In August, diversity advocate Aaisha Joseph called out how office environments perpetuate racist inequity in a post on LinkedIn. The post was viewed just 102 times and had only 15 comments despite Joseph having nearly 20,000 followers. Her LinkedIn feed is littered with these instances. “One of my contacts said ‘It has occurred to me that LinkedIn no longer includes your posts in my feed. You and several other of my 'influential Black voice regulars' are frequently missing’,” said Joseph. Read more below. Other things to know about | | |
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| Equality and Opportunity | | | | For diversity advocates, LinkedIn feels like its stopping them from sharing their anti-racist messages with a wider audience. | | |
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howdy! | The Amazon Effect | | | | Multiple participants said Amazon’s program has gone from a million-dollar source of revenue to almost nothing in the past several months. | | |
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howdy! | The Programmatic Publisher | | | | The New York Times, Washington Post and Financial Times have backed a Global Privacy Control proposal that aims to make it easier for consumers to opt out for their data being shared across the web. | | |
| Sponsored by Piano | | | | As the demise of cookies accelerates the decline of third-party data, brands are turning to content strategies common in the world of digital publishing to engage with audiences and generate fully consented alternatives. | | |
howdy! | Brands in Culture | | | | Clorox’s push into DTC is more about understanding the company’s customers rather than replacing its retail strategy. | | |
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| Sponsored by Verizon Media | | | | As the programmatic ecosystem evolves — whether it’s the process or the pipes — marketers will need to rely on their partners to navigate the best possible outcome for their brands. Join this new webinar on November 5 at 10 a.m. ET (3 p.m GMT) to hear Verizon Media and Lina Angelides, head of programmatic at OMD, discuss upskilling, collaboration and how 2020 has seen an acceleration within agencies to lead the programmatic charge. | | |
howdy! | awards | | | | Over the course of this year, some businesses did more than survive — they thrived and grew, all while protecting their employees’ health and giving back to the world. | | |
howdy! | Beyond Ads | | | | Tighter metrics has sped up The Telegraph’s subscriptions strategy which is the primary goal. | | |
| | | | | For VandeHei, the major stories of the 21st century include artificial intelligence, climate change and China's actions on those issues — and in the world at large. |
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