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CNBC September Total Viewership Down 37% YoY

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According to Nielsen, CNBC's annual decline in total September viewership was a massive 37%: the worst YoY performance in 2009. The decline in the demo audience also hit a high of 27%. The dilemma for Jeff Immelt is the following: do CNBC pundits keep pumping GE (which everyone ignores, as CNBC's credibility is practically nonexistent), or, at the expense of marking a few hundred billion assets at GECC to fair market value, incite another major market crisis. Perhaps, just perhaps, if the later were to occur, CNBC would have some chance of salvaging its prior year numbers. Although with CNBC now spending hours a day advertising GE engines, it seems like external advertisers couldn't care less: after all, GE is subsidizing its own station by selling them ad space. Business schools have a word for that: vertical integration. Sane people have another word: biased reporting.




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Tue, 09/29/2009 - 20:18 | Link to Comment RobotTrader
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Here's a "Fat Finger"

Everyone who dryhumped this low grade hooker in an attempt to "make their year" just got hosed....

LOL....

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Embattled lender CIT Group Inc.
(CIT
1.60,
-0.60,
-27.27%)

is in the midst of a last-ditch bid to restructure by handing control
to its bondholders, according to a media report late Monday. The Wall
Street Journal, citing an unnamed source, reported that the plan would
have CIT offer bondholders new debt secured by the firm's assets,
alongside nearly all of the equity in the restructured company. If not
enough bondholders agree to the plan, the result could be one of the
largest Chapter 11 bankruptcy-court filings in U.S. history. CIT's fate
has been uncertain for months, after it succumbed earlier this year to
a lack of funding and bad commercial and real-estate loans.

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 20:30 | Link to Comment ghostfaceinvestah
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TD needs to get on this CIT story, the MSM is beating him to it!  LOL!! jk.

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 22:20 | Link to Comment greased up deaf guy
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no doubt, the abnormally high rating from last september was due to the proverbial excrement hitting the fan at the time.  they've been airing a bunch of "financial crisis... twelve months later... what have we learned?" spots all month long.  as far as the ratings go, i bet they wish it was twelve months ago.  ironic.

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 20:35 | Link to Comment deadhead
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so, robo, if Immelt asked you for some ideas about CNBC, what would you suggest...........

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 20:45 | Link to Comment orange juice
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I'm not robo, but maybe a show that discusses something beyond "buy/sell"; what about a show that explained hedging strategies?  Or something that digs deep into the credit markets? How about something that breaks down hedge fund strategies and explores them?

 

Have you ever heard CNBC talking about something that you didn't hear about on ZH first?  That wall, the wall that exists between the financiars/marketeers/IB's vs the public needs to be taken down and presented in some way for those interested in truly having a understanding of marketplace structure and tactics.  If I'm interested in how to build a fountain pen I can turn on the Science channel, watch 'how its made' and find out. If I want to find out something as simple as using options to hedge a portfolio there isn't a show that explains that, no less the super-amped-electronic trading methods.

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 20:45 | Link to Comment orange juice
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Tue, 09/29/2009 - 21:07 | Link to Comment deadhead
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OJ....you are spot on and Immelt should go that way.  I would add think "food network" or all those home improvement shows....make cnbc a teaching/education medium.

Wed, 09/30/2009 - 00:49 | Link to Comment dark pools of soros
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you're posting about hedging??  this is ZERO hedge..  now buy some big subwoofers, watch some Vin Diesel movies and Grow Some Balls!!!!

 

 

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 20:51 | Link to Comment Miles Kendig
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Besides extensions of MCC that is....

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 21:05 | Link to Comment deadhead
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as you probably know Miles, I was kinda setting him up for more pics lol!

the hired/fired sequence was a good one the other day as well as the Zero Hedge anchorettes theme....maybe Andy can come through!

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 21:41 | Link to Comment deadhead
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she looks classy and intelligent...I'll bet she wasn't dry humping CIT today....

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 21:55 | Link to Comment Busy-Body
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 But I work for the National Science Foundation.  As such, I require more skin.....pa-lease?

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 22:11 | Link to Comment Busy-Body
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She's RIDICULOUS.  Gracias, amigo.

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 22:13 | Link to Comment deadhead
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that is a very classy bracelet.

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 22:18 | Link to Comment lizzy36
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Andy: imagination at work and bringing good things to life.

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 22:25 | Link to Comment lizzy36
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you are using the peer pressure excuse. i thought you were older than 17 :)

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 22:35 | Link to Comment lizzy36
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i was teasing, so no apology necessary.

we all have a poison that brings the 17 year old out (thank god!).

