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A temporary reminder that nominations for our upcoming checklist of advertising and marketing-tech executives are due by Friday. 

This day’s news: WarnerMedia’s shakeup, how TikTok influencers procure money, AT&T’s advertising and marketing cuts, and Amazon slashes advertising and marketing exhaust.

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WarnerMedia’s Robert Greenblatt

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Three high WarnerMedia pros are exiting amid a indispensable shakeup following the beginning of HBO Max. Be taught the corpulent memo from CEO Jason Kilar.

• New WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar made chnges on Friday to shakeup the media company’s management, reported Ashley Rodriguez.
• Bob Greenblatt, chairman of WarnerMedia Entertainment and Advise-to-Consumer; Kevin Reilly, HBO Max’s articulate material chief and president of TNT, TBS, and TruTV; and Keith Cocozza, govt vice president, corporate advertising and marketing and communications, are exiting the corporate.
• Ann Sarnoff will oversee WarnerMedia’s expanded Studios and Networks group, and HBO’s programming president Casey Bloys will opt on accountability of articulate material for HBO Max, TNT, TBS, and TruTV.

Be taught the corpulent tale here.

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Addison Rae

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TikTok influencers show how they’re making money in 2020 in spite of the app’s paltry monetization parts

• Dan Whateley, Amanda Perelli, and Sydney Bradley checked out seven methods that TikTok influencers procure money off of the rapid-procure video app including tag provides, merchandising, and paid tune integrations.
• Influencers admire Tyler Bott, identified as TyBott, has 2.5 million followers and charges $25 per video message despatched by video-sharing app Cameo.
• Influencers can moreover procure money from web on-line affiliate advertising and marketing programs with commission charges that vary between 1% and 20%. 

Be taught the corpulent tale here.

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AT&T CEO John Stankey


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The third-biggest advertiser in the US appropriate laid off a bit of its client advertising and marketing crew

• Tanya Dua reported that AT&T currently laid off  54 New York-basically based fully employees in its client advertising and marketing division. The corporate acknowledged that the layoffs are half of an effort to point of curiosity on development areas and contend with lower query for legacy merchandise. 
• The advertising and marketing cuts come as AT&T embarks on a multi-yr strategy to lower as worthy as $6 billion in expenses below recent CEO John Stankey.
• AT&T’s advertising and marketing division turned into as soon as currently reorganized where the customer advertising and marketing crew that turned into as soon as appropriate lower turned into as soon as consolidated with the corporate tag crew.

Be taught the corpulent tale here.

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos

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Amazon’s tale earnings closing quarter would’ve been no longer most likely with out an accounting commerce and a huge spending lower. That raises questions about future earnings development.

• Eugene Kim reported that Amazon saved virtually $2.6 billion in get earnings closing quarter by cutting back its advertising and marketing exhaust and by a previously launched estimate commerce for its server expenses.
• In a call with analysts, Amazon’s CFO Brian Olsavsky acknowledged that the corporate lower its advertising and marketing exhaust by “a number of third” in the quarter to point of curiosity on its supply chain that has taken a hit for the length of COVID-19. The cuts are a lot like a $2.1 billion dip in advertising and marketing exhaust that Amazon would salvage on the entire spent for the length of the quarter.
• Amazon’s development in elevated-margin companies admire promoting and cloud helped offset a dip in retail profitability for the length of the 2d-quarter.

Be taught the corpulent tale here.

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More studies we’re studying:

• PayPal’s two high advert-aspect pros salvage appropriate left in snappy succession (Alternate Insider)

• Tencent and its hyper-popular messaging app WeChat became Trump’s most modern target. Right here’s how the corporate grew to became a $69 billion behemoth that has a stake in the total lot from ‘Fortnite’ to Hollywood blockbusters. (Alternate Insider)

• Addison Rae is the field’s high-earning TikTok superstar, in response to Forbes. She shared the within tale of her upward push to repute. (Alternate Insider)

• After taking a scourge hit, billboard advert corporations search for indicators of hope (New York Instances)

• Nathan Young steps down as president of diversity advocacy group 600 & Rising (Adweek)

• How the different maintaining agency groups are hitting development spurts even for the length of the downturn (Digiday)

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— Lauren