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A day after announcing the sale of its Movies business, which will be rebranded as Rentrak, Comscore has a new CEO. Matt McLaughlin takes up the post with immediate effect, replacing Jon Carpenter who will help with the transition and continue to advise the Board until October.
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Andy Brown, who as Chairman and CEO of Kantar Media oversaw the expansion of its international ratings and TGI services, has died aged 63.
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Global association Esomar has appointed Patrick de Regt as Chief Executive Officer - he is promoted from COO, a role he has held since joining the organisation six months ago. The organisation is also seeking to appoint for a new Chief Profession and Advocacy Officer role.
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Global retail data specialist Circana has launched a solution called Social Commerce, promising daily insights into the rapidly growing social commerce landscape, a channel which it says traditional point-of-sale data collection has not measured.
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Canadian company 360insights has announced the return of Steven Kellam as SVP, Revenue Growth and Partnerships, and the appointment of Ben Speirs as VP, Finance. More
Automated consumer intelligence platform quantilope has enhanced its AI assistant quinn with the addition of a tool for querying a firm's knowledge base. quinn Search differs from other KM systems in being built specifically for market research. More
Comscore has sold off its Movies box office measurement business to private investment firm Advaya Capital, which will immediately revive the Rentrak name. The price of $70m is less than 10% of what Comscore paid for the company ten years ago, but Advaya has ambitious plans for the legendary brand. More
Ipsos has launched a platform called Product Studio, developed with input from global consumer goods manufacturers and using a combination of AI, data science and insights experience to accelerate and enhance product testing. More
Data quality specialist Rep Data has announced another acquisition - this time OWL Solutions, a survey programming company which supports fieldwork in healthcare and other sectors, often with complex builds. 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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