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In the data below I don't know how ABC's World News can get 8.8 million viewers but the whole network only gets 5.6 million viewers.
Television Ratings - How do we do it | Nielsen

TV Networks 2017

Rank	Network *	Viewers M
1	CBS	8.0
2	NBC	7.3
3	ABC	5.6
4	Fox	4.7
5	Fox News Channel	2.4
6	ESPN	1.9
7	Univision	1.7
8	USA Network	1.7
9	MSNBC	1.6
10	The CW	1.6
11	HGTV	1.5
12	TBS	1.5
13	Telemundo	1.4
14	Discovery	1.4
15	History	1.3
16	Nickelodeon	1.3
tie	TNT	1.3
18	Ion	1.3
19	Hallmark Channel	1.2
20	Investigation Discovery	1.1
21	AMC	1.1
22	CNN	1.1
23	FX	1.0
24	Disney Channel	1.0
25	A&E	1.0
26	Food Network	1.0
27	TLC	1.0
34	HBO (Premium)	0.7
54	National Geographic	0.5
64	CNBC	0.3

* PBS's contract with Nielson does not allow them to release viewer data.
Source: Highest Network Ratings of 2017: Most Watched Winners & Losers | IndieWire

TV News Programs 2018

Rank	Program	Netw	viewers weekly * M
1	ABC's World News Tonight W/ David Muir	ABC	8.8
2	NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt	NBC	7.8
3	CBS Evening News	CBS	6.7
4	Good Morning America	ABC	4.4
5	Today	NBC	4.3
6	CBS This Morning	CBS	3.6
7	Sean Hannity	FOX	3.3
8	Rachel Maddow	MSNBC	3.0
9	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOX	2.6
10	The Ingraham Angle	FOX	2.5
11	Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNBC	2.3
12	Special Rpt w/Bret Baier	FOX	2.2
13	Five, the	FOX	2.2
14	Story, the	FOX	2.0
15	All in w/ Chris Hayes	MSNBC	1.9
16	Hardball w/ Chris Matthews	MSNBC	1.7
17	11th hour w/ B. Willims	MSNBC	1.7
	11 Other cable news programs		1.7-1.2
29	Nightline	ABC	1.3
29	Late Night with Seth Meyers	NBC	1.3
29	PBS NewsHour	PBS	1.2
31	Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	1.1
34	Erin Burnett Outfront	CNN	1.0
52	Shark Tank	CNBC	0.3

* p2+ - (persons 2+) - Nielson's rating category for Total Viewers - Other stats are A18-49 is adults age 18 to 49, W18-34 is women 18 to 34, and T12-17 is teens 12 to 17.

Sources:
Cable News Ranker: April 2018 (Total Viewers)
ABCÕs ÔWorld News TonightÕ Snaps ÔNBC Nightly NewsÕ Demo Win Streak | Deadline

At What's the difference between conservatives watching FOX News and liberals watching CBS/NBC/ABC/CNN/MSNBC news? Why are liberal biased stations okay but not conservative ones? - Quora (Feb, 2017) says,
"FOX and MSNBC utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports and omit reporting of information that may damage their causes. Sources in this category may be untrustworthy."

Network BIAS Factual

Fox News RIGHT MIXED

MSNBC LEFT MIXED

CBS, NBC, ABC LEFT-CENTER HIGH

CNN LEFT-CENTER HIGH

See also Media Bias/Fact Check - Search and Learn the Bias of News Media

Fairleigh Dickinson University's 2012 survey reported that Fox News viewers were less informed about current events than people who didn't follow the news at all. The survey had asked current events questions like "Which party has the most seats in the House of Representatives?"

Source: A Rigorous Scientific Look Into The 'Fox News Effect' | Forbes

General The New York Times Huffington Post The Wall Street Journal CNN Fox News Patch MarketWatch The Guardian The Washington Post USA Today Bloomberg - Business Make Me Smart | Marketplace NPR TMZ - Entertainment News theSkimm (for female professionals in their 20s and 30s)

Tech
wired
C|net
Zdnet

Are the Media Biased? | here Politicsl News/blog sites ranked by political leanings - % conservative - UV - Unique Visitors

Conservative 2010

Site	Share Cons.	Daily UV ('000)
Bill O'Reilly	100%	10
Rush Limbaugh	99%	43
Glenn Beck	98%	38
humanevents.com	97%	21
Town Hall	96%	42
thestate.com	94%	36
aclj.org	93%	18
cnsnews.com	93%	12
Drudge Report	93%	475
Real Clear Politics	93%	41
Michelle Malkin	91%
National Review	90%
FoxNews	88%	1,159
The Heritage Foundation	84%
World Net Daily	83%
Gallup	75%
The Hill	75%
Christian Broadcasting Network	73%
Wall Street Journal	70%
Politico	65%	(500)

