**Exhibit 10.25**

Re: Severance Agreement

This letter agreement sets forth the terms andconditions under which you shall be entitled to a severance payment fromNetRatings, Inc. (the “Company”). Please sign your name at the end of thisletter agreement, which shall evidence your agreement to the terms andconditions contained herein.

If your employment is terminated by the Company or asurviving entity without “Cause” (as defined below), or you terminate youremployment with “Good Reason” (as defined below), you shall be entitled toreceive a severance payment equal to six months of your base salary at the ratein effect on the date of termination. The Company or a surviving entity shallpay such severance amount, at its option, either (i) in a lump sum paymentwithin 30 days following the termination of employment, or (ii) over thesix-month severance period (or shorter period) in accordance with the survivingentity’s customary pay practices and subject to all required withholding.

You will beconsidered to have terminated your employment with “Good Reason” if you resignwithin 60 days of the occurrence of any of the following events:

(i)             a material reductionin your duties and responsibilities including but not limited to your no longerremaining senior vice-president, product marketing, unless associated with theNetRatings purchase of Jupiter Media Metrix or one of its affiliates.

(ii)         a material reduction inyour salary or bonus (except in the event of a broad reduction affecting thesalaries or bonuses of all or most senior executives of the Company orsurviving corporation);

(iii)     a change in your reportingrelationship so that you no longer report directly to the CEO or a member ofthe Executive Management Team of the Company or the surviving entity; or

(iv)       a relocation of yourprimary worksite to a location more than 30 miles outside of New York City;

so long as you give the Company or surviving entity thirtydays’ written notice and opportunity to cure prior to such termination.

“Cause” is defined as (i) your conviction of anyfelony or crime of moral turpitude; (ii) gross negligence of willfulmisconduct by you in connection with your position with the Company;(iii) your willful and material breach of your Employee ProprietaryInformation Agreement or (iv) your termination for performance reasonsdocumented through correspondence between you and your manager; this processwill include a written notification of lack of performance and a thirty (30)day cure period in which the Employee will be provided the opportunity to curethe performance issues. Failure to cure such performance issues during the cureperiod will be considered termination for Cause.

This letter agreement constitutes an integrated,written contract, expressing the entire agreement between us with respect tothe subject matter hereof. In this regard, you agree that you are not relyingon any promises or representations which do not appear in this letteragreement. We further agree that this letter agreement can be amended ormodified only by a written agreement, signed by each of us. By signing 

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this Agreement youare acknowledging that your employment with the Company is “at-will” and thatthe Company may terminate your employment at any time with or without cause,subject to the provisions provided herein.

NETRATINGS, INC.

| By:    | /s/ William Pulver       |   |
|--------|--------------------------|--------|
|   | Name: William Pulver     |   |
|   | Title: President and COO |   |
|   |                     |   |

 

Agreed to and acknowledgedby:

| /s/ Manish Bhatia |   |
|-------------------|--------|
| Manish Bhatia     |

 

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