Win A Wii – Hey! Nielsen Olympic Trivia-thon

We’re doing out part to kick off the biggest global sporting event of the year — the 2008 Summer Olympics — by launching a greuling trivia contest based around the Olympics. Dozens of fanatic sports bloggers have contributed some very challenging questions (we hope you’re up on your fencing trivia!). A gold medal prize of a Nintendo Wii stocked with sports games awaits the winner. Find out more about the prizes, the rules, and the great sports bloggers that helped us build this brain-busting challenge.

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You Asked For It: The Return Of The Trivia Quiz!

We’re at it again with a prize-packed, summer-themed quiz covering music and movies — 25 brain-teasers to test the depth of your pop culture brain.

We’ll pick a winner from members who have the most correct answers (check the Official Rules).

Prizes include an iPod Touch (yes, that’s the cool one), a year’s worth of Netflix DVDs, movie tickets, and credits for movie and music downloads.

Have a great summer and good luck!

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Trivia Contest: The Results Are In!

Yesterday was the last day to take our Ultimate Pop Culture Trivia Challenge and we want to send out a big THANK YOU to everyone who participated. We had over 5,000 members test their knowledge a few dozen pop culture geniuses (or is it geniusii?) got all of the questions correct. We’ll be doing a random drawing next week for a prize winner, so keep checking back for more updates.

We also couldn’t have done this without the help of our amazingly savvy pop culture bloggers who all contributed great questions to the quiz. Still stumped by some of the questions? We’ve posted the answers to the quiz along with all of the participating blogs. Thanks again to everyone… more fun contests and prizes are on the way this summer.

Our Trivia Contest Is No Joke

Yes, our launching a trivia contest on April Fools Day might make you think this link will take you to a Rick Astley video, but it doesn’t. Instead we’ve partnered with a few dozen of our favorite pop culture sites and bloggers to build a quiz that sure to please masters of media minutiae.

Another new thing on the site that is no joke is that we’ve upgraded a few things under the hood on our blog, which we think will make it easier to use, share, and, interact with. If there’s a bookmarking site you use that’s not among the links below, just let us know, and we can add it.

Hey! Nielsen’s Online Super Ad Tailgate Party

Prior to the Pats and Giants suiting up on Feb 3, we’re hearing a lot of buzz (and some trash talk) about the game and sports in general.

Some people ask, why sports on an “entertainment” site? Well, what’s more entertaining? And the ratings bear that out — especially during playoff time. Technically, the Super Bowl is the #1 reality show out there (sorry Tila Tequila and Donald Trump). Sports is more than just entertainment, it’s ALL entertainment.

The sporting world intersects all six categories (TV, Movies, Music, Video Games, Internet, and Personalities) in Hey! Nielsen’s world. TV of course. Billions watching is safely considered a hit show. With movies, every year there seems to be at least two or three crowd-pleasing underdog films that become classics. The music world and the sports world collaborate all the time (from Da Bears infamous Super Bowl Shuffle to music mogul Jay-Z owning the Nets). On the video game front, the NFL, NBA, and MLB have some of the hottest titles out there and the web is crawling with fantasy sport sites and Monday morning QB bloggers. On the celebrity front, sports stars are among the most followed personalities. Case in point: in New York last week, a limping Tom Brady had more photogs following him than his supermodel girlfriend.

The ads also are a big part of the game, so along with some select Hey! Nielsen members, will be watching the Super Bowl and rating the ads during the game. Check back after the game for the feedback for users just like you (and well, probably some people who are nothing like you… it is a broad sample of members).

Follow more Super Ad Buzz on Nielsen.com and Adweek.com

Hey! Nielsen & Billboard.com Best Music Blog Contest

(UPDATED 12/13)

WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Following the success (good for us, good for bloggers)
of our First Annual TV Blog Contest, we’re launching our First Annual Music
Blog Contest on Monday, November 12. With the help of our friends at
Billboard.com, we’ve nominated a heap of U.S. blogs that serve up reviews, features, downloads, and more. Check out the complete list of blogs after the jump and the rules here.

You must be a member to vote. Membership is free!

A big thanks to Billboard.com’s Jaded Insider Blog for their help and to our newest H!N teammate Sarah Epler who researched all of the sites and stats, and has not taken her headphones off in a week.

Hey! Nielsen & Billboard.com Best Music Blog Contest

(UPDATED 12/13)

WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Following the success (good for us, good for bloggers)
of our First Annual TV Blog Contest, we’re launching our First Annual Music
Blog Contest on Monday, November 12. With the help of our friends at
Billboard.com, we’ve nominated a heap of U.S. blogs that serve up reviews, features, downloads, and more. Check out the complete list of blogs after the jump and the rules here.

You must be a member to vote. Membership is free!

A big thanks to Billboard.com’s Jaded Insider Blog for their help and to our newest H!N teammate Sarah Epler who researched all of the sites and stats, and has not taken her headphones off in a week.