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20/8/26
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Posted: 20/8/26

Due to holidays, and following a similar pattern to last summer, Daily Research News will not publish tomorrow (Friday) evening and will also miss one day next week, in addition to the UK public holiday on August 31st.

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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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Posted: 20/8/26

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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Funds for Healthcare Data Firm Ours Privacy

Posted: 20/8/26

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

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Investor for Healthcare Pricing Data Firm Serif

Posted: 20/8/26

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

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Burke and Verve Team for Synthetic Customer Solution

Posted: 19/8/26

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

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Nielsen to Phase in DASH, Other Updates This Month

Posted: 19/8/26

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

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Rep Data Integrates Sampling with Newly Acquired SightX

Posted: 19/8/26

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

Recent Appointments

Recent Appointments...

The Trade Desk

Posted: July 17 2026

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

Posted: May 21 2026

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

Stagwell

Posted: May 21 2026

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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