Harris Interactive Shrinks U.S. Ops, Cuts 8% of Workforce

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 18, 2008 - 11:16am.

Rochester, N.Y. - Harris Interactive, a provider of custom market research for interactive media channels, announced that it has reduced its workforce by 51 people, or about 8% of its total workforce.

The positions -- in research, project management, operations, marketing, sales, and corporate -- were located throughout the company's U.S. locations.

Also, George Terhanian has been named president of the company's Global Solutions division, and Rieger-Paganis has been appointed interim CFO of Harris Interactive.