eIQnetworks(R), Inc., a security and compliance management company, announced the addition of Mike Rothman to its management team. Rothman joins in the newly created senior vice president of strategy and chief marketing officer role.

BIA Financial Network (BIAfn), a leading financial and strategic advisory firm serving the media and communications industries, has acquired The Kelsey Group, the Princeton-based provider of research, data and analysis on print and electronic Yellow Pages, local search, small-business marketing and local media.

The NPD Group and Print Audit have partnered to integrate NPD's Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) tool with Print Audit's Rapid Assessment Key allowing clients to more efficiently assess direct and indirect costs commonly related to printing.

InfoTrends announced today the formal launch of a new e-learning portal for the print service provider industry. The first curriculum is focused on Customized Communications Sales Training. The Web-based training program is designed to educate print service providers' sales reps on the opportunities and trends within the customized communications market.

Wainhouse Research recently named William "Will" Zachmann Senior Analyst of the Enterprise Social Networking (ESN) practice area. Zachmann will have an immediate impact on Wainhouse coverage of this emerging area of enterprise collaboration. He has provided market research, analysis and consulting to the industry through his own practice, Canopus Research, and earlier through META Group, IDC and several leading industry publications.

comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, announced that it was recently recognized as the fastest growing global market research firm in the 12th annual Inside Research report on growth rates of the world's largest market research firms.

Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) announced today that it has filed comments with the Federal Communication Commission opposing a petition to the FCC that asks for an investigation into the Arbitron Portable People MeterTM radio ratings service.

Russ Crupnick, a Vice President and senior industry analyst with The NPD Group, has been appointed to the position of "executive in residence" at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development at the New York University in New York City.

The NPD Group recently named Tammy Peterson director of advanced analytics, responsible for the design, execution, and delivery of advanced analytics projects for the company's automotive business unit and corporate research science group.