Dan Abrams Predicts: MSNBC Will Be Ahead Of CNN In A Year

By Brian 

“We are beating CNN in the key demographic with some regularity and on extremely important nights as well,” MSNBC GM Dan Abrams says in the latest B&C.

But, he adds, “we have not put up the ‘mission accomplished’ sign. We still have a ways to go. Even when we are looking at CNN in our rearview mirror, we will not say ‘mission accomplished.’ We want to be ahead of CNN, and I expect that we will be within the year.

This chart shows the trend. “Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you,” the title says. (Get the reference?)


Indeed, in January 2007, CNN’s advantage in primetime total viewers over MSNBC was 51% — the smallest ever. In the 25-54 demo in primetime, the advantage was just 18 percent — the smallest since 2002…

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