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    Rachel Maddow Tops Cable Ratings; Nielsen Week In Review

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    President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with FIFA president Gianni Infantino and United States Soccer Federation Carlos Cordeiro in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    If it’s a lousy week for President Donald Trump, it’s usually a good week for Rachel Maddow.

    MSNBC’s marquee personality took advantage of a busy week of bad news for the president, led by former lawyer Michael Cohen’s plea deal and former campaign manager Paul Manafort’s conviction on corruption charges.

    She had the top-rated show on cable television on Tuesday with 3.89 million viewers. Maddow beat the usual cable ratings leader, Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity, for the week. Hannity won August overall.

    Even MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell managed to tie Hannity’s best showing of the week. MSNBC spread the love around the dial: its “Morning Joe” had its best ratings week ever, the Nielsen company said.

    Behind its summer juggernaut “America’s Got Talent,” now being shown on two nights, NBC won the week in prime-time with an average of 4.9 million viewers. CBS had 4 million viewers, ABC had 3.6 million, Fox had 2.6 million, ION Television had 1.4 million, Univision and Telemundo were tied with 1.21 million and the CW had 770,000.

    Fox News Channel led the cable networks with an average of 2.26 million viewers, taking advantage of its weekend strength. MSNBC had 2.12 million, USA had 1.42 million, HGTV had 1.39 million and CNN had 1.27 million.

    ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8 million viewers. The “NBC Nightly News” had 7.4 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.7 million.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Aug. 20-26. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 11.21 million.
    2. “America’s Got Talent” (Wednesday), NBC, 9.7 million.
    3. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7.38 million.
    4. NFL Exhibition Game: Arizona at Dallas, NBC, 7.17 million.
    5. NFL Exhibition Game: Philadelphia at Cleveland,” Fox, 6.5 million.
    6. “Celebrity Family Feud,” ABC, 6.31 million.
    7. “NFL Pre-Game Show,” NBC, 6.12 million.
    8. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 5.83 million.
    9. “Big Brother” (Wednesday), CBS, 5.72 million.
    10. “Big Brother” (Sunday), CBS, 5.67 million.
    11. “Big Brother” (Thursday), CBS, 5.63 million.
    12. “NCIS,” CBS, 5.24 million.
    13. “The $100,000 Pyramid,” ABC, 5.16 million.
    14. “Dateline Classic,” NBC, 5.13 million.
    15. “World of Dance,” NBC, 5.06 million.
    16. “American Ninja Warrior,” NBC, 5.01 million.
    17. “NFL Pre-Game Show,” Fox, 4.9 million.
    18. “Mom,” CBS, 4.89 million.
    19. “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” ABC, 4.72 million.
    20. “Bachelor in Paradise” (Monday), ABC, 4.62 million.

    ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co.; CBS is a division of CBS Corp.; Fox is owned by 21st Century Fox; NBC is owned by NBC Universal.

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    A Closer Look At Proposed Measures Designed To Curb Google’s Search Monopoly

    Thursday, November 21, 2024

    U.S. regulators are proposing aggressive measures to restore competition to the online search market after a federal judge ruled Google maintained an illegal monopoly for the last decade.

    The sweeping set of recommendations filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice could radically alter Google's business, including possibly spinning off the Chrome web browser and syndicating its search data to competitors. Even if the courts adopt the blueprint, Google isn't likely to make any significant changes until 2026 at the earliest, because of the legal system's slow-moving wheels.

    Here's what it all means:

    What is the Justice Department's goal?
    Federal prosecutors are cracking down on Google in a case originally filed during near the end of then-President Donald Trump's first term. Officials say the main goal of these proposals is to get Google to stop leveraging its dominant search engine to illegally squelch competition and stifle innovation.

    "The playing field is not level because of Google's conduct, and Google's quality reflects the ill-gotten gains of an advantage illegally acquired," the Justice Department asserted in its recommendations. "The remedy must close this gap and deprive Google of these advantages."

    Not surprisingly, Google sees things much differently. The Justice Department's "wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision," Kent Walker, Google's chief legal officer, asserted in a blog post. "It would break a range of Google products — even beyond search — that people love and find helpful in their everyday lives."

    It's still possible that the Justice Department could ease off on its attempts to break up Google, especially if President-elect Donald Trump... Read More

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