If you’re wondering why we haven’t posted Sunday and Monday cable ratings or broadcast Evening News ratings, here’s why – Nielsen Media Research’s data collection server apparently developed a bug early Sunday morning and that’s delayed the ratings information. We’ll post as soon as we get the data.
And this is not sitting well with some local stations that pay upwards of $1 million a year for the service – and in the middle of May sweeps. “Broadcasters feel hosed by Nielsen,” one news director told Newsblues. “Obviously, when you’re the only game in town, you can charge what you want. They are arrogant and condescending to stations.”
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