<div>kos responds:</div> <div> </div> <div><A href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/4/26/144354/599">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/4/26/144354/599</A> Doug Henwood <dhenwood@panix.com> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">[Bookscan captures about 2/3-3/4 of all book sales, so the figures are probably a little better. But people who read blogs are generally post-book, no? And if AA has an average quarter hour of 27,900, it's still doing almost four times better than WBAI!] <HTTP: flash1aa.htm www.drudgereport.com> 'PROGRESSIVE' MEDIA STALLS: 'AIR AMERICA' IN AUDIENCE PLUNGE NYC, 'DAILY KOS' BOOK SELLS ONLY 3,600 COPIES Wed Apr 26 2006 11:39:51 ET Left-leaning new media has hit turbulence at the marketplace, newly released stats show. A book hyped by major media as documenting a progressive revolution of "blogs" and political power, DAILY KOS 'CRASHING THE GATE,' has sold only 3,630 copies since its release last month, according to NIELSEN's BOOKSCAN. [NIELSEN claims only 2,062 copies of DAILY KOS have been purchased at the retail level; the rest coming through 'discount' outlets.] Meanwhile, the just released radio Winter Book [Jan-Mar 2006] from ARBITRON shows AIR AMERICA in New York City losing more than a third of its audience -- in the past year! Among all listeners 12+, it was a race to the bottom for AIR AMERICA and WLIB as mid-days went from a 1.6 share during winter 2005 to a 1.0 share winter 2006. During PM drive, host Randi Rhodes plunged to 27,900 listeners every quarter hour, finishing 25th place in her time slot, down from 60,900 listeners every quarter hour in the fall. A network source says the radio ratings released today do not reflect the overall growth of the broadcast. "The demos are better, and listeners trust AIR AMERICA to give them the real truth on issues and the Bush presidency," says the insider. Developing... ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk </BLOCKQUOTE> <hr size=1>Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman9/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=39666/*http://beta.messenger.yahoo.com/"> calls to 30+ countries</a> for just 2¢/min with Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.