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Nielsen Reports 3rd Quarter 2015 Results

October 21, 2015 6:30 AM EDT

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nielsen Holdings plc (NYSE: NLSN) today announced third quarter 2015 results. Revenues were $1,531 million for the third quarter of 2015, down 2.6% due to the impact of foreign exchange, but up 5.0% on a constant currency basis, compared to the third quarter of 2014. This marks the companys 37th consecutive quarter of constant currency revenue growth.

Nielsens third quarter results exemplify our strong value-generating business model with revenue growth of 5.0%, consistent margin expansion across both our Watch and Buy businesses on a constant currency basis, and record quarterly free cash flow generation,... More

Nielsen And Katz Radio Group Sign Agreement For Nielsen's Voter Ratings

October 20, 2015 10:06 AM EDT

NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Nielsen (NYSE: NLSN) announced today that Katz Radio Group, the largest radio representation company in America, has signed an agreement to license Nielsen's Voter Ratings service for all 48 radio Portable People Meter (PPM) markets. Nielsen's Voter Ratings service will provide Katz with deeper understanding of how radio reaches voters with specific political views while strengthening its commercial inventory to political campaigns.

The service combines Nielsen Audio's PPM data with key voter categories. These new insights, broken out by political views among Democrats, Republicans, independents... More

eXelate Named As Member Of Twitter Official Partner Program

October 19, 2015 9:00 AM EDT

NEW YORK, Oct. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- eXelate, a Nielsen Company, has been selected to join the Twitter Official Partner Program. eXelate is one of several companies selected to participate, based on the high-quality of its audience data and expert level services. Brands and agencies will now be able to leverage eXelate consumer and business-specific audience segments to achieve better results on Twitter Ads.  eXelate will also enable Twitter-clients to match their first-party customer data with Twitter users in order to reach them on Twitter mobile and desktop.

eXelate has one of the largest audience... More