Unlike some industry voices, Dominic Mills doesn’t believe the public needs protecting from native advertising – but the ads do need to be clearly labelled and those brands that slip up can do irreparable damage…
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Dominic Mills lit the flame and then VivaKi’s Marco Bertozzi threw petrol on it; now, ISBA’s Bob Wootton speaks up for advertisers over the thorny issue of trading desks and transparency…
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