Media: Double Standards - 'I can't imagine a world without Barb metrics'
31 Mar 2006
The man from Postar bemoans advertisers' apathy about audience research, but the Barb chief says cross-media measurement gets them fired up.
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Naren Patel has been promoted to chief executive of the outdoor company Primesight. Patel, previously the managing director of Primesight, replaces Christine Costello, who left in January.
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