Clik here to view.
Political Differences Don’t Drive Wedge Between Most Social Networkers
Only 18% of social network users say they have taken some kind of step to ignore or disconnect from someone whose political views are different than theirs, per the results [pdf] of a Pew Internet...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TV Stations’ Local Online Ad Revenues Rising Quickly
TV stations’ local online advertising revenue rose to $1.97 billion in 2011, representing more than 40% growth from $1.4 billion in 2010, and double the revenue from 2008, reports TVB in a March 2012...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Purchase Recommendations From Blogs Highly Influential to Women
61% of women who are active blog users say they have made a purchase based on a recommendation from a blog, a proportion that rises to 87% among BlogHer network members, according to a March 2012...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Yahoo Grows Video Audience 24% M-O-M, Passes VEVO
Yahoo and NBC Universal reported the best month-over-month unique viewer performance gains among the top 10 US online video properties in February 2012, per comScore VideoMetrix data released in March....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Network Evening News Shows Buck Decade-Long Trend, Grow Audience
2011 was a turnaround year for network evening news programs, says the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ), in a March 2012 report, citing Nielsen Media Research data used...
View ArticleClik here to view.
US Tablet Owners Listen to, Will Pay for Music on Device
Tablet owners appear to be avid music listeners, and are not shy about paying for their content, either. In fact, while a March 2012 report from [download page] Parks Associates finds that over 60% of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hispanics Adopt Mobile Banking, Payments at Higher Rate
Non-Hispanic black and Hispanic users represent a disproportionately high rate of adoption of mobile banking, finds a [pdf] March 2012 report from the Federal Reserve. While the former group makes up...
View ArticleTop 10 at Domestic Film Box Office, Weekend of Mar. 16-18, 2012
Source: Content in Rentrak Theatrical box office updates is produced and/or compiled by Rentrak Corporation and its Box Office Essentials theatrical box office data collection and analytical service.
View ArticleTop 10 Brand Movers, February 2012
Note: Compete‘s clickstream data are collected from a 2,000,000 member panel of U.S. Internet users (about a 1% sample), using diverse sources. Using statistical normalization methodology, Compete...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Brand and Search Seen Most Important Online News Drivers
News outlets are the most popular path to news for online consumers, although search follows closely, finds the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ), in a March 2012 report....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Women Find a Range of Reasons for Increasing Coupon Use
American women are in love with coupons, declares a March 2012 report from Valpak, which finds that 70% of survey respondents enjoy saving money and believe couponing is as American as apple pie, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mobile In-Store Research Appeals to Consumers, Costs Retailers
Almost half of mobile phone users would like to use their device to compare prices when shopping, making this the most appealing of a list of mobile commerce activities identified by the Federal...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Internet Economy Reported Contributing to 4.7% of US ’10 GDP
The internet economy accounted for 4.7% of the US gross domestic product (GDP) in 2010, and on average 4.3% of developed market GDPs, according to March 2012 Boston Consulting Group analysis of data...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Average Consumer to Spend 11% More This Easter
The average American is expected to spend $145.28 on items ranging from candy to clothes for this year’s Easter holiday, up 11% from last year’s $131.04, per results from a March 2012 National Retail...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Twitter Dominates Social TV Landscape
Twitter is by far the leading source of social TV activity, according to Trendrr.TV analysis released in March 2012. Examining the share of social activity in February across four key sources (Twitter,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Heavy Web Use Seen Correlating With Sales Growth for SMBs
SMBs that use a wide range of internet tools to market, sell, and support customers, interact with suppliers, and empower employees (high-Web) appear to enjoy faster sales growth than those who either...
View ArticleClik here to view.
1 in 4 Commercial Emails Did Not Reach Inbox in H2 ’11
Globally, only 76.5% of commercial emails reached their intended inbox in the second half of 2011, down from 81% in H1 2011, details ReturnPath in a March 2012 study. The remaining roughly 1 in 4...
View ArticleTop 10 Network Television Programs, Week of March 12, 2012
Source: Nielsen. Viewing estimates on this page include Live viewing and DVR playback on the Same Day, defined as 3am-3am. Ratings are the percentage of TV homes in the U.S. tuned into television.
View ArticleTop 10 Cable Television Programs, Week of March 12, 2012
Source: Nielsen. Viewing estimates on this page include Live viewing and DVR playback on the Same Day, defined as 3am-3am. Ratings are the percentage of TV homes in the U.S. tuned into television.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Americans Went Online for Valentine’s Day in February
The Valentine’s Day holiday sent many Americans online to order flowers and gifts for loved ones in February, according to [download page] new Media Metrix data from comScore. The...
View Article