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Turning Social TV Into Profit: Twitter Acquires Analytics Company Bluefin Labs

Television
 February 5, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 15 weeks ago

Twitter made this deal just two months after announcing a new partnership with Nielsen to measure to Twitter TV Ratings

  

Twitter Introduces Brand Surveys in Partnership With Nielsen

Media
 October 3, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 33 weeks ago

The survey questions will appear in users' timelines much like promoted tweets

  

Nielsen Slapped With Massive Lawsuit Over Allegedly Cooked Ratings Data

Television
 July 30, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 42 weeks ago

Indian broadcaster says that company created by Nielsen and a former competitor has corrupted the ratings process

  

9/11 Attacks, Hurricane Katrina Top Most-Memorable TV Moments List

Television
 July 11, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 44 weeks ago

According to a new study from Nielsen and Sony Electronics, nothing stays with us like tragedy

  

'GMA' Scores Another Ratings Win over 'Today'

Television | Ratings
 April 30, 2012 By Kasia Anderson 1 year ago

ABC's breakfast broadcast scored the top spot for the second time in three weeks, once again besting its long-running rival, NBC's "Today," in total viewers

 
  

Nickelodeon's Ratings Drop -- and the Meanest Thing the Disney Channel's Ever Said (Update)

Television | Ratings
 November 30, 2011 By Tim Molloy 1 year ago

Rival smells blood in the water for SpongeBob's network; Kung-Fu Panda to the rescue?

  

TV Ownership Down in America, Nielsen Says

Television
 May 3, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 2 years ago

A combination of poverty and technological choices may be forcing a decline in television sales

  

Mobile Video Users, Usage Is Exploding in U.S.

Media | Movies
 March 30, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Number of people watching video on their phones rose 40 percent during second half of 2010

  

Big 4 Network Ratings Down 10% This Season

Television | Ratings
 March 23, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Sure, the source is a cable network research department (Turner), but the 18-49 numbers are way bad

  

Nielsen, ComScore In Legal Fight Over Patents

Media
 March 22, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Internet measurement services charge each other with violating intellectual property rights

  

We Need a One-Size-Fits-All Ratings System

Media
 March 6, 2011 By Johnnie L. Roberts 2 years ago

The search is on for an authoritative Nielsen-esque measure for multi-platform viewership

  

Over-Rated: 5 Reasons We're Over the Overnights

Media
 September 28, 2010 By Hunter Walker 2 years ago

The first Nielsen numbers of the day don't mean so much anymore -- here's why

  

Nielsen Unveils New Net Ratings Service

Media
 September 28, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Research company promises greater accuracy, faster reporting and wider coverage than existing online measurement

  

Nielsen Revises IPO Forecast to $2.01 Billion

Media
 August 16, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Private equity-owned media research company reveals enhanced fundraising hopes at Monday regulatory filing; had planned on getting $1.75 bilion when it announced IPO plans in June

  

Ratings: Worst Week Ever

Television | Ratings
 July 12, 2010 By Hunter Walker 2 years ago

A quiet Sunday night followed up a week of ratings lows

  

Nielsen Files for an IPO

Media
 June 4, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Debt-ridden ratings giant looks to raise $1.75 billion

  

Ratings: 'Idol' Springs Back, 'NCIS' Stays Strong

Television | Ratings
 May 12, 2010 By Lisa Horowitz 3 years ago

TV viewership is up for Tuesday night

  

U.S. Ad Market Down 9% in 2009, Nielsen Says

Media
 February 24, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 3 years ago

Two-percent drop in the fourth quarter was actually an improvement

  

Nielsen Sells Kirkus Reviews to Indiana Pacers Owner

Media | Books
 February 11, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 3 years ago

A month after E&P was acquired by boating publisher, another trade is saved

  

Updated: Unlikely Buyer Emerges for E&P

Deal Central
 January 14, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 3 years ago

Nielsen close to sale of title to boat magazine publisher; longtime editors "not being retained"

  

My Hollywood Christmas Wish List

Movies
 December 20, 2009 By Michael Lee 3 years ago

More theaters go digital, Nielsen includes DVRs ...

  

Nielsen Reverses Decision to Drop Live Local TV Ratings

Media
 December 17, 2009 By Dylan Stableford 3 years ago

After agencies protest, measurement firm agrees to keep data stream

  

E&P Not Dead Quite Yet

Media | Newspapers
 December 15, 2009 By Dylan Stableford 3 years ago

After "overwhelming reader and advertiser demand," magazine will publish January print issue

  

Inside the Hollywood Reporter Sale

Media | Magazines
 December 10, 2009 By Dylan Stableford 3 years ago

What Finkelstein plans to do with his new magazines is unclear, but one thing is: they're struggling

  

Nielsen Decides to Fold 108-Year-Old E&P, 76-Year-Old Kirkus Reviews

Media
 December 10, 2009 By Dylan Stableford 3 years ago

With no buyer found, "America's Oldest Journal Covering the Newspaper Industry," venerable book journal done

  

Nielsen Sells Hollywood Reporter, Billboard; Axes E&P, Kirkus

Media
 December 10, 2009 By Dylan Stableford 3 years ago

Sale of eight brands announced; Nielsen folds Editor & Publisher, Kirkus Reviews

  
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