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Omnicom confirms the pending exit of influential Annalect chief Slavi
By Ronan Shields and Michael Bürgi • July 11, 2025 • Ivy Liu Slavi Samardzija is exiting Omnicom’s Media Group’s Annalect in September, with sources interpreting the CEO’s exit as indicative of pending changes within the holding company’s technology and analytics division. Separate sources familiar with the developments, all of whom requested anonymity to maintain
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Who is Cindy Rose, WPP’s insider-outsider pick for its next
By Sam Bradley • July 10, 2025 • WPP has been flirting with the idea of becoming an “AI-driven platform business” for some time – mostly in earnings calls and on strategy decks. Now, with a new CEO incoming, the holdco might finally be ready to turn the tagline into a throughline. That job now
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FTC’s ‘click to cancel’ subscription rules thrown out by judges
Image: Michael Crider/IDG There’s not a lot that Americans can universally agree on at the moment, but the Federal Trade Commission’s new rules that digital subscriptions should be easy to cancel received broad acclaim. Everyone liked the idea, with the possible exception of your local gym owner. And, it appears, three federal judges, who threw
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This $193 Chromebook is an absolute steal for the price
Image: Amazon When I hunt down Chromebook deals for Prime Day, I’m looking for the best value deal I can find — but without any compromises that you’ll regret later. This year, that Chromebook is the Lenovo IdeaPad 3i, on sale for $192.88 at Amazon. That’s a savings of $100. When researching PCWorld’s best Chromebook
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Microsoft adds Markdown formatting to Notepad
Image: Microsoft A new version of Notepad for Windows 11 was released with support for Markdown, the popular markup language for all kinds of text. The update adds support for subheadings, italics and bold text, strikethrough text, and links. Not all users are happy about Microsoft adding new features to Notepad, as the app is
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Tired of Adobe subscriptions? This smart PDF tool is a
Image: StackCommerce TL;DR: Meet UPDF, the AI-powered Adobe Reader alternative that’s been price-dropped during our version of Prime Day. It’s available for less than $48 with code DROP20. If you’re tired of shelling out cash every month for Adobe Acrobat or dealing with the free version, it’s time to switch to an intelligent solution. UPDF is a full-featured, AI-powered PDF
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Ingram Micro outage caused by SafePay ransomware attack
An ongoing outage at IT giant Ingram Micro is caused by a SafePay ransomware attack that led to the shutdown of internal systems, BleepingComputer has learned. Ingram Micro is one of the world's largest business-to-business technology distributors and service providers, offering a range of solutions including hardware, software, cloud services, logistics, and training to resellers
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From the FBI to F&A: lessons learnt in safeguarding systems
One chief information security officer shares her experience of marshalling what she learned at the FBI for business security, with a particular focus on finance and accounting By Jill Knesek Published: 04 Jul 2025 One might not typically expect a childhood on a Texas farm to lead to a career that involve investigating cybercriminals at
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In CTV, retail media and emerging channels, third-party data is
Georgina Bankier, vp, global platform partnerships, Eyeota, a Dun & Bradstreet company In today’s fractured media environment, connected TV and retail media are dominating advertiser attention — and their budgets. CTV ad spending is projected to reach $33.35 billion this year, while retail media’s 19.7% growth will be more than double the growth in overall