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Verizon Quietly Cuts Adfellows Program, Severing Key Path for Diverse Ad Talent

Adweek

Founded in 2017 by the telco's former CMO Diego Scotti, adfellows' nine-month fellowship provided career growth opportunities for diverse candidates. Verizon is ending its annual adfellows program, ADWEEK has learned.

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NHL Eyes Record Diversity in Draft—and a New Generation of Fans

Adweek

Since joining the National Hockey League (NHL) in 2017, senior evp Kimberly Davis has been committed to attracting, retaining, and developing multicultural audiences for professional hockey. And she's striving for a new goalbringing more women fans and executives into the NHL ranks.

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The Trade Desk Acquires Ad Data Provider Sincera

Adweek

The transaction marks just the second publicly-announced acquisition for The Trade Desk, which scooped up identity resolution technology provider AdBrain in October 2017. "In In recent years, the digital.

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From Mending Fences to Leading Through Crisis, Marla Kaplowitz Reflects on Her 4As Legacy

Adweek

When Marla Kaplowitz first took the helm of the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4As) in 2017, she had a clear expectation: three to five years of leadership, then a […]

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I Tried LinkedIn Video to See If It Lived Up To The Hype. Here’s What I Learned.

Adweek

LinkedIn launched native video in 2017 and got more serious about the format in March 2024, seemingly overnight turning its algorithm sights on being the TikTok of B2B video. I started playing around with videos on LinkedIn casually about a year ago, mostly out of curiosity.

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Here’s What Happens to Ads When the Super Bowl Goes to Overtime

Adweek

The only other time the Big Game went to OT was in 2017, when the Atlanta. The Super Bowl went to overtime for only the second time in history--giving brands even more real estate and a bigger audience. This year, the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers went into extra time on CBS.

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EU hits Google with $2.6 billion fine in antitrust case

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The fine comes from a 2017 case in which regulators said Google abused its dominant market position in favoring its own shopping comparison service. “We We made changes back in 2017 to comply with the European Commission’s decision. We are disappointed with the decision of the Court,” a Google spokesperson told CNBC on Tuesday.

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