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Food Shines, News Declines

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 10.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Cable News Networks, CNN Headline News, Nielsen Ratings, Nielsen, Food Network, Hln, Cnn, Cable News Ratings, Headline News, Foxnews, Newspapers, Media, Fox News Ratings, Media News
Reese Schonfeld

In the October ratings, the Food Network had more viewers under 55 than any of the news networks, including Fox, which finished behind Food in every single advertising demographic category.

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Coalition For Innovative Media Measurement: Networks, Advertisers Form Alternative Ratings System

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 11.11.2009 | Media

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NEW YORK — Fourteen media companies said they are joining forces to fund new ways to track viewership of television programming throughout vario...

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Ratings Rumble: Media Consortium To Challenge Nielsen's Dominance

Financial Times | Posted 09.13.2009 | Media

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Top US media companies and marketers have created a consortium to challenge the dominant force in TV audience measurement. Nielsen controls the mea...

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NYC Gripes: The Digital TV Scam

R. B. Stuart | Posted 08.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Msnbc, Anthony Bourdain, Television, Cable, Rachel Maddow, Dtv, Nielsen Ratings, The Animal Planet, Dark Shadows, Hdtv, Keith Olbermann, Cablevision, Mtv, Chris Matthews, The Colbert Report, The Comedy Channel, Jon Stewart, Uhf, R. B. Stuart, New York News
R. B. Stuart

The digital TV conversion is no less than a ploy in deregulation to screw you via remote control.

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Nielsen Concedes Error In Ratings After ABC News Dispute

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 07.17.2009 | Media

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NEW YORK — Nielsen Media Research has conceded making an error and is performing a recount after the company's ratings on Tuesday initially indi...

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Technical Problems Delaying TV Ratings

New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 06.06.2009 | Media

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In what one television executive called an unprecedented data delay, Nielsen Media Research failed to provide overnight TV ratings for four days this ...

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Nielsen Advertising Survey: Marketing Is Key

Nielsen Wire | Posted 04.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Nielsen Advertising Survey, Adveritising Consumer Confidence, Nielsen Media Research, Nielsen Ratings, Nielsen, Consumer Confidence Advertising, Business News

At a time when financial institutions are pulling back on their advertising, a new study from Nielsen IAG shows that consumer confidence in the long-t...

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The Husband Did It! The Wife Did It!

Judy Wieder | Posted 03.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Unplug and Recharge, Gay Marriage, Media, Spouse, A&e, Wives, Husbands, California, 48 Hour Mystery, Prop 8, Nielsen Ratings, Court Cases, News Media, Cbs, Defense of Marriage Act, California Gay Marriage, Television, Dateline NBC, Nielsen, Cable News, Nbc, Entertainment News
Judy Wieder

As a non-straight woman living in California, currently married to my partner, but living in fear of Prop 8's outcome, it kills me to see married couples slaughtering each other on a weekly basis.

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Nielsen Entering Radio Ratings Business

New York Times | Posted 12.19.2008 | Media

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The Nielsen Company is entering the radio ratings business in the United States. In a deal to be announced Tuesday, the radio broadcaster Cumulus M...

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57 Million Watched Presidential Debate: Nielsen Estimate

McClatchy | Glenn Garvin | Posted 10.28.2008 | Media

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Preliminary Nielsen data from 55 cities where it operates so-called "people meters," set-top boxes that monitor television viewing, shows that a third...

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TV Watchers and the Watchers Who Watch Them

Patricia Draznin | Posted 08.13.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Nielsen Ratings, TV Ratings, Nielsen Household, Nielsen Media Research, Entertainment News
Patricia Draznin

Up until last Tuesday, I assumed that my cable service transmitted a signal that could detect WHEN I was watching, WHAT I was watching, what I was EATING, and that it was my third piece.

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Competition Thrives On Broadcast Networks

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 07.02.2008 | Media

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NEW YORK — Broadcast networks are the place to be for prime-time competitions _ if little else. Nine of the 20 most-watched programs on the net...

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Nielsen Tries To Track Beyond The Tube

The New York Times | Louise Story | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Nielsen Tracking, Television, Nielsen Privacy, Nielsen Household, Nielsen Media Research, Nielsen Ratings, Nielsen, Nielsen Tv, Media News

Being part of a "Nielsen household" has long been a point of pride for people whose television habits are monitored by the Nielsen Company. In exchang...

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SoCal Fires Flame Cable Networks' Ratings

TV Newser | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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As the flames are put out, the winds die down and the federal money comes in, the cable networks are adding up the ratings from their coverage of the ...

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Google, Nielsen Join Forces To Pull More Accurate Viewing Stats

New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Google, which dominates the market for advertising on the Internet, seems to be hoping to do the same thing on television. The company is set to anno...

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"Daisies" Blooms In Ratings, "Bionic Woman" Tanks

Variety | Rick Kissell | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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ABC's critically adored drama "Pushing Daisies" opened well Wednesday night, winning its hour in key demos and teaming with "Private Practice" and "Di...

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Nielsen Ratings To Triple Sampling Audience

AP | David Bauder | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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The company that measures TV viewership announced a significant expansion Wednesday, saying it would triple the number of "Nielsen families" over the ...

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Emmys Broadcast May Be Lowest-Rated In History

AP | Beth Harris | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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A big loser at this year's Emmy ceremony? The Emmys broadcast, which may have been the least-watched in history. Preliminary figures from Nielsen Med...

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TV Networks Suffer One Of Worst Weeks Ever

AP Via CNN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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With many viewers apparently outside enjoying summer's last hurrah, the broadcast television networks hit a negative ratings trifecta only a few weeks...

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