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    “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” breaks ratings records

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    BURBANK, Calif. --

    Monday’s live post-Oscar episode of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” was the highest rated episode in the series’ 11-year history, averaging a 4.8 Household rating/11 share in the overnight markets, a full ratings point higher than the series’ previous high 3.8, earned a decade ago (1/26/04). The episode was the highest rated with women, 18-49 (2.1/11) and  women, 25-54 (2.7/13) in the LPM Era (which began in the 08-09 season) (NSI WRAP Overnights, Weighted market average, Live +SD where available).

    DeGeneres also set records across the daytime talk show’s social media channels following her Oscar hosting duties on Sunday, March 2nd as the ultimate selfie temporarily shut down Twitter:
    • The record-breaking selfie was retweeted 3.14MM times, a Twitter record previously held by @BarackObama with 782K retweets (Twitter).
    • “Ellen” added 2.7MM new followers after the tweet, making for a total of 27.4MM Twitter followers (Twitter analytics).
    • @TheEllenShow currently ranks the number twelve Twitter user with the most followers (Twittercounter.com).
    • As of Tuesday March 4, 2014 “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” has attained over 13MM Facebook likes, with 500K new likes over the past two days (Facebook Insights).
    • On Facebook today, “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” ranks the #1 fastest growing television show page, #1 most-engaging, likes and #10 fastest growing pages, overall (allfacebook.com).

    DeGeneres hosted a LIVE Post Oscar Special episode of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Monday, March 3rd. Ellen welcomed Academy Award winner for Best Actress, Cate Blanchett, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor, Jared Leto, and Lupita Nyong’o, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress. Ellen recapped her Oscar hosting duties and revealed how the selfie came to be and how it broke Twitter. Plus, the winner of the night, pizza delivery man Edgar Martirosyan, stopped by the “Ellen” set and she gave him the $600 she had collected in tips and added another $400 (Ellen’s “Oscar Pizza Guy Gets His Tip” video is currently trending #1 on YouTube (YouTube)).To celebrate the milestone of Ellen using a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 to take the record-breaking Oscar selfie, it was announced on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” that Samsung is donating $1 for every retweet as of Monday and then rounded it up to 3MM. The money will be split between two charities of Ellen’s choice – St. Jude Children’s Hospital and The Humane Society of the United States. 




    Bloomberg reports that Meta will lay off 5% of staff

    Wednesday, January 15, 2025
    The Meta logo is seen at the Vivatech show in Paris, France, June 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

    News reports say that social media company Meta Platforms is planning to cut 5% of total staff this year by terminating staff based on performance and hiring new workers to replace them.

    Bloomberg News reported that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement in an internal note to employees, saying he wants to "raise the bar on performance management and move out low-performers faster."

    Meta employs about 72,000 people, according to recent filings, so cutting 5% of staff would amount to 3,600 people, Bloomberg said Tuesday. The Menlo Park, California-based company owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads.

    The company declined to comment Wednesday but said that Bloomberg's reporting was accurate.

    Workers in the U.S. who will be affected will be notified on Feb. 10, while those in other countries will be informed later, Bloomberg said.

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