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Passionate About Journalism, NBA Star CJ McCollum Is ‘ReMaking America’
All athletes consider what their lives and professional careers look like after their playing days are over. In the NBA, some players like LeBron James and Kevin Durant are more high-profile in how they are staging the next act of their lives upon retirement. James has wide-ranging philanthropic and business endeavors (especially entertainment), while Durant’s…
Awards Show Dedicated to Side Projects Names Inaugural Winners
This summer, freelance creatives Josh Weiss and Sunita Deshpande started The Side Show, an awards program exclusively focused on honoring side hustles and projects. More than 500 submissions later, the two have–with the help of a robust judging panel–chosen the inaugural winners. The pair created The Side Show to celebrate the artistic endeavors and hobbies…
European Ad Groups Say Thanks, but ‘We Don’t Need Apple to Police the Internet’
The issue of taming Big Tech has loomed large over the national agenda for years, and recently escalated to U.S. antitrust authorities filing suit against Google over its dominance of the search market. European authorities are doing likewise, with trade bodies in France filing a complaint against Apple with competition authorities that claims its planned…
The Washington Post Beefs Up Contextual Targeting in the Post-Cookie Era
The Washington Post has developed a first-party data-based tool that ties detailed consumption data with its contextual ad targeting capabilities to ensure more accurate ad delivery. The offering is called Washington Post Signal. It’s powered by the Post’s contextual targeting platform, Zeus Insights, which the company created in July 2019. The promise of Signal is…
YouTube Details Its Election Day Offerings
YouTube revealed steps it is taking to keep its viewers informed on Election Day. An election results information panel will be displayed above search results and beneath videos related to the presidential and federal elections in the U.S., including those about election results. That panel will indicate that results may not be final and link…
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah Sets Multiplatform Blitz for Election Night
Looking for some laughs to accompany your existential dread about the results of the 2020 election? There’s a show for that–and it’s being simulcast on seven channels. The Daily Show With Trevor Noah is going live tonight at 11 p.m. ET on Comedy Central with an election night special, part of the show’s long-running election…
GroupM Names New Global Leads for Partnerships and Social
WPP media agency network GroupM named two new leaders in increasingly important areas, appointing Kieley Taylor to the role of global head of partnerships and Amanda Grant to global head of social. Taylor will serve as part of GroupM’s investment team with a primary focus on designing and implementing its partnership strategy, particularly with Google….