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InfoSpace fires Jain as CEO

BELLEVUE, Wash.-InfoSpace Inc., which provides wireless applications and software in addition to its Internet software business, announced it fired Naveen Jain, the company’s former chairman and chief executive officer, and replaced him with InfoSpace Board Director Jim Voelker.

Voelker will serve as the company’s chairman, CEO and president. He previously served as president and board director of Nextlink Communications Inc., now XO Communications.

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