On Fri, 23 May 2008 23:31:44 GMT, kenny blankenship
<blank@blank.blank> wrote:
>In article <elmop-DD14EB.07115323052008@nntp1.usenetserver.com>,
> "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote:
>
>> In article <blank-CF0080.17275222052008@news.telus.net>,
>> kenny blankenship <blank@blank.blank> wrote:
>>
>> > > They will cast hardbodied 18 year olds and become just another
>> > > MTV show--because their audience will then be the high-spending
>> > > 18-25 year olds.
>> >
>> > So what you're saying, is that because they are allowing themselves
>> > the ability to cast people who are 18 or older instead of 21 or
>> > older, that they will only cast people who are 18, 19 or 20.
>>
>> They will succumb to that temptation, absolutely--especially if the
>> ratings show that to be a success factor.
>
>We'll have to wait and see...
>
>> It's all about the ratings and the money, nothing else.
>
>When has it ever been about anything else? You say that like it's news,
>like everyone fully aware of it.
>
>Is CBS supposed to be a non-profit organization, making TV shows to
>better mankind -- or a corporation, with a legal duty to its
>shareholders to maximize shareholder equity?
Corporations actually have no "legal duty" to maximize equity, but
they DO have a fiduciary responsibility to maximize return on the
investment shareholders have made.
As with TV viewers, shareholders are free to "vote with their feet"
when they do not agree with the direction the network, or company is
taking.
