

Ipsos has appointed former Stellantis exec Marion Beyret as Chief Communications Officer, succeeding Caroline Ponsi Khider and reporting to global Deputy CEO Alexandre Boissy.
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In New Jersey, research publisher Wiley has acquired Emerald Publishing from Cambridge Information Group (CIG) in an all-cash transaction valued at £337 million. The buy strengthens Wiley's offer in the social sciences - especially economics, business and finance.
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The ARF (Advertising Research Foundation) is looking for a new leader, with longtime President and CEO Scott McDonald due to retire early next year. The vacancy was added to the MrWeb job board this afternoon with a salary of $350-450,000 per annum.
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In New York, TV audience measurement and outcomes company EDO has launched an in-flight campaign optimization suite as part of its Ad EnGage platform.
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In California, strategic public relations firm Pando has launched QueryScope, which tracks brands' visibility in AI-generated answers, and helps clients improve their representation. More

Investment firm Sixth Street has paid more than $1 billion for a minority stake in Brussels-based physical trade intelligence data and analytics company Kpler. The money will be used to expand further into adjacent markets, and accelerate new product development. More

Audience intelligence and targeting company Locala has hired Grant Gudgel as Chief Marketing Officer, as it gears up to promote a new vision based on 'agentically enabled adaptive advertising.' More

NYC-based business and financial market intelligence provider AlphaSense has secured a $350 financing round, valuing the business at $7.5 billion. Investors include Accenture Ventures, which will also partner with the company on embedding its data solutions into clients' agentic workflows. More

Swedish firm Tobii has launched a new webcam-based eye tracking solution for research, which it says will help researchers reach broader and more diverse participant groups by removing the need for specialist hardware. 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
Panels and research tech firm Borderless Access has appointed Arun Kumar as Vice President, Business Development for APAC. He brings more than 22 years of experience in market research and data services in the region. More
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