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Nielsen ditches paper diaries. EU data protection laws. Palantir adds $880 mil. (RBDR 01.06.2016)

Today on RBDR:

1) At year-end 2015, Nielsen eliminated its paper diaries for demographic data collection in America’s top 31 TV markets.

2) The European Union hopes to approve new data protections laws this month that, if approved, would go into effect in early 2018.

3) In what might represent the single largest fundraiser by a research organization, Palantir is $880 million richer and is now valued at $2 billion.

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New P&G CRM platform. 70% of Fortune 500s use focus groups. More mobile inroads. (RBDR 01.05.2016)

Today on RBDR:

1) The remarkable popularity of traditional focus groups in Fortune 500 companies.

2) The inroads mobile is making with paid social and paid search clicks.

3) P&G details for CPGMatters’ Jack Grant its new CRM platform and ecosystem, designed to spread its understanding of nearly five billion consumers globally.

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RFL & RBDR MR Exec of the Yr, Client MRer of Yr & Story of the Year (RBDR 1.4.2016)

Happy New Year, RBDR is back! Today, RBDR and parent company RFL Communications:

1) announce a new annual award, the Larry Gold Research Story of the Year,

2) name the 2015 Market Research Story of the Year,

3) name the 2015 Client Market Research Executive of the Year.

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J.D. Power for sale. Facebook member usage under scrutiny. (RBDR 11.6.2015)

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Today on RBDR:

1) McGraw Hill puts J.D. Power up for sale. Why is this happening and what is it worth?

2) Facebook 3rd quarter financials present revenues, profits and membership and usage figures that might concern marketers and market researchers who use those data.

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Contagious Index improves SM measurement. Common sense re ad blocking. (RBDR 11.03.2015)

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Today on RBDR:

1) The DigitasLBI and Jonah Berger Contagious Index adds unique social media measurement around Facebook and Twitter. (Find this story here.)

2) Ad blocking is not all bad, insists Marken Communications’ Andy Marken, who says it serves an important purpose for marketers.

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