The local market Nielsen universe estimates are updated and released annually. The DMA rankings for the 2005-06 TV season have just been released and several key Cox markets have benefited from a growth in TV homes:

PHOENIX surpassed Minneapolis to become the #14 TV market in the U.S. ...

Nielsen LPMs Uncover More 18-34 Viewing

Nielsen Media Research is reporting that its controversial local-people-meter (LPM) system has found startling changes in TV viewership over the last year among 18- to 34-year-olds.

The company said data from the six local markets with LPMs show dramatic increases in the number of viewers 18-34 in...

Where four out of every five Americans in 1964 read a paper every day, today, only half do. Among just younger readers, the numbers are even worse. Rupert Murdoch, News Corp Chairman & CEO.

Adults now spend more time with television each day than they do with any other medium. Television viewing accounts for 4 hours, 25 minutes of the average adults day and newspaper only accounts for 29 minutes. Television reaches nearly 90% of all adults each day, compared to newspaper reaching only 62% of adults.

Television also out...