Bank activity on homes is another positive sign
A report suggests that home loan rates have been kept relatively high of late to suppress demand simply because banks lacked sufficient staffing to...
When it’s too late to discuss tomorrow
I saw it again recently. "Radio is the original social media." It's a statement that reflects how little the speaker knows about social media.
Final aloha for Senator Inouye
Daniel Inouye (D-HI) was a World War II hero, served in the Senate for nearly 50 years and was recently the Chair of the...
Nielsen spends about $1.26B to buy Arbitron
Two ratings giants are becoming one, and for most American broadcasters, it will mean
Fisher embarks on buyback program
Television and radio group owner Fisher Broadcasting has been authorized by its Board of Directors to repurchase shares of common stock throughout 2013. Both...
Amazon Prime signs with Turner, Warner Bros.
It’s an exclusive content licensing agreement with Turner Broadcasting System and Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution to add TNT drama “Falling Skies” and the...
FCC gets another call to halt ownership dereg
Communications Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and four of her colleagues on the Energy and Commerce Committee has sent a letter to FCC...
CC NY restructures sales, programming
New appointments to its senior leadership team include naming Thea Mitchem Vice President of Programming and Bernie Weiss Vice President of Sales. Mitchem and...
Still a lot of holiday shoppers out there
The clock is ticking down on the 2012 holiday gift-giving season, but there are still opportunities for retailers to move merchandise. According to coupon...
Signs of recovery in the magazine business
The good news is that far more magazines are being launched than shut down these days, and even though the number of launches in...
“Nielsen Online Brand Effect” comes to the U.K.
The latest in Nielsen’s ongoing commitment to deliver end-to-end, cross-platform advertising measurement solutions worldwide: It’s a measurement and optimization solution which allows advertisers, agencies...
Nielsen Tops of 2012: Entertainment
According to a Nielsen Wire blog, Trilogies, cartoons and book adaptations dominated the DVD charts of 2012, with The Avengers, Hunger Games and Twilight...
Study identifies the DNA of happiness
Prosper Insights has done the research, and has discovered that more Americans are happy than not, that happiness is up compared to the initial...
California reps urge FCC to preserve white spaces
A memo issued by Republican members of the House Communications Subcommittee expressed the view that spectrum left unsold for the purpose of providing a...
Interaction with social ads: Attitudes vary by ethnicity
As social media continues to revolutionize the consumer-brand experience, Nielsen and NM Incite’s recent Social Media Report 2012 shows that unique, precision-driven opportunities for...