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Barack Obama could have made ratings history Thursday; CNN attracted the most viewers for his speech (Orlando Sentinel)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:50:15 GMT

Obama or the Oscars? Obama wins. Obama or "American Idol"? Obama wins. Barack Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention drew more than 38 million viewers Thursday night across multiple channels. The number could be higher, because Nielsen Media Research...

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Obama's speech seen by 38 million viewers (The Political Carnival)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:45:00 GMT

Hot damn. NEW YORK (AP) — Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention was seen by more than 38 million people. Nielsen Media Research said more people watched Obama speak than watched the Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing, the final "American Idol" or the Academy Awards this year . Obama talked before a live audience of 80,000 people in Denver. His TV audience nearly doubled...

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Obama's Ratings Touchdown (E! Online)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:15:00 GMT

Even a football stadium couldn't hold Barack Obama's audience. An Oscars-esque 38.4 million watched Obama's speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination, Nielsen...

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High-Speed Rail Comes to San Diego (Business Wire)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:57:00 GMT

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA):

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Democratic National Convention Barack Obama Acceptance Speech Ratings (The PopCrunch Show)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:28:44 GMT

How did Barack Obama’s riveting acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention fair in the ratings? Nielsen has just released the figures for last night’s Day 4 of Democratic National Convention last night, which was covered by ten networks. Check Out The Numbers Here

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Busmaker lines up what it hopes is winning ticket (Financial Time)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:29:00 GMT

Alexander Dennis chief is banking on resurgent demand for public transport and a new, more eco-friendly, icon for London's streets

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Obama’s speech watched by 38 million viewers. (Think Progress)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:25:01 GMT

Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-IL) acceptance speech last night reached a quarter of America’s households, according to Nielsen Media Research. In all, with over 38 million viewers, “more people watched Obama speak than watched the Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing, the final “American Idol” or the Academy Awards this year.” The AP notes that “Obama’s audience [...]

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Obama's speech shatters Nielsen ratings (TV Squad)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:20:39 GMT

Filed under: News , Programming , Ratings , Reality-Free The reviews from the political talking heads -- right and left -- have been mostly positive. The visuals were spectacular and riveting. History was made at Mile High Stadium in Denver last night when Senator Barack Obama accepted the nomination of the Democratic party as the first African-American presidential candidate. There were 80,000 people...

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Eyeballs (Low on the Hog)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:56:00 GMT

Yes he can ... get people to tune in: NEW YORK (AP) - Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention was seen by more than 38 million people. Nielsen Media Research said more people watched Obama speak than watched the Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing, the final "American Idol" or the Academy Awards this year. Obama talked before a live audience of 80,000 people in

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Obama's a Celeb in One Way: (Shadow of the Hegemon)

noreply@blogger.com (Demosthenes) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:04:00 GMT

He commands a HUGE audience . From Sully : Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention was seen by more than 38 million people. Nielsen Media Research said more people watched Obama speak than watched the Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing, the final "American Idol" or the Academy Awards this year. Obama talked before a live audience of 80,000 people in Denver. His TV audience...

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Meeting of Pace The Suburban Bus Division Board of Directors Wednesday, September 3, 2008 4:30 p.m. (Business Wire)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:03:00 GMT

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pace:

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Nielsen: Almost 40 million watch Obama speech (Market Watch)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:48:14 GMT

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Almost 40 million people watched Sen. Barack Obama's acceptance of the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday night, according to Nielsen Media Research. That figure, which includes both broadcast and cable networks, is nearly twice the four-day average of the 2004 Democratic National Convention. And with 7.6 million black viewers, the event was the fifth most-watched...

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Macsimum News: Jon Peddie Research looks at ups and downs in graphics add-in boards market (mac.ro)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT

Posted by Dennis Sellers Graphics industry observers and participants may have been a bit more anxious than usual to learn how the second quarter of 2008 fared. With economic conditions worrisome, and with new product releases from both Nvidia and AMD occurring near the quarter’s close, would the quarter hint at future strength or...

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Obama's Speech Tops Ratings (Political Wire)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:34:32 GMT

Nielsen just released the ratings for the fourth night of the Democratic National Convention last night and found an estimated 38 million viewers watched on television, setting a new record for convention viewership. Other interesting notes: Thursday night generated substantially higher ratings and total viewers (13.4 rating, 38.4 million total viewers) than any other night this week; Barack Obama's...

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More than 38 million watched Obama's acceptance speech (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:52:21 GMT

Los Angeles - Barack Obama's speech accepting the Democratic Party's nomination for the presidency was watched by more than 38 million people - making it the ratings hit of the summer - according to figures released Friday by Nielsen Media Research. ...

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Routemaster to take the green road (Financial Time)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:08:00 GMT

Alexander Dennis looks to military technology to put buses powered by hybrid technology on London's roads for 2012 Olympics

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38 Million Viewers (Left In Aboite)

noreply@blogger.com (John Good) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:40:00 GMT

More people watched Barack Obama speak last night than watched the Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing, the final "American Idol" or the Academy Awards this year. And that number doesn't include viewers who were tuned in on PBS or C-SPA, whom Nielsen had no numbers on. It also nearly doubled the viewership of John Kerry's acceptance of the Democratic nomination in 2004.

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Telemundo scores with sports (Variety.com)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:48:39 GMT

Sports News: Network sees 20% overall viewership growth -- It's a shame the Summer Olympics don't happen more often. Nielsen Media Research reports that Telemundo's 162-hour primetime coverage of the Beijing Games was viewed by 15.7 million, a 26% jump from its '04 Athens Olympics cumulative aud of 12.5 million.

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Start-Ups Bring Google's Parallel Processing To Data Warehousing (Information Week)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:05:00 GMT

Aster and Greenplum have made Google's MapReduce compatible with SQL for use in the parallel data warehousing systems based on open source PostreSQL.

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Whoa (The Nattering Nabob)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:33:00 GMT

NEW YORK - Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention was seen by more than 38 million people. Nielsen Media Research said more people watched Obama speak than watched the Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing, the final "American Idol" or the Academy Awards this year. Obama talked before a live audience of 80,000 people in Denver. His TV audience nearly doubled the amount...

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