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Week 1 Gave Every Network a Different Answer
The full Week 1 numbers are in, and they don't tell one story: CBS lost viewers, NBC rebounded Sunday after a soft Wednesday opener that drew the NFL's smallest kickoff audience since 2022, and Netflix's Melbourne stream came in flat domestically while growing abroad — all of it filtered through a Nielsen measurement system the league itself has publicly complained about. Also today: Commissioner Goodell floats repackaging the NFL's unsigned media rights the same week ratings went soft, private equity firm Apollo works to get onto the league's approved investor list so it can bring credit and…
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