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Scoot over television; smartphones are vying for the media throne. TV, one of the mainstay entertainment avenues, is slowly on the way to being relegated to the backseat. This is quite a cultural shock for those of us raised around TVs, and religiously tuned into the family tube for entertainment...

Hain Celestial Group Inc (NASDAQ: HAIN) announced Wednesday after the market close that an internal audit committee appointed to probe into concessions with respect to certain distributors in the United States has found no evidence of intentional wrongdoing in connection with Hain Celestial's...

Credit Suisse's Robert Moskow prefers to move to the sidelines on J M Smucker Co (NYSE: SJM), given that the company’s “key commodity inputs have bottomed and no longer provide material opportunities for margin benefits.” Moskow downgraded the rating on the company from...

The digital advertising and marketing movement shows no sign of slowing down. With the transition to creative technology, companies’ M&A activity continues to rise. This week, Chinese investors bought Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) ad partner, Media.net, for $900 million and business...

This is the millennium of Aftermath; It ain't gonna be nothin' after that; So give me one more platinum plaque. The Billboard 200 chart is a ranking of the week’s most popular albums, as measured by a combination of album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming...

According to a recent Nielsen report, in the fourth quarter of 2015, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone users and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android users in the United States spent an average of more than 40 hours a month using apps in their smartphones. As per the study, the...

Nielsen’s retail sales data suggest J M Smucker Co (NYSE: SJM) has made a good start to the fiscal year. Credit Suisse’s Robert Moskow maintains an Outperform rating on the company, while raising the price target from $156 to $158. Moskow mentioned that recent conversations with...

How people watch movies and TV shows has changes substantially over the years, especially with the rise of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Video, Hulu and other streaming services. Binge-watching has become one of the most popular ways of consuming media nowadays....

It shouldn't come as a surprise that an app by either Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) or Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) will hold the title of the most popular mobile app. However, it might be a surprise to some that Facebook and Google combined for the top eight spots among the 10 most popular...

Adele's new album "25" sold 3.38 million copies in the US alone in its first week. According to Nielsen, "25" is the first album to ever sell more than three million copies in a week. Nielsen also said that "25" has seen the largest single sales week for...

Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) (NASDAQ: CMCSK)'s NBC has seemingly pulled in its fourth November primetime Nielsen sweep in the top categories. Leading by a 21 percent margin, NBC has the largest advantage seen in 19 years. Top NBC shows pulling in the win include "Sunday...

COMSCORE, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) announced it will acquire Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ: RENT) in a stock-for-stock transaction. Toni Kaplan of Morgan Stanley argued in a note that the combined companies is in a better position to compete against Nielsen N.V. (NYSE: NLSN). Kaplan noted the...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) kicked off Advertising Week on Sunday by unveiling a new set of tools for advertisers that are designed to appeal to brands that typically spend on TV spots. The social media site said that its latest offerings will help firms make an impression on their customers...

Very little has been known about Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) viewers' habits as the company has been tight-lipped about its viewing data. The streaming service has kept show ratings under wraps saying that the firm's lack of reliance on advertisers makes such data irrelevant...