Bob Lederer RBDR

Did poor data use cripple Trump 2016? Google promotes girls’ careers in comp sci. (RBDR 10.24.2016)

Today on RBDR:

1) ThinkVine’s Matt Nitzberg presents his perspective on self-inflicted damage done to Donald Trump from his coolness towards the use of data to drive his election campaign.

2) Google established the “Made with Code” website in 2014 to address the less-than-1% of U.S. high school girls who express interest in majoring in computer science in college. Read the original article by clicking here.

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Coalition for Better Ads will need research. Putting research insights to use. (RBDR 09.20.2016)

Today on RBDR:

1) The Coalition for Better Ads doesn’t have a consumer component yet, but is going to need a ton of consumer input. That means “research.”

2) Two separate thoughts about understanding how research insights should be construed and put to use.

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Gian Fulgoni Returns as comScore CEO. Ad spending, Google & Facebook revenues up. (RBDR 08.15.2016)

Today on RBDR:

1) comScore reinstates Gian Fulgoni as CEO. GfK announces CEO Matthias Hartmann will leave the company by December, citing differences of opinion about the direction of the company.

2) U.S. advertising in the second quarter of 2016 received $2.5 billion in new spending, but in the same quarter Google and Facebook advertising revenues increased $2.5 to $3.0 billion.

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Decision scientists: overpaid? Tweets for TV correlate to watch behavior. (RBDR 07.06.2016)

Today on RBDR:

1) Barclays Head of Advanced Analytics Harry Powell bogs about British CEOs’ dislike of how much decision scientists in their companies are being paid…but Howell says there is no sign that this trend is going to change.

2) A study claims that increases in certain emotions expressed in Twitter tweets about TV programs correlates to predictability of viewing in comedy, drama and romantic series.

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Google renames internal MR tool. Facebook releases internal research standards. (RBDR 06.16.2016)

Today on RBDR:

1) Google changes the name of one of its internal market research tools – and makes it easier for its members to actively participate.

2) Facebook releases its new internal research standards, which focus on, among other things, research ethics. You can read the basis of our coverage for this story by clicking here.

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