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• Facebook’s Nick Clegg dismisses call by co-founder Chris Hughes to break up the company

  12-05-2019 20:05
  Facebook’s challenges can be tackled through regulation, not by breaking up the company, a key company official says in The New York Times.“While we operate under more regulation now than at any point in the history of the company, we believe more should be done,” writes Nick Clegg, the social media giant’s VP of global affairs and communications in a guest editorial titled “Breaking Up Facebook Is Not the Answer” that appears in the paper’s Sunday
  
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• NBC upfronts: peacock doubles down on comedy, prepares for streaming

  12-05-2019 19:00
  NBC is doubling down on comedy for the 2019-2020 season as it prepares for its streaming future.“The NBC comedy is literally the heart of our future,” says Paul Telegdy, co-chairman of NBC Entertainment.While NBC has not provided details on its streaming platform, slated to debut next year, George Cheeks, co-chairman of NBC Entertainment, says they are programming the linear channel as a starting point for how people will watch its shows “for years to come.”With show
  
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• Shortlist unveiled for 2019 Outdoor Media Awards

  12-05-2019 17:48 via campaignlive.co.uk
  More than 30 campaigns are up for awards.
  
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• Nike's newest spot highlights women's athletics

  12-05-2019 16:00
  Nike has another tearjerker on its hands.The latest addition to the brand’s “Just Do It” campaign, the spot, "Dream with Us," focuses on the U.S. women’s national soccer team and launches during Sunday’s NBA playoffs.In it, young female athletes from different sports walk out of locker rooms, and stadium tunnel in support of the soccer team. As the players get to the field, narrator Viola Davis says, “The craziest dream of all is the one that starts
  
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