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    Irma Whips Up  Audience For Weather Channel; Nielsen Week In Review

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    A tree, knocked down by Hurricane Irma, sits on a home and car in the Maitland Isle neighborhood in Maitand, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. The storm dragged down power lines and blew out transformers knocking out power to millions across Florida. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

    By David Bauder, Television Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    Hurricane Irma was a record-setter for The Weather Channel, too.

    The Nielsen company said an average of 3.29 million people watched the network on Sunday as the deadly storm blew over Florida. Meteorologists were stationed all over the state, offering live shots in the intense wind and rain.

    The Weather Channel’s previous record was only a day earlier, with the 2.82 million people who watched the storm approach on Saturday. Before that, the standard came with the 2.48 million people who watched Hurricane Irene in 2011.

    “The fact we achieved our highest ratings in the history of The Weather Channel during Irma is a testament to the trust we have built with our viewers for delivering important, life-saving information when they need it most,” said network CEO Dave Shull. “I am so proud of our staff for their hard work during this storm.”

    More than 10 million people watched either The Weather Channel or the three cable news networks on Sunday night, and TWC beat CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC. The Weather Channel had 3.54 million viewers in primetime, compared with 205,000 viewers on the same night a year ago, Nielsen said.

    Despite that coverage, and with much of Florida out of power, Nielsen estimated nearly 24.4 million people watched the NFL game between the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants Sunday night. That was even higher than the opening Sunday-night game in 2016.

    With two primetime football games, NBC easily won the week, averaging 10.5 million viewers. CBS averaged 4.6 million viewers in prime time, Fox had 4.4 million, ABC had 4.2 million, Telemundo had 1.6 million, Univision had 1.5 million, ION Television had 1.3 million and the CW had 1 million.

    Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.41 million viewers in prime time. ESPN had 2.34 million, MSNBC had 1.94 million, CNN had 1.88 million and USA had 1.53 million.

    ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 9 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 8.7 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.8 million viewers.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Sept. 4-10. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. NFL Football: N.Y. Giants at Dallas, NBC, 24.37 million.
    2. NFL Football: Kansas City at New England, NBC, 21.8 million.
    3. “Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick,” NBC, 17.9 million.
    4. “Thursday Night NFL Pre-Kick,” NBC, 16.24 million.
    5. “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 13.29 million.
    6. “Football Night in America” (Sunday, 8 p.m.), NBC, 12.77 million.
    7. “The OT,” Fox, 12.13 million.
    8. “America’s Got Talent” (Wednesday), NBC, 11.99 million.
    9. “NFL Opening Kick-Off Show,” NBC, 9.85 million.
    10. “The Orville,” Fox, 8.56 million.
    11. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 8.41 million.
    12. College Football: Oklahoma at Ohio State, ABC, 8.08 million.
    13. “NCIS,” CBS, 6.91 million.
    14. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 6.58 million.
    15. “Big Brother” (Wednesday), CBS, 6.34 million.
    16. “American Ninja Warrior,” NBC, 6.29 million.
    17. “Big Brother” (Sunday), CBS, 6.27 million.
    18. “Big Brother” (Thursday), CBS, 6.25 million.
    19. “The Big Bang Theory” (Monday), CBS, 5.86 million.
    20. “Football Night in America” (Sunday, 7:30 p.m.), NBC, 5.61 million.

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    Supreme Court Allows Multibillion-Dollar Class Action Lawsuit To Proceed Against Meta

    Friday, November 22, 2024

    The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors' lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta, stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.

    The justices heard arguments in November in Meta's bid to shut down the lawsuit. On Friday, they decided that they were wrong to take up the case in the first place.

    The high court dismissed the company's appeal, leaving in place an appellate ruling allowing the case to go forward.

    Investors allege that Meta did not fully disclose the risks that Facebook users' personal information would be misused by Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump 's first successful Republican presidential campaign in 2016.

    Inadequacy of the disclosures led to two significant price drops in the price of the company's shares in 2018, after the public learned about the extent of the privacy scandal, the investors say.

    Meta spokesman Andy Stone said the company was disappointed by the court's action. "The plaintiff's claims are baseless and we will continue to defend ourselves as this case is considered by the District Court," Stone said in an emailed statement.

    Meta already has paid a $5.1 billion fine and reached a $725 million privacy settlement with users.

    Cambridge Analytica had ties to Trump political strategist Steve Bannon. It had paid a Facebook app developer for access to the personal information of about 87 million Facebook users. That data was then used to target U.S. voters during the 2016 campaign.

    The lawsuit is one of two high court cases involving class-action lawsuits against tech companies. The justices also are wrestling with whether to shut down a class action against Nvidia.... Read More

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