Nielsen Rejects Demand From Major Networks for Coronavirus Ratings Audit

Jesy Nelson has confirmed plans to release new solo music this summer after it was reported she doesn't want to remain friends with her former Little Mix bandmates and has no intention of working with them again. Jesy, 29, made the revelation about her music as she posted a string of photos from behind the scenes of her recent Cosmopolitan interview – where she discussed leaving the band – on Instagram.

Jesy Nelson reportedly doesn't want to remain friends with her former Little Mix bandmates and has no intention of working with them again.The 29 year old left the girl group in mid-December last year after it "took a toll on her mental health". While it appeared to be an amicable split, it appears things have taken a turn between herself and group, including pregnant Leigh-Anne Pinnock, 29, Jade Thirlwall, 28, and 27 year old Perrie Edwards.

Christopher Vourlias Having chronicled countless landmark moments in African-American history, acclaimed documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson (“The Black Panthers,” “The Murder of Emmett Till”) understands the stakes at a time when both the culture at large, as well as the documentary industry, are in the midst of a wholesale reckoning.

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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNow hear this: The 2021 Tribeca Festival announced its inaugural official podcast selections and special events, the first time a major fest is welcoming podcasts into its lineup.The first Tribeca Podcasts lineup features world premieres of 12 fiction and nonfiction podcasts from emerging creators (listed below), as well as panel discussions and other special events.The festival’s 20th anniversary celebration will take place June 9-20 across New York City — the

Gray Television took a giant leap forward Monday in a deal to acquire Meredith’s local media group of 17 stations in 12 markets for $2.7 billion in a deal Grey said will transform it into the second largest television broadcast group in the nation.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNielsen and the networks it serves have long been at odds, like a student might be with a particularly tough college professor who always offers a B- but never an A.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorOpen AP, the media consortium that hopes to broaden the practice known as “audience buying,” will unveil a new “identifier” aimed at facilitating the placement of commercials across linear TV and digital video — and a significant chunk of traditional TV and advertising companies are lining up to support the venture.AMC Networks, A+E Networks, Crown Media, Discovery, Disney, Fox Corporation, NBCUniversal, Univision, ViacomCBS, WarnerMedia and The Weather Channel

Four years on from starring in Love Island, Chris Hughes is still holding out hopes for a lasting relationship. The Gloucestershire lad soared to fame as the nation watched him embark on a rollercoaster romance in the villa with his co-star Olivia Attwood, but the pair split the following year.

Gallery: And the award goes too… 10 predictions for the 2021 Academy Awards (BANG Showbiz)Victory for the actress - who previously won the prize in 2018 for 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' and in 1997 for 'Fargo' - means she now joins a list of five other performers who have won five Oscars for acting, alongside Ingrid Bergman, Walter Brennan, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jack Nicholson, and Meryl Streep. Only Katherine Hepburn, with four, has won more Best Actress prizes.

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Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorABC’s Oscar telecast may not draw as many viewers as it has in the past, but it will still air a full suite of commercials.The network has sold out all of its available advertising inventory for the annual awards event, Jerry Daniello, senior vice president, entertainment brand solutions, for Disney Advertising Sales, said in an interview. The company finalized its sales earlier this week, he said.

Roy Trakin Cannabis and country music icon Willie Nelson will be one of the keynote speakers at the virtual marijuana convention Luck Summit: Planting the Seed, taking place on April 26-29 in Nelson’s hometown of Luck, TX.“I think that people are realizing more and more that cannabis is a positive thing,” said Nelson.

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Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBCUniversal said it hired a senior executive from Nielsen to oversee new efforts to help advertisers measure their commercials’ reach and effectiveness amid an outbreak of new tensions between the TV networks and the large measurement company.Kelly Abcarian was named executive vice president of measurement and impact at NBCU’s ad-sales unit, charged with helping advertisers find ways to gauge how many consumers their marketing efforts reach across NBCU’s

All the major broadcast and cable networks carried the closing arguments in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer accused of murder in the death of George Floyd.

HBO’s House of the Dragon has added Fabien Frankel to the cast in a major role.