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Marcoms group Publicis has closed its acquisition of LiveRamp, allowing it to create what it calls an 'end-to-end plug-and-play AI growth engine.'
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Ipsos has appointed Lifeng Liu as Chairman and CEO, Asia Pacific and China (APAC), effective today. Liu already holds those two titles for Greater China, and the expanded role brings this region together with Asia Pacific in a newly formed Ipsos APAC region.
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Tech research and advisory firm Information Services Group (ISG) has announced Q3 2026 revenue of $65.1m, up 4.1% at constant currency rates, for the third quarter ended September 30th. EBITDA rose to $10.0m, a constant currency increase of 13.8%.
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In the UK, a new research panel recruited via real-world communities has launched. ComVerus is majority-owned by investor Touchstone Partners, which is part of recently-founded SHARCC Group.
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UK-based res tech firm Indico Labs has released its first PowerPoint add-in, SlideMap, which automates the production of repeatable reports such as trackers, multi-audience studies and standardised research products. The tool includes an AI Agent that writes data queries for users. More
Australian audience measurement body OzTAM is working with Nielsen to bring census-level viewing data for Netflix' Ad Tier into its VOZ solution. This will give users a single, unified currency database setting the new data alongside that for broadcast TV and BVOD. More
In Australia, Ipsos iris is to offer audience data for web sites and apps on a weekly basis, starting this Friday, November 6th. The more frequent delivery should help media planners spot and analyse emerging trends, short-term audience spikes, the impact of major events, and seasonal patterns. More
Broadcast software and data group RCS Worldwide, whose subsidiaries include analytics firms Media Monitors and Mediabase, has appointed Tammy Halcomb as SVP of Products, and Merideth Kelly as SVP of Global Client Experience and Transformation. More
London-based Obsero, which helps companies track and optimize their AI search results, has raised $1.2 million in seed funding, with which to double its software engineering workforce, accelerate commercial expansion and build its first specialist AI agents based on proprietary client methodology. 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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