 

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 22:54 | Link to Comment lizzy36
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i was speaking metaphorically. poison, as in everyone has a favorite go to drink.

i run 6- 10 miles, 6 days a week, and hasn't helped my ability to hold liquor. so, i am not sure i buy your conditioning theory:)

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 23:06 | Link to Comment Lothar the Rott...
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Andy, I suggest you try a good single barrel Kentucky bourbon and then see how well you genuinely like the taste of JD compared to that rotgut Jack Daniel's. :)

P.S. Last Sunday, one different turn and I could have been in Motlow, Pop. 316!

Nice pics as always, also.

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 23:07 | Link to Comment lizzy36
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never have to apologize for not being a yank!

i believe i dated one of your people. he was lovely.   he could hold his liquor better than anyone i have ever known.  and the most amazing thing was he never got a hangover.  i chalked it up to genetics.

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 23:26 | Link to Comment lizzy36
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i was looking to get married. was way to young. 

it was a very fun year, though......ahhh genetics!

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 23:38 | Link to Comment Lothar the Rott...
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Y'all... really.  Maker's Mark is sealed by hand with wax.

Knob Creek is excellent, but there are others to try - Blanton's, Booker Noe's, and on.

Here's a good list. :) http://www.straightbourbon.com/brands.php?choice=bottling

Wed, 09/30/2009 - 01:06 | Link to Comment dark pools of soros
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makers mark is terrible -   i grew up on JD too but mostly moved to scotch...  there are some good whiskeys around though.. try eagle rare - fine stuff there

Wed, 09/30/2009 - 10:02 | Link to Comment DrPsycho
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haha, as a 65 y/o, I can say with some authority, that 17 y/o never goes away, but merely regresses (to 13 or so) with the ultimate poison......age.

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 20:20 | Link to Comment Cognitive Dissonance
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Time to lower those necklines a few more inches. Or maybe just wear bikinis. And consider running that porn "special report" during the day.

Wed, 09/30/2009 - 01:08 | Link to Comment dark pools of soros
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is naked news still around?  they were fabulous for a few years

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 20:19 | Link to Comment Gilgamesh
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GE calls it: imagination at work.

 

Although Marketing gives due credit to the Accounting dept for coming up with it.

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 20:25 | Link to Comment putbuyer
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'Ding 'Dong 'the 'witch 'is 'dead. My mother has stopped watching and she barely speaks English.

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 20:31 | Link to Comment ghostfaceinvestah
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they aren't tracked by Nielsen.

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 20:51 | Link to Comment Anonymous
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Tue, 09/29/2009 - 20:52 | Link to Comment D.O.D.
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And you thought the NWO was just for governments

Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Officer John Mack, who struggled to return the bank to profitability amid the financial crisis, said a regulator should oversee financial institutions worldwide.

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 20:57 | Link to Comment Miles Kendig
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Governments are simply a means to an end.  You know this DOD.

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 20:57 | Link to Comment Anonymous
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Wed, 09/30/2009 - 01:12 | Link to Comment dark pools of soros
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um...target market drives ads, which drives content.  if cnbc changed content they would have to find new ads.. no one smart would buy the crapp they sell

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 21:10 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Tue, 09/29/2009 - 21:13 | Link to Comment ShankyS
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CNBS's viewer ratings might be a reflection of America's disgust for anything that has to do with Wall St., the government or anything related to authority these days. Actually, CNBS might be fairing better than the government. I personally don't pay attention to any of them anymore.

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 21:16 | Link to Comment Michael
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No reason to watch CNBC anymore with Dylan Ratigan gone, maybe Rick Santelli could step up to the plate. Ratigan is giving Immelt the big FU these days and saying, what are you going to do to me now Jeffery? I just loved the Cable Dodge Ball comment today.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/33071405#33071405|289036|441366

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 21:40 | Link to Comment Sisyphus
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I think the lobbyist sharted a little bid. Dylan was on fire.

Wed, 09/30/2009 - 10:19 | Link to Comment DrPsycho
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THANKS FOR THAT LINK !

 

THAT'S what journalism ought to be about today.

 

Looks like he might have been watching some OLD Mike Wallace interviews....bravo !

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 21:17 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Wed, 09/30/2009 - 02:36 | Link to Comment handsfree
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Congress has long ago given up all moral authority on this issue. But, go figure. When you lay down with whores, expect to wake up with STD's.

Goldman and Bank of Amerika run the markets along with Geithner, and beagle boy Ben. There is no free markets, only welfare capitalism and socialism for capitalism.

good articles; good articles 4 slow news day ..http://www.. hat tip: finance news & opinion updated daily

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 21:22 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Wed, 09/30/2009 - 01:15 | Link to Comment dark pools of soros
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the only thing usually better than expected is a blow job

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 21:24 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Tue, 09/29/2009 - 21:58 | Link to Comment Busy-Body
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Wise, then, to post under Anonymous......

