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Political Insider (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
As we prepare for Tuesday night's presidential debate, Nielsen releases some interesting demographics: Sixty-one percent of all U.S. households watched at least one of the two 2008 election debates aired so far. On average, 41% of all homes watched the V.P. debate last Thursday -- up one-third from the first Presidential debate the previous Friday night, which reached an average of 31% of all households....
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Season five of "Desperate Housewives" continued to see its ratings slide on Sunday, but the ABC drama remained the night's top rated program with 15.5 million viewers at 9 p.m., according to Nielsen's estimates. One week ago, the show's premiere earned a much larger audience of 18.7 million. Although easily the night's most watched show, that tally fell a half million shy of last year's fourth season...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
MIAMI, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
(RCL) announced today that it had agreed to sell its 50 percent interest in
Island Cruises to First Choice Holidays Ltd., the other 50 percent owner in
the joint venture and a subsidiary of British-based tour operator TUI
Travel PLC (TUI). As part of the transaction, RCL and TUI agreed to an
early termination of the charter of Island...
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Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | yesterday
CHICAGO, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Cougar sightings are on the rise across the United States, including in the Chicago area, wildlife experts say. Wildlife ecologist Clay Nielsen, who works at Southern Illinois University's Carbondale campus, said the sudden rise in the number of cougar sightings in Illinois and the rest of the nation should lead to the creation of a center reporting site, the Chicago Tribune...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Zacks Growth and Income Profit Track strategy looks for stocks with unusually high dividend yields. Although this screen is based on a long-term and lower risk
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Give Me My Remote (Free subscription) | yesterday
Buck up TV watchers. Our shows need our help…and our eye balls!! Know any Nielsen families? Willing to give me their phone numbers? If you are a fan of CHUCK and/or TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES then it’s time to spread the word that these shows need new fans..STAT!! I might not have a Nielsen box, [...]
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
Several hundred people paid tribute to longtime Yukon MP Erik Nielsen in Whitehorse over the weekend as his ashes were brought back to the territory he represented for three decades.
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F-News (Free subscription) | yesterday
WALLS OF JERICHO's entire concert from The Lost Horizon in Syracuse, New York has been posted on the UVTV web site. WALLS OF JERICHO's new album, "The American Dream" (Trustkill Records), sold around 2,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD debuted at No. 11 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums...
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Digital Signage News (Free subscription) | yesterday
So just a week after finding out what the WSJ's Brian Carney thinks about forecourt advertising by digital signage network GSTV , sister network C-Store TV seems to suggest that most people don't agree with him. At least, that's how I'd read this quote from a recent press release : "Our Nielsen Media Research has proven consumers enjoy and value the Gas Station TV experience as nearly 80 percent of...
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Mediabuyerplanner (Free subscription) | yesterday
Nearly 70 million people (69.9 million) tuned in to watch the debate between Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Sarah Palin last Thursday, according to Nielsen Media Research - more than the 56.7 million who...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
Company to Deliver Hydrographic Marine Surveying Services to Help Update
Nautical Charts Used in Commercial Shipping
SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science
Applications International Corporation (NYSE: ) today announced it has
been awarded a contract by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) Office of Coast Survey (OCS) to provide hydrographic
surveying...
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | yesterday
By C. Douglas Nielsen There was a time when the great thing about living in Southern Nevada was its wide-open spaces, most of it on public land. One could travel in just about any direction and find someplace new and interesting to visit or someplace new and inviting to hunt.
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Engadget HD (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Filed under: Blu-ray So much for the theory that only movies that fit in the Blu-ray demographic can hit number one on the Nielsen VideoScan charts -- thanks Home Media Magazine for the data -- as Sex and the City: The Movie easily beat any other title by almost 35 percent. This might sound like a lot but it's nowhere near as much as the DVD version, which outsold Leatherheads by almost 92 percent....
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
TV3 News says it has overtaken One News in the state broadcaster's key viewership of 25- to 54-year-olds. AGB Nielsen figures for the month of September also show Campbell Live made a substantial ratings gain in the five main...
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Alt Search Engines (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
From Christian Nielsen’s blog: I’ve been contacted by the owner of a 12 year old major search engine that serves Europe and a number of other countries. The company has decided to sell, and from what I know of the web properties they own, this could be a great opportunity for some company to start or [...]
