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Helene Cote has been named executive vice president and chief creative offer at Rapp Collins/Dallas, part of Omnicom Group Inc.’s Rapp Collins Worldwide.

Sonar Network, a division of New York-based DoubleClick Inc., has formed an alliance with Nexchange Corp. Under the agreement, Sonar’s Commerce Vertical — an ad-serving product — will be launched on Nexchange’s network of Web sites. Nexchange is in Atlanta.