Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Revenues	$ 1,489	$ 1,319
Cost of revenues, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below	642	579
Selling, general and administrative expenses, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below	489	442
Depreciation and amortization	141	121
Restructuring charges	24	35
Operating income	193	142
Interest income	1	1
Interest expense	(77)	(78)
Foreign currency exchange transaction losses, net	(27)	(12)
Other expense, net	(3)	(12)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in net income/(loss) of affiliates	87	41
Provision for income taxes	(33)	(18)
Equity in net income/(loss) of affiliates	1	(1)
Income from continuing operations	55	22
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax		12
Net income	55	34
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(3)	(1)
Net income attributable to Nielsen stockholders	$ 58	$ 35
Net income per share of common stock, basic
Income from continuing operations	$ 0.15	$ 0.06
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax		$ 0.03
Net income attributable to Nielsen stockholders	$ 0.15	$ 0.09
Net income per share of common stock, diluted
Income from continuing operations	$ 0.15	$ 0.06
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax		$ 0.03
Net income attributable to Nielsen stockholders	$ 0.15	$ 0.09
Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding, basic	379,012,826	370,583,217
Dilutive shares of common stock	5,726,773	4,973,804
Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding, diluted	384,739,599	375,557,021
Dividends declared per common share	$ 0.20	$ 0.16