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    Dec 13, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Joseph Farrell dies at 76; introduced market testing to Hollywood

    As founder, chairman and chief executive of National Research Group Inc. from 1978 to 2003, movie market researcher <a href="http://lat.ms/tdUqJm">Joseph Farrell</a> introduced the concept of market testing to Hollywood, originating now-standard industry practices such as audience tracking surveys, focus-group preview screenings and demographic analysis of moviegoers. Over the decades, NRG's confidential research reports were used by all of the major Hollywood studios to make decisions about release dates, tweak marketing campaigns and &#8212; sometimes to the unease of filmmakers &#8212; tinker with movies.
    As founder, chairman and chief executive of National Research Group Inc. from 1978 to 2003, movie market researcher Joseph Farrell introduced the concept of market testing to Hollywood, originating now-standard industry practices such as audience tracking...

    Tags: Walt Disney, Alcon Incorporated, New York City, Glenn Close, University of Notre Dame

    2. Oct 6, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Arthur C. Nielsen Jr. dies at 92; oversaw growth of ratings firm

    "If you can put a number on it," Arthur C. Nielsen Jr. said his father once told him, "then you know something."
    "If you can put a number on it," Arthur C. Nielsen Jr. said his father once told him, "then you know something." It was a lesson the younger Nielsen — who died Monday at age 92 — never forgot. His lifelong efforts remade his father's once-...

    Tags: Radio, Milton Berle, Technology, Entertainment, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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