The Daily Populous

Saturday February 17th, 2018 morning edition

image for ‘Cloverfield Paradox’ Draws 5M Viewers In First 7 Days; ‘Altered Carbon’ Pulls In 2.5M: Nielsen

The Cloverfield Paradox, which Netflix acquired from Paramount and then sneak-released it after the Super Bowl on February 4, drew an average of 2.8 million viewers per minute in its first three days.

That audience was less than one-third of the 11 million viewers collected in the first three days by Will Smith sci-fi title Bright, according to Nielsen’s SVOD Ratings report, which measures only U.S. viewing.

There is also an important qualifier that should be added to that comparison, however.

In its initial seven days of availability, the Cloverfield sequel pulled in 5 million average viewers.

In its first three days, it totaled 1.2 million viewers on average, reaching 2.5 million in its first seven days on the platform.

Carbon‘s audience also shrunk pretty dramatically from the premiere to the finale, starting off with a seven-day average of 5.9 million viewers.

By Episode 10, that had dwindled to barely 1 million. »

Robert Mueller charges 13 Russians with interfering in US election to help Trump

Authored by theguardian.com

Thirteen Russians have been criminally charged for interfering in the 2016 US election to help Donald Trump, the office of Robert Mueller, the special counsel, announced on Friday.

The Russians allegedly posed as Americans to operate bogus social media accounts, buy advertisements and stage political rallies.

Three defendants were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, and five defendants were charged with aggravated identity theft. »

Mueller Accuses Russians of Pro-Trump, Anti-Clinton Meddling

Authored by bloomberg.com

Mueller charged 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities and accused them of defrauding the U.S. government by interfering with the political process.

Trump and his Republican supporters have repeatedly denounced the Mueller investigation as a “witch hunt” and have denied any collusion.

The indictment of Russian individuals and companies also suggests a broader conspiracy than Mueller charged, saying grand jurors heard about others involved in the scheme. »

Russia-Trump inquiry: Russians charged over US 2016 election tampering

Authored by bbc.co.uk

Thirteen Russians have been charged with interfering in the US 2016 election, in a major development in the FBI investigation.

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Yevgeny Prigozhin, known as "Putin's chef", has denied election tampering.

One of the men named in the indictment - Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is known as "Putin's chef", denied election tampering. »

A Free Ride With Lyft Didn't Reduce Skipped Medical Appointments

Authored by hcanews.com

According to a 2006 study , 3.6 million people miss doctor visits every year because they have trouble getting to the clinic or office.

The other half were in the control arm and received no free-ride offer during their reminder phone call.

“To try to unpackage that will be an important task going forward,” Chaiyachati noted.The study was recently published in JAMA Internal Medicine. »