her TONIGHT (April 20) on CNN! She will be doing NEWS UPDATES between 7pm-10 pm (EASTERN STANDARD TIME) plus she will be doing NEWS ALERTS during the Rick Sanchez show 10pm-Midnight (EST).

MONDAY, April 21, Veronica will be anchoring the CNN Newsroom from 1-4pm (EST).