According to one industry insider, the real amount of time available when other features of the solicitation are factored in is 18 months, which is a lot less time than General Motors would spend on developing a new vehicle concept like the Volt.

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But the series is a top-five network show among teen girls, and when time-shifted viewing is factored in, it typically sees a 20% to 35% boost from its 18- to 34-year-old demographic.

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Once Facebook is factored out of those statistics, Flurry notes that average time spent elsewhere on the mobile Web actually grew by about 2% in the same time frame.

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Of course there is always the possibility other factors, maybe even the current high level of investor bullishness that may have already factored a positive 2011 into stock prices, will become a larger factor than the presidentialcycle this time around, as happened in 1987.

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