Microsoft may be close to naming a new CEO, but now it will also need to a new ad sales exec.Keith Lorizio, VP-U.S. sales for Microsoft's advertising division, is no longer with the company. A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed the news, which Adweek had reported earlier on Friday."We can confirm that Keith Lorizio, VP of US Sales for Microsoft Advertising, is no longer with the company.

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Lorde is a humble, homegrown New Zealand star, and she's taken out a full-page ad in the New Zealand Herald to make sure everyone back home knows she hasn't forgotten that.

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Record playoff audiences and surging social media buzz suggest Super Bowl XLVIII viewership is poised to capture the top position as the U.S.'s largest television audience broadcast of all time, according to Adobe Digital Index research.

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Time Inc. staffers are bracing for layoffs next week, but the cuts might be lighter than expected and mostly spare some of the company's biggest magazines, which include People, Time and InStyle. The New York Post reported this week that the company was expected to cut nearly 500 staffers, but people familiar with the matter say the figure will likely be smaller than that.

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As those $4 million, 30-second ads flash across flatscreen TVs this Super Bowl Sunday, brands that bet big on the final NFL game of the season will be more focused on what is happening on millions of small smartphone, tablet and laptop screens across the nation.

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As those $4 million, 30-second ads flash across flatscreen TVs this Super Bowl Sunday, brands that bet big on the final NFL game of the season will be more focused on what is happening on millions of small smartphone, tablet and laptop screens across the nation.

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Hearst’s newest magazine, Dr. Oz The Good Life, hasn’t put out its first issue, but it's already lost a key member of the launch team. Cass Spencer, the design director, was let go Thursday, a few days ahead of the launch. Spencer, who lists work from another Hearst title, Cosmo for Latinas, as well as Rodale’s Prevention on his website, declined to go into specifics about his departure.

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Chrysler finally acknowledged its return to the Super Bowl today, saying that it will unveil three new ads. In a two-sentence statement, the automaker—now known corporately as Fiat Chrysler Automobiles—said the ads would run during the first quarter, at halftime and during the third quarter. The statement failed to mention, however, which of the company's brands would be featured and which roster shops created the work. Wieden + Kennedy, The Richards Group and Doner all work for Chrysler.

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Chrysler finally acknowledged its return to the Super Bowl today, saying that it will unveil three new ads. In a two-sentence statement, the automaker—now known corporately as Fiat Chrysler Automobiles—said the ads would run during the first quarter, at halftime and during the third quarter. The statement failed to mention, however, which of the company's brands would be featured and which roster shops created the work. Wieden + Kennedy, The Richards Group and Doner all work for Chrysler.

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