AP A Republican lawmaker likened the Trump administration’s discontinued child separation policy at the US-Mexico border to the children of Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman. Manafort, who faces increased scrutiny after allegedly breaching his plea agreement to charges of conspiracy and obstruction of justice in the special counsel’s investigation, is the father of […]
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Activist Elliott Management to Push Nielsen Holdings to Sell
The New York hedge fund has accumulated a stake of more than 8% in the TV-ratings company.
Sec. Nielsen on 2016 US election interference: ‘It was the Russians’
Oliver de Ros/AP Photo Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen backed up US intelligence findings on interference in the 2016 US presidential election Tuesday, saying “it was the Russians.” Speaking at a cybersecurity conference, Nielsen offered a sharp condemnation of Russian hacking and cybersecurity threats as a chief concern of the department. Nielsen’s comments […]
Protesters heckled Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen as she sat in a Mexican restaurant in Washington, DC
Alex Wong/Getty Images Protesters chanted and shouted at Kirstjen Nielsen, the secretary of Homeland Security, as she sat at a Mexican restaurant in Washington, DC, on Tuesday evening. Nielsen was apparently dining at the restaurant when protesters appeared near her table and began shouting slogans including “Shame, shame.” At Washington’s Trump Hotel another protest demonstration […]
FBI: Connie Nielsen Exits CBS Drama
CBS’ FBI will have to recruit a new cast member: Connie Nielsen is exiting the new fall drama after co-starring in the original pilot, according to our sister site Deadline. RELATEDWatch CBS Trailers for Murphy Brown, FBI, God Friended Me and More CBS is tinkering with a number of its new series: New Girl alum […]
For the first time in history, hip-hop has surpassed rock to become the most popular music genre, according to Nielsen
Frazer Harrison/Getty For the first time, hip-hop surpassed rock as the most popular genre in the US last year, according to Nielsen’s year-end report. Eight of the top ten most popular artists came from the hip-hop/R&B genre, with Drake and Kendrick Lamar taking the first and second spot, respectively. Nielsen noted that the growth of […]
US Senate confirms Kirstjen Nielsen as DHS secretary
Published time: 5 Dec, 2017 22:21 In a 62-37 vote Tuesday, the US Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee, Kirstjen Nielsen, to head the Department of Homeland Security. Nielsen will assume the post after serving under former DHS Secretary John Kelly who became Trump’s chief of staff and brought along Nielsen as his deputy in […]
Nielsen: Esports fans follow an average of 5.7 games
Nielsen has been a trusted researcher of television habits for decades, and now it has begun to explore the popularity of esports. In its first in-depth report on the industry, Nielsen found that the audience is growing fast, but esports fans are unique and hard to pin down compared to traditional sports. For starters, esports […]
Nielsen: 64% of Americans age 13-and-older are gamers
More people are devoting their free time to gaming. Nielsen, the data group you know best for TV ratings, released its 2017 report on the gaming market today. It notes that 64 percent of U.S. population 13 years of age and older are gamers in 2016, up from 63 percent in 2015. That figure was […]