Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal updated the company’s policies on business travel and office attendance in a note to employees Thursday, which he also shared in a tweet. Agrawal said business travel can resume immediately, and Twitter’s offices worldwide will begin opening March 15, but he left decisions on whether or not to travel and where…
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The genealogy site behind a deepfake tool that gained viral traction on social media last year is back with a new feature designed to bring even more lifelike qualities to old photos. MyHeritage is rolling out a tool that lets users create deepfake videos out of photos of their long-lost family members–or anyone, really–and a…
Bozoma Saint John Out as Netflix CMO, Marian Lee Takes Over
Netflix is making a CMO change: Marian Lee has been elevated to the role, replacing Bozoma Saint John. Top line Saint John first joined the streamer in 2020, after holding executive roles at Uber and Apple. Lee arrived at Netflix in July 2021 in the role of vp of marketing in the U.S. and Canada….
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Disney Touts First Party Data and Programmatic Enhancements in Upfront Kickoff
As upfront season begins, Disney wants to show brands that it not only has an enviable library of content and a massive audience, but the technology to ensure advertisers find the right audiences as efficiently as possible and can measure campaign performance better than anywhere else. To that end, the company held its second tech…