{"id":14859,"date":"2022-05-31T18:45:55","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T01:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=14859"},"modified":"2022-05-31T18:45:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T01:45:55","slug":"ben-has-more-engagement-than-cnn-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/ben-has-more-engagement-than-cnn-did\/","title":{"rendered":"BEN+ has more engagement than CNN+ did"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not that that is saying much.<\/p>\n<p>Not exactly a high bar to clear.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out CNN+ had fewer than 10,000 people using it on a daily basis just two weeks into its existence \u2014 meaning more people read my daily musings than were watching CNN+. 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