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 21:24 | Link to Comment Michael
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Odd Couple? I don't care how it gets done, just so long as it gets done. Alan Grayson, Ron Paul join for push to audit Fed

Alan Grayson and Ron Paul: Progressive Democrat, libertarian Republican promote Fed audit bill

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/orl-grayson-targets-fed-092509,0,1029210.story

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 21:30 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Tue, 09/29/2009 - 21:31 | Link to Comment Michael
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Does that mean Cramer's show is taking a dump too these days? Oh No Mr. Bill.

Wed, 09/30/2009 - 05:32 | Link to Comment Marge N Call
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LOL. Cramer is caricature of himself. What a tool.

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 21:34 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Tue, 09/29/2009 - 21:36 | Link to Comment Michael
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I do happen to spot tune in from time to time for a couple of minutes for the numbers scrolling, but always with the sound off.

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 21:44 | Link to Comment kilroy
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it's very simple: if you don't consume old media they will eventually go away.

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 21:58 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Tue, 09/29/2009 - 22:03 | Link to Comment AN0NYM0US
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just over a year ago this gem from CNBS where Kudlow and Kneale tell the viewers to buy banks

 

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=849887544

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 22:21 | Link to Comment Miles Kendig
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All this is well and good in the never ever ending race to satisfy the cravings for unrefined sweets.  The basic fact remains that Jeffrey's weak attempts to move his assets from the totally quadriplegic to the simply enfeebled are not cutting it.  Especially with the key demographic broadly and the informed specifically.

At the end of the day all Jeff is offering is a sad replication of a KFC press thigh available in original recepie only.  And I am left wondering if that product is real or simply one more overly processed product.  History and available data teaches me that it is most likely the latter, by a margin only Ivory sure pure can potentially top.

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 22:45 | Link to Comment LoneStarHog
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I think that CNBC ratings would improve if they combined it with Ultimate Fighting.  I would definitely watch if each and every one of the CNBS Fraud Street WHORES were locked in a cage with one of the UFC champs.  No rules! No bullshit! No escape!

That I would watch!

In fact, I would PAY THEM if I could get the first chance at Beaker, Steve LIESman, Joe Kernen, Jim Cramer and the entire SCUMBAG CREW on Fast Moola!

What a dream it would be to be in the cage with Beaker!

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 23:11 | Link to Comment rajkgulati
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I've just joined ZH, nice site and nice articles. Saw the CNBC posting just now. Suggestion to Immelt - get rid of Cramer. By the way, let me know if its okay to post internet links on ZH. Since I saw another posting with a link above, I'll go ahead it post it this time (but won't again if that's not the ZH way, thanks in advance). http://seekingalpha.com/article/163848-negative-media-attacks-plague-sirius-xm-radio?source=yahoo

 

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 23:19 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Wed, 09/30/2009 - 02:36 | Link to Comment handsfree
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Intelligent service provision to customers to ensure and improve quality of service around algorithm-selection, execution quality, market structure, technical advice etc.

Goldman and Bank of Amerika run the markets along with Geithner, and beagle boy Ben. There is no free markets, only welfare capitalism and socialism for capitalism.

good articles; good articles 4 slow news day ..http://www.. hat tip: finance news & opinion updated daily

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 23:24 | Link to Comment AmenRa
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Anyone notice that Bloomberg has added Charlie Rose to its lineup? Also I did watch their Weekend News (which they cancelled). It didn't have to show for 5 hours straight on Saturday. Just included it in the rotation. 

 

USD is down in after hours. Market will ramp up tomorrow since they didn't use the POMO funds today.

Wed, 09/30/2009 - 00:10 | Link to Comment Anonymous
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Wed, 09/30/2009 - 00:51 | Link to Comment arnoldsimage
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you can only stomach bullshit liars for so long.

Wed, 09/30/2009 - 00:55 | Link to Comment Miles Kendig
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No matter how much they try and sugar coat it....

Wed, 09/30/2009 - 02:33 | Link to Comment handsfree
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Intelligent service provision to customers to ensure and improve quality of service around algorithm-selection, execution quality, market structure, technical advice etc.

Goldman and Bank of Amerika run the markets along with Geithner, and beagle boy Ben. There is no free markets, only welfare capitalism and socialism for capitalism.

good articles; good articles 4 slow news day ..http://www.. hat tip: finance news & opinion updated daily

Wed, 09/30/2009 - 09:59 | Link to Comment trader1
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stop spamming!

Wed, 09/30/2009 - 01:51 | Link to Comment The Beard is Weird
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Kinda funny, the worse the markets are doing the higher their ratings.  Makes you wonder why they are such merciless pumpers.  They should turn into doom and gloomers it'd probably do wonders for their ratings. 

 

Also, how about CNBC ratings as a contrarian indicator.  Buy when ratings are high!!!

Wed, 09/30/2009 - 12:28 | Link to Comment TraderMark
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Green shoots...

Wed, 09/30/2009 - 18:19 | Link to Comment Anonymous
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