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Today Omnicom Group, the world’s second-largest advertising company, released the proxy statement from its 2018 Annual Shareholders Meeting. The most significant news to come from the release is that the group will combine the roles of chairman and CEO with John Wren, who has held the latter title since 1997. Bruce Crawford, chairman of the…

An exclusive WSJ analysis shows how venture-capital investment from Asia is skyrocketing, threatening to shift power over the world’s innovation away from the U.S. The surge positions Asian investors to win stakes in markets that Western companies covet, or that have national security implications.

After bitcoin’s frenzied mania last year, the virtual currency’s price has lost about two-thirds of its value from a December high and trading volume is about 70% lower than on the most active days.

The Defense Department will release a revised list of requirements in the coming days for a hotly contested, multibillion-dollar contract to move the Pentagon’s data into the cloud, and it says it won’t give in on a central demand: awarding the business to a single winner.

W.L. Gore & Associates announced today it has consolidated its global media account for its fabric division, behind Gore-Tex outerwear threads, with Dentsu Aegis Network following a review that launched late last year and was handled by consultancy Flock Associates. Dentsu’s Gravity, Carat and Amnet agencies will work with Gore-Tex–used in brand products from Adidas,…

The National Basketball Association Playoffs tip off Saturday, and Twitter secured a courtside seat. The social network created playoff-themed hashtag-triggered emojis for the league and all 16 teams participating in the postseason: Eastern Conference: Toronto Raptors: #wethenorth Boston Celtics: #Celtics Philadelphia 76ers: #HereTheyCome Cleveland Cavaliers: #AllForOne Indiana Pacers: #Pacers Miami Heat: #HeatCulture Milwaukee Bucks: #FearTheDeer…

Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will kill the third-party data ecosystem. Or third-party data isn’t going anywhere. The truth sits somewhere in the middle, said Alice Lincoln, MediaMath’s VP of data policy and governance, at AdExchanger’s Programmatic I/O in San Francisco on Wednesday. “Third-party data is here to stay – if it’s high-quality,” said Lincoln,… Continue reading »

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Zuck’s Senate hearing was an education — not about Zuckerberg, who looked like he had pregamed with some combination of Thorazine and Xanax — but about just how uniformed about technology our
congressional representatives are.

Pity former NBA superstar Kevin Garnett. After 21 seasons in the league, and more than $320 million in career earnings (not including endorsements), he just can’t relax and enjoy his retirement. That’s the setup in this silly spot for NBA 2K18. It shows the former MVP moping around in his trademark precariously poised hoodie, followed…

Marshall “Major” Taylor was one of the most renowned track cyclists of his time–and arguably one of the most celebrated athletes in history. By 1901, he was considered the greatest athlete in the world and was the first African American world champion in any sport. But somehow, history forgot Taylor over the years … until…