CNN’s Presidential Town Halls Become Moneymakers

New York Times: Live town hall meetings are not a new invention in the televised coverage of presidential politics. But CNN has turned the genre into a powerful supplement — if not antidote — to the often-acrimonious debates. They have also become a moneymaker for CNN: More than 2.3 million tuned into the Greenville town hall. And in the highest form of flattery, other networks, like MSNBC, have begun hosting similar events.