How Big Is Esports Really? Nielsen Attempts to Figure It Out

Professional video gaming is the next big thing. How big that is, though, is hard to say. Some estimates pegged it as a $493 million industry in 2016, others said it was nearly twice as big. As for the audience, some say it's 85% male, others say it's 56% male. No one really knows.Nielsen says it's ready to figure it out. The audience-measurement company is introducing a new division, Nielsen Esports, to quantify the rapidly growing industry for teams, sponsors, advertisers and publishers."Nielsen knows sports, Nielsen knows games, and we obviously know audience," says Nicole Pike, VP of Nielsen Games, who will co-lead the new division. "To us that's the perfect confluence of expertise to enter esports." Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2017-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Next Big Step for E-Books in Libraries

E-Book lending is on the rise in libraries, but is the current market sustainable? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Next Big Step for E-Books

Securing access to ebooks was an important step for libraries. But establishing a sustainable ebook service that works for everyone is the next step. And it’s a big one. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Six Religion Books Headed to the Big Screen in 2016

Read it before you see it: here are six religion book-to-film adaptations slated to hit theaters in 2016. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Big 5 Publishers Sat Out Deal-Making in 2015

The biggest deals in the publishing industry happened in the professional and education markets. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon, EDC Drive Big Jump in Publishing Industry Stocks

The Publishers Weekly Stock Index jumped 59.2% in 2015 over 2014, propelled in part by a huge boost from Amazon. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ABA Winter Institute 2016: Big Plans for April’s Independent Bookstore Day

Last year’s inaugural national Independent Bookstore Day, which coincided with Free Comic Book Day on May 2, was a huge success. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ABA Winter Institute 2016: Conversations with Keynoters: ‘Small Data,’ Big Impact, With Martin Lindstrom

“The way people buy books today is completely different from how they bought them five or 10 years ago,” Martin Lindstrom says. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IPA slams Vatican for attempting to silence authors

The International Publishers Association and the Italian Publishers Association have condemned the Vatican for attempting to jail two authors who alleged corruption and financial wrongdoing in the Holy See. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Postcapitalism, Tolkien and Harper Lee: the big books news of 2015

Our annual review of the site’s most popular book stories puts Paul Mason’s utopian futurology ahead of perenially popular authorsThe living room carpet is covered in needles, the potato salad covered in mould: as we heave ourselves up out of the year that’s gone and prepare to belly-flop our... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-12-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Are small independent publishers doing the work for big publishers?

While the giant firms sink huge sums into fleeting fads, the commitment and passion of the smaller imprints leave a larger impression in the long termIndependent publishers pick the books they loved and wished they published in 2015Here’s an observation: it sometimes feels as though smaller... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nielsen: ‘More books likely to be bought this Christmas’

New data from Nielsen Book suggests UK consumers will buy more books for Christmas this year than they did in 2014. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Big-Box Bookstores Don’t Have to Die

You could say I have a sentimental attachment to the chain bookstore. Growing up in an intellectually impoverished American suburb, I spent much of my free time in now-defunct locations of Borders and Barnes & Noble. I read garbage, mostly: popular history magazines, Star Trek novelizations,... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2015-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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4 Big Developments That Show Why Snapchat Was 2015's Buzziest Platform

When Snapchat's CEO Evan Spiegel took the main stage at this year's Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the crème de la crème of advertising conferences, his company's prominent place in the marketing world seemed solidified. But that was only one of the big moments in 2015 that... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The big question: are books getting longer?

A new survey of bestsellers and critics’ picks has concluded that the average book is now 25% bigger than 15 years ago. But not everyone reads things this wayBooks are steadily increasing in size, according to a survey that has found the average number of pages has grown by 25% over the last 15... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Portico prize winner Benjamin Myers: 'Why bother chasing the big publishers?'

After being turned down by ‘every major publisher in London’ for his Portico winning novel Beastings, the author says landing the £10,000 prize ‘felt like a vindication’ Benjamin Myers, who has beaten Alan Garner to win the £10,000 Portico prize for literature for his novel Beastings, has spoken... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Coloring Books Drive Big Holiday Sales at Independent Booksellers

The enduring popularity of coloring books for adults and a successful Small Business Saturday got the holiday season off to a strong start for independent booksellers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Modest Start, Big Goals for Korean EduContent Fair

The first Incheon EduContent Fair attracted 74 exhibitors and about 15,000 attendees, but organizers have plans to make this a major event for global companies working in the educational technology fields. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson’s Big Paydays Defy the Odds Against Print Media

It has been tough sledding for print media. More than 150 newspapers have closed or converted to digital-only offerings in the last two years. Recently the magazine giants Condé Nast and Time Inc. have both cut employees and closed magazin ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Viral site LittleThings is big on Facebook, but not Facebook video yet

Viral content site LittleThings, which specializes in uplifting and -- more recently -- how-to video content, has been averaging 80-120 million views per month since August. All of these views are occurring on LittleThings.com, as the publisher has focused on its website ahead of social... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's Virtual Reality-Style Ads Are Here With Big Brands on Board

If you were wondering what Facebook's $2 billion Oculus Rift might mean for advertisers, we may have just been given a sneak peek. Today, the Menlo Park, Calif.-based company debuted the first virtual reality-style video ads for AT&T, Nestle, Mondelez and Samsung, among others. In... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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