According to data from Acast and Nielsen, podcast listeners tend to have higher levels of education and spend more money. See Nielsen's full report linked in the show notes.

C4 Research released a report that revealed that advertising that deals with important issues garnered more attention from 16 to 34 year olds because they equate them with ethical products.

451 Research, a research firm, and Publish Interactive, a SaaS developer for researchers, partner to release a new content management and research publishing platform. The full news release is linked in our show notes.

Equibity has released a trade statement indicating that a decline in intel segment sales will likely cause them to miss their 2018 expectations.

https://harro.com/2018/07/24/ebiquity-expected-to-miss-annual-revenue-target-through-under-performing-intel-division/

WPP's Group M sells their sponsorship consultancy, IEG, to Engine Shop. Engine Shop is an engagement consultancy.

Yesterday we reported that Altiant is growing in the UK, Sweden, and Bulgaria. As part of that effort Richard Roig, previously of Research Interactive, joins their team as VP of Client services.

Stephen Schroeder, an automotive veteran formerly of J.D. Power, has joined the automotive team at Market Strategies International-Morpace.

Directions Research hires Eric Schauble as VP of client services for its healthcare research team. Like Stephen Schroeder, he is an industry professional whose expertise is being leveraged within market research teams.