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- Bermuda's ex-leader charged with corruption after allegations of taking improper money from ad agency.
- Facebook passes Trump decision to oversight board.
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11 top marketers from General Mills, Pepsi, P&G and others reveal how advertising will change in 2021
- Tanya Dua spoke with top marketers about how the ad industry will change as a result of the pandemic.
- The pandemic has upended the advertising industry and accelerated existing trends like cutting big-budget ad productions and investing more in e-commerce.
- Company statements on hot-button issues reached a fever pitch in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests and is likely to continue.
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The ex-leader of Bermuda has been charged with corruption, potentially ending a decade-long mystery about the controversial US ad agency GlobalHue
- Jim Edwards reports that Ewart Brown, the former Premier of Bermuda, was charged with 13 counts of corruption. He denies the charges.
- Prosecutors say Brown took improper payments from GlobalHue, a US ad agency that handled
Bermuda 's tourism business. - The charges also shed light on a decade-old mystery about Brown's relationship with the US ad agency GlobalHue, which handled the government's tourism
marketing account.
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Facebook passes decision on whether to permanently ban Trump over to newly created oversight board
- Facebook said on Thursday that its oversight board will review the suspension of Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts.
- The oversight board serves as
Facebook 's "Supreme Court" by handling its complex content decisions. - The board has 90 days to make its decision.
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More stories we're reading:
- Ad company Havas hires ex-Vice publisher to launch a new division to help CMOs adjust their pandemic messaging (Business Insider)
- The My Pillow guy is a former bankrupt gambler who made - and might soon lose - millions thanks to a religious devotion to Trump (Business Insider)
- Netflix's push into franchise TV will be essential as Disney Plus prepares a barrage of Marvel and 'Star Wars' shows (Business Insider)
- How Google finally decided to remove Parler after months of flagging the app's harmful content (Business Insider)
- Patreon considers public listing as soon as this year (The Information)
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