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Oy Vey – A Survey

Citizens registered as an Independent, Democra...

As one might expect a couple of weeks before an election, the air is filled with the sound of pollsters. I don’t know about you but we get called almost every day (and night) to answer some poll about our voting intentions (absolutely), our choice of candidate (not you if you don’t stop calling), and our basic demography (I’m a 29-year-old woman with blond hair and a deep voice as far as they know).
Political polls aren’t the only kind you read about, and involve in your business, every day. TV ratings are polls, as are almost all media data. So it’s good to keep a few things in mind as you see the data. Continue reading

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For The Love of Ivi

I know – what is he doing writing about some old movie.  Well, first of all, the name was For Love of Ivy and my title is different.  Second of all, I can hear those of you under 40 asking what the hell I’m talking about.

Let’s start over.  I’m not writing about an old movie but about a piece of new technology.  OK, the technology itself isn’t that new but the business model may be and if this all pans out, another big change just happened.  Did you hear it? Continue reading

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Demos

Old at being young
Young at being old
Everything’s on hold within our evolution

Barenaked Ladies

When I first started selling TV in 1978, there was a big push to get agencies to buy on demo ratings instead of just household impressions.  Over time, the notion of buying on audience segments became more accepted and today it seems as if I hear more about the 18-49 numbers than I do about households.  Except that there’s one problem. Continue reading

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