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In the US, the NFL has expressed concerns about Nielsen's forthcoming methodological changes, claiming they are 'overly rushed'. Nielsen says it has worked closely with clients, sports leagues and industry regulators to develop the new approaches and the majority support them.
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Shareholders of data collaboration software firm LiveRamp have overwhelmingly approved its acquisition by marcoms holding group Publicis, at a special meeting this week; but voted against related executive compensation packages. The latter vote was advisory only and the payments may still happen.
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Cross-channel marketing platform Attentive has announced the general availability of AI Grow, an AI-driven subscriber list growth product that analyzes site visitor behavior in real time, to target and optimize email and SMS sign-up invitations for visitor conversion.
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Houston, Texas-based healthcare customer data platform (CDP) Ours Privacy has raised $15 million in a Series A round of funding. Money will be used to expand operations and accelerate platform development. More

In San Francisco, Serif Health, which provides healthcare price transparency data and intelligence, has announced a 'significant minority investment' from SEVA Growth LP. Funds will be used to accelerate business development and the firm's pipeline of new product functionality and data APIs. More

Veteran US researcher and MR training provider Burke, Inc. has teamed up with London-headquartered Verve, promising to help clients turn their data and organizational expertise into AI-enabled decision systems, for faster and more confident answers to key business questions. More

Nielsen has shared details of enhancements it is making to its ad currency methodology, in advance of the fall broadcast TV season. The changes relate in part to the integration of data from the ARF's accredited DASH universe estimates, which were originally scheduled for launch in March this year. More

MR data quality specialist Rep Data has integrated its Research Desk sample sourcing capabilities and SightX research platform, to give researchers end-to-end project capabilities. More
Independent ad tech company The Trade Desk has appointed Vinny Rinaldi as Vice President of Client Strategy & Growth, reporting to COO Vivek Kundra. More
Harlow Consulting, a custom research agency based in Harrogate, Yorkshire, has appointed Mary Meredith as a Research Manager, supporting mixed-methods research and evaluation services. More
Marcoms group Stagwell has appointed former Omnicom / Annalect and WPP executive Dru Sil in the new role of Global Product Managing Director for its Stagwell Media Platform (SMP). More
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