Chicago-based cable startup NewsNation, host of this season’s most talked-about debates, sees election boost after slow start – Chicago Tribune*

Scott Tranter, left, director of data science for NewsNation’s election night “Decision Desk,” talks on air with news anchor Leland Vittert on Nov. 7, 2022.

As pundits, strategists and opinionated Uber drivers wax on about the mixed results of Tuesday’s midterm election, a dark-horse candidate has emerged. NewsNation, the Chicago-based cable news network, which has struggled to build an audience since launching more than two years ago, found its mojo — and some viewers — during a breakthrough election season. While NewsNation’s audience remains a fraction of its long-tenured cable news competitors, viewership is up 69% from September, when an average of 49,000 viewers tuned into the network’s prime-time programming

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The Railroader
3 years ago

49,000 prime time viewers is a success story nowhere except a failed so-called news organization. These dolts hired Fredo for Pete’s sake.

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