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Tom George has stepped down as CEO of Origin, the cross-media measurement initiative operated by the ISBA, after nearly four years in the role. He is replaced on an interim basis by ISBA Director of Media Steve Chester.
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Norstat has appointed Olav Nistad in the new role of Chief Information Officer, with a remit to oversee the technical integration of acquisitions and the implementation of unified operations, tech and systems across the company's global footprint.
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AI-moderated consumer research firm Bolt Insight has launched an always-on platform called Bolt Intelligence. The tool brings together qual, quant, UX research and social listening in one end-to-end workflow; and also spots trends, makes predictions and recommends research.
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Ohio-based Prosper Insights & Analytics has launched an automated version of its Prosper Model Factory, built on Amazon SageMaker and promising to dramatically simplify and accelerate predictive model development.
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In San Francisco, outcomes measurement platform Upwave has announced the hiring of former Comscore, Dynata and Publicis exec John Bulgrin as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). More
Borderless Access has appointed James Ingram as SVP Business Development, with a remit to advance the company's first party data and customer access sales strategy across consumer, B2B, healthcare and specialist audience segments. More
Sofia, Bulgaria-based panels firm JTN has appointed Danielle Gates (previously Rissmeyer) as US Head of Partner Development, based in NYC. More
Boston, USA-based employee experience platform Blink has raised $17 million in funding. The money will be invested in growing product and engineering teams, further developing its platform, and accelerating its go-to-market strategy across the hospitality industry and beyond. More
Global marcoms group Publicis is to acquire data collaboration platform LiveRamp, for a total enterprise value of around $2.2 billion. Publicis says the buy will make it a leader in data co-creation, and help 'unlock new opportunities for the agentic era.' LiveRamp has also announced annual revenue up 9% to $813m. More
US-based full service custom insights firm MarketVision Research has appointed longstanding Kantar researcher Kerri Lehrhaupt as a Vice President in Client Partnerships. More
Manon Lloyd has joined Kubi Kalloo as a Junior Consultant, bringing around six months of experience in academic and agency-side market research at 2CV. In her new role she will support the Kubi team on projects across social and commercial sectors. More
StackAdapt has appointed former Trade Desk SVP Business Development Katy Friday as Vice President for its Central region, joining its revenue leadership team. More
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