Ad Industry Values MSNBC More than Fox News, States MediaPost
Fox News Channel may have the biggest average audience, as well as gross revenues of the cable news networks, but when it comes to a key Madison Avenue metric — CPMs — MSNBC is the most valued, reports MediaPost.
A MediaPost analysis of data released by the Pew Research Center analyzing the 2020 audience size and economics of the major cable news networks, reveals that “MSNBC generates an average of $423 per prime-time household reached annually, which is about 10% more valuable than the second most valued cable news network, Fox News’ $386 per prime-time household reached.
“The analysis isn’t exactly apples-to-apples, because it calculates gross annual advertising revenues divided by average prime-time audience, not total day, but the Pew study did not provide average total day audience estimates, and prime-time is known to generate the lion’s share of each network’s advertising revenues.
“So while Fox News has a significantly higher annual audience, as well as total revenues and profits, the ad industry actually values MSNBC more.”
More here.
Chart: MediaPost analysis of Pew analysis of Kagan data reflecting total day ad revenue divided by average prime-time audience.
