On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 12:58 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > BTW - Who are the guys behind TV By the Numbers? I have been to their > site a few times before, but the last two weeks have been there very > frequently, and they seem to be fairly defensive of NBC in general and > Leno in particular. If they are numbers guys they may just be > defending the point that NBC's strategy is still likely to make money > even if they get fewer viewers, but I was wondering if they have any > affiliation with NBC. >
There doesn't seem to be anything in their bios to suggest that conclusion, and their site isn't one of the ones listed on NBCUMarketplace.com as being one of theirs.. >From their about us page: Bill Gorman and Robert Seidman have known each other for 15 years. Back in 1994, Seidman was publishing an online newsletter about the Internet and that almost always included AOL. Gorman, who worked for AOL until 1998 read it. They have been having spirited debates ever since. First meeting when they both lived in the Virginia burbs of Washington, D.C., serendipity landed them 6 blocks apart in San Francisco where they’ve lunched regularly ever since. At one lunch Seidman expressed his dismay at the lack of web resources that focused on data for the television industry. Gorman went home and validated this via Google searching and TV by the Numbers was born. Gorman is enthusiastic about television and very passionate about numbers and statistics and Seidman is obsessed with both television and statistics. Anyway, NBC told Time Magazine that as long as they keep the same numbers they get with him at 11:30, they'll be OK. I can't see how, but there you go... -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://sterlingnorth.vox.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
