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Variety’s Power 25 spotlights ad execs navigating mergers and streaming-linear math

Variety’s Brian Steinberg, Todd Spangler, Jennifer Maas and Cynthia Littleton profile 25 marketers and ad sellers, from YouTube’s Brian Albert to Paramount Skydance’s Jay Askinasi, on fragmentation, creator partnerships and merging ad sales operations.

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