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

November 30, 2011 By Tim Molloy 10 weeks ago

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

  

TV Ownership Down in America, Nielsen Says

May 3, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 40 weeks 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.

March 30, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 45 weeks 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

March 23, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 46 weeks 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

March 22, 2011 By Brent Lang 46 weeks ago

Internet measurement services charge each other with violating intellectual property rights

  

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

March 6, 2011 By Johnnie L. Roberts 48 weeks ago

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

  

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

September 28, 2010 By Hunter Walker 1 year ago

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

  

Nielsen Unveils New Net Ratings Service

September 28, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

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

  

Nielsen Revises IPO Forecast to $2.01 Billion

August 16, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 1 year 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

July 12, 2010 By Hunter Walker 1 year ago

A quiet Sunday night followed up a week of ratings lows

  

Nielsen Files for an IPO

June 4, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

Debt-ridden ratings giant looks to raise $1.75 billion

  

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

May 12, 2010 By Lisa Horowitz 1 year ago

TV viewership is up for Tuesday night

  

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

February 24, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

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

  

Nielsen Sells Kirkus Reviews to Indiana Pacers Owner

February 11, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

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

  

Updated: Unlikely Buyer Emerges for E&P

January 14, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

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

  

My Hollywood Christmas Wish List

December 20, 2009 By Michael Lee 2 years ago

More theaters go digital, Nielsen includes DVRs ...

  

Nielsen Reverses Decision to Drop Live Local TV Ratings

December 17, 2009 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

After agencies protest, measurement firm agrees to keep data stream

  

E&P Not Dead Quite Yet

December 15, 2009 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

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

  

Inside the Hollywood Reporter Sale

December 10, 2009 By Dylan Stableford 2 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

December 10, 2009 By Dylan Stableford 2 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

December 10, 2009 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

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

  

Murdoch, Finkelstein Close in on Nielsen's THR: Is $70M Too Much?

November 29, 2009 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

Lachlan, not Rupert, is after the entertainment trade, along with an investor group.

  

Nielsen THR Sale Approaches; Is Lachlan Murdoch Involved?

November 23, 2009 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

Finkelstein's News Communications deal for Billboard, other entertainment titles to close imminently.

  

Seller Beware: Finkelstein Courted, Dumped IWantMedia

November 18, 2009 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

One insider says the Nielsen-owned THR will go to Jimmy Finkelstein by weekend

  

Sale? Nielsen Business Media Aflame With Earnings Down 28%

November 12, 2009 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

But CFO Brian West says that "iconic" titles like the Hollywood Reporter should be kept.

  

Hollywood Reporter Set to be Sold to 'Who's Who's' Finkelstein

November 10, 2009 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

The historic Hollywood trade paper would become part of Finkelstein's News Communications Inc.

  

Nielsen Wants to Talk Ratings Convergence

October 8, 2009 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Invites 75 advertisers, agencies and networks to meet next week in New York.

  

Nielsen, Facebook Partner for Ad Studies

September 21, 2009 By Lew Harris 2 years ago

Deal also calls for Nielsen to be Facebook's preferred market research provider.

  

Media Powers Trying to Crack Ratings Code

September 10, 2009 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Executives say new coalition is not a competitor to Nielsen.

  

Total TV Households Up to 114.9M

August 28, 2009 By Lew Harris 2 years ago

Nielsen says figure is up by 400,000 homes from last year -- smallest increase in a decade.

  

Networks Need to Forget About Nielsen

August 23, 2009 By Michael Kokernak 2 years ago
  

Time Warner, Nielsen Sign 7-Year Pact

August 19, 2009 By Lew Harris 2 years ago

Nielsen to provide services to all of TW's business units.