PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Friday, September 22, 2006

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Friday, September 22, 2006

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Nielsen Media Research Reports Television's Popularity Is Still Growing

Nielsen Media Research reported Thursday that average American television viewing continues to increase in spite of growing competition from new media platforms and devices, such as video iPods, cell phones and streaming video. During the 2005-2006 television year, which ended on September 17th, traditional in-home television viewing continued to hold its own with audiences, and even gained among technology-savvy teenagers. The total average time a household watched television during the 2005-2006 television year was eight hours and fourteen minutes per day, a three-minute increase from the 2004-2005 season and a record high. The average amount of television watched by an individual viewer increased three minutes per day to four hours and thirty-five minutes, also a record.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3297998

Study Finds Repeat D-U-I Offenders Have High Mental Illness Rates

A new study shows that alcohol may not be the only problem for repeat drunk drivers. More than half of D-U-I offenders also suffer from at least one mental illness in addition to a drug or alcohol-use disorder. The study found almost sixty percent of those with two or more D-U-I convictions reported experiencing major depression, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder or posttraumatic stress disorder over their lifetime.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3298248

Superdome Is 'Football-Ready'

This week's Monday Night Football game between the Falcons and Saints is much more than a sporting contest. It's the first event in the grand reopening of the Louisiana Superdome, a symbol of the recovery of one of America's great cities.

The Superdome restoration is unprecedented. Never in the history of U-S stadiums has a facility been so heavily damaged and rebuilt in one year. The Superdome will be "football-ready" for the September 25th Monday night game, with final finishes and enhancements to be competed by July 2007.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3298208

'You Raise Me Up' Surpasses Twenty-Thousand Downloads at Music-notes-dot- com

Music-notes-dot-com, the online leader in digital sheet music, has announced that it has sold over twenty-thousand downloads of sheet music for the song "You Raise Me Up."

Written by Brendan Graham and Rolf Lovland and made popular by a performance by Josh Groban, "You Raise Me Up" is the first song to break the twenty-thousand download mark for Music-notes.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3297857

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PRNewswire -- Sept. 22

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