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Miami-Based PBS-Aired Business Show Beats Cable Giants in Ratings.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, May, 2001

By Matt Kempner, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

May 31--Forget the hoopla. CNN "Moneyline" anchor Lou Dobbs is getting spanked. So are the anchors on CNBC's "Business Center."

The real powerhouse nightly business news show is produced and owned by a nonprofit PBS station in Miami.

CNN is part of corporate giant AOL Time Warner. CNBC is attached to NBC and General Electric. Fox News Channel belongs to News Corp. But when it comes to ratings, PBS and "Nightly Business Report" beat the best they can muster for daily business news shows.

NBR is regularly watched in nearly 1 million U.S. households -- more than "Moneyline," "Business Center" and Fox News' afternoon "Your World With Neil...

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