Nielsen To Use Facebook And Twitter In New Social TV Ratings

Nielsen To Use Facebook And Twitter In New Social TV Ratings

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Nielsen, the ratings company, says it has a way to track what TV shows are trending on Twitter and Facebook, which will give producers and advertisers a better way to measure audiences. NPR explores what this adds to the growing effort to measure online audience.

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