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There’s a lot of buzz over the “Teens Don’t Tweet” report published by the Nielsen Company today, including articles from Mashable and Business Insider. While I have no evidence to argue against this other than the myriad personal anecdotes from teens in the comments of the media coverage (I tweet therefore we tweet!) and the [...]
The Nielsen Company issued an important news release late last week identifying a dramatic change in the behavior and general interests of internet users, indicating that usage has drifted away from portal browsing and towards social networking and video content sites. Since 2003, interests of the average online user have shifted significantly. Categories that consisted [...]
The International Academy of Visual Arts and the W3 Awards today awarded 4 awards to Affinitive: Category – Best Viral Promotion, Games & Gaming Category (Silver W3): Ubisoft’s ‘1191AD: Brotherhood of Assassins’ Campaign for Assassin’s Creed Category – Best Site, Social Networking Category (Silver W3): Hey! Nielsen for The Nielsen Company Category – Best Site, [...]
For the past 9 months we have been working with The Nielsen Company to develop an innovative social media platform that allows consumers to become a collective voice of change and, in turn, influence the decision makers in the entertainment industry, while also helping Nielsen reinvent the ways it conducts audience measurement in our DVR [...]