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Norstat has appointed Johannes Eckner as Managing Director of its Austrian business, starting this week.
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German MR platform Appinio has announced the appointment of a new CEO, Arne Wolter, succeeding Max Honig. Wolter is a twenty-year veteran of the Bertelsmann Group, and joins from Statista, where he was Chief Revenue Officer.
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Ask.com, the search site that began life as AskJeeves, has been officially shuttered by its owner, InterActiveCorp (IAC). The company paid $1.8bn for it in 2005, around which time it ranked 4th in UK search with above 5% share.
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Nielsen has announced the results of its co-viewing pilot, conducted in February, and says it shows an average uplift of around 4.19% in total viewers for the top televised live events including the Super Bowl LX, Olympics Opening Ceremony and State of the Union Address. More

Northern European mystery shopping and customer service specialist Dive has named Julia Schramm as Country Manager for its Dive Custitude division, in Sweden. More

Inlightened, a tech-enabled platform giving access to a vetted network of healthcare professionals, has appointed Rob Ramirez as Head of Strategy. The firm is based in Boston, US. More

In California, PR performance management specialist Reputation has rolled out three capabilities, significantly expanding its AI product suite: Reputation IQ and AI Reputation Manager, announced last year, and a new feature, AI Location Presence Insights. More

Ipsos has promoted Lisa Gudding to Chief Growth Officer, U.S. A Board member of the Insights Association, she is promoted from President, Strategic Growth. 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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