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Nobody Watch the Mayoral Debate on NY1

NY1 Exposed as Low Rated Cable
That OnlyPolitical Insiders Watch

NY1, the cable news channel that telecast the face-off on Wednesday, has a smaller audience than the network TV stations.

Fiery Mayoral Debate Drew Few Viewers, Nielsen Says(NYT)

The audience represented barely a tenth of the viewership of the previous televised mayoral debate, which was broadcast on WABC-TV on Aug. 13 and averaged 449,000 viewers, although it is not clear how many of those viewers lived in New York City.

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TV Lobbyists Loyal to the $$$

Former GOP Senator Helps Funds de Blasio 

NY1 LobbyGuys

DE BLASIO BENEFITED FROM D’AMATO MONEY: While Bill de Blasio was elected mayor as a progressive Democrat, he quietly took contributions from people closely tied to former U.S. Senator Alfonse D’Amato, who is now a lobbyist and perhaps the state’s most powerful Republican.

Ms. Holtzman's lobbying firm was paid $120,000 in 2009, $90,000 in 2010, and $200,000 in 2011 by SAIC, the maker of CityTime,

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NY1 Reporter Gets A "C Grade" For Her Question to the Mayoral Candidates On the Mayor's Speech

A Safe Question Vs. the People Right to Know

The problems from the question NY1 reporter Courtney Gross asked the mayor candidates was that it was too general.  The question she did not ask the candidates is what would they do to solve the teacher evaluation dispute between the teachers union and the city, that is costing the city $60 million dollars in federal education funds. The NY1 report allowed the pols to duck the important issue of the loss of federal education funds and the teacher evaluation conflict, while protecting their hope of getting the union's campaign endorsement and support.  Elected Officials Criticize Bloomberg's Approach To Education In State Of The City Speech (NY1)


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NY1 Name Change to 
Sell Cable Subscriptions

Corporate Lobbyist News #1

NY1 Main Mission is to Sell Cable Not to Inform the Community As Jefferson Had Hoped the Press Would
Time Warner Cable makes move to rename NY1 (NYDN) so viewers know it's an exclusive news channel Market research has shown that viewers are not aware that NY1 is owned and only broadcast on Time Warner Cable, says TWC spokeswoman Amy Summers. The move to rename the channel will reinforce that if subscribers change to Verizon or satellite, they lose their beloved New York news. New name is TWC News* Time Warner Cable to screw with NY1 because it's Time Warner Cable.(NT Mag) * A New Name for NY1? A Rebranding Move Is Met With Anger