Moderate

Site	Share Cons.	Daily UV ('000)
New Yorker	60%
ABC News	60%
USA TODAY	60%	518
The White House	58%
MSNBC	57%	3,264
The Economist	56%
Yahoo! News	55%	6,455
CNN	54%	2,650
PolitiFact	51%
Time	50%
Slate	49%
Christian Science Monitor	48%
Newsweek
TreeHugger	47%
Los Angeles Times	45%
Chicago Tribune	44%

Liberal

Site	Share Cons.	Daily UV ('000)
New York Times	40%	879
Washington Post	37%
Salon	34%
The Huffington Post	30%	583
NPR: National Public Radio	28%
dailykos.com	27%	26
alternet.org	26%	16
newsvine.com	25%	56
reddit.com	23%	36
BBC News	22%	472
blogtalkradio.com	22%	33
MoveOn.org	19%	21
blogcritics.org	17%	17
BV BLACK SPiN	17%	57
Think Progress	6%	12

US News & World Report	65%
Hot Air	63%
The Atlantic	62%
AOL News AOL Politics Daily	62%	3,971
St. Petersburg Times	61%

The Huffington Post is the leader in unique views amongst the pure blog/news sites.
Sites that are connected with other media, TV (Fox, MSNBC, CNN) or web portals (AOL, Yahoo) have the highest number of views.

Sources:Ideological Segregation Online and Offline, The University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, April 2010
How open minded is your news diet? - Debate on the Web at cross-x.com

See:Political News and Opinion: - Are the Media Biased?

Other Political:
The Guardian | guardian.co.uk
The Associated Press | The essential global news network
Mother Jones
Free Republic
Newser | Headline News Summaries, World News, Breaking News, and Local News
Mediate.com - US and World Leading Mediation Web Site - Find Mediators
The Daily Beast # 11 at Technorati
Radar Online
Global Post
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - politics, culture, faith, art, science. # 15 at Technorati
Gawker - Gossip # 6 at Technorati
Boing Boing first established as a magazine, later becoming a group blog. #8 at Technorati
The Onion - American news satire

African American:
The Root
Black Planet
BV BLACK SPiN

Technology:
TechCrunch # 2 at Technorati
Aol Engadget a technology weblog and podcast about consumer electronics. # 3 at Technorati
Mashable! - tech blog focused on Web 2.0 and Social Networking news # 4 at Technorati
Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide # 5 at Technorati
Technology News at CNET
Technology News | ZDNet
Pogue's Posts Blog - NYTimes.com
Electronics and Gadgets - Gadgetwise Blog - NYTimes.com
Manifest Technology - Douglas Dixon's articles on multimedia technology
Wired.com
The Next Web | TNW is the Source for Internet News, Business and Culture.
ReadWriteWeb - Web Technology news, reviews and analysis. # 10 at Technorati

Financial News links

Environment:
Organic Gardening, Renewable Energy, Green Homes - MOTHER EARTH NEWS
Grist | Environmental News, Commentary, Advice

Stats:
It is hard to get statistics on site popularity (unique visitors). Most sites do not publish them. ComScore.coms and nielsen.com occasionally publishes some data, but I think you have to pay to get current data.
ComScore and Nielsen number are frequently off by 50% or more.
A 2006 entry at slate says, "It's obvious why nobody trusts site rankings--the "official" numbers from Nielsen and comScore are often so far apart that you couldn't trust them even if you wanted to. But site owners have a real stake in these numbers. Advertisers use them to decide where to spend their budgets".
Monthly Data December 2005

Nielsen//
NetRatings comScore
Media Metrix Slate internal report

Unique Visitors 4,600,000 4,609,000 8,051,709
unique browsers

pageviews 40,900,000 27,000,000 61,089,137

See: Why can't ComScore & Neilsen do simple math?

Income of Political Figures in the Media
Top 10 Websites at MarketingCharts.com (2010):
- Politics | Print Media | Investment/Finance
Huffington Post and Politico Lead Wave of Explosive Growth at Independent Political Blogs and News Sites this Election Season - comScore, Inc - 2008
Top 100 Blogs - 1 to 25 - Technorati
The Top 50 Political Blogs Of The Year - 2008

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