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Media Industry Launches Puerto Rico Support Campaign

Omnicom Media Group and Beet.TV In a Call to Action with Founding Sponsors AT&T AdWorks and Teads #SWPR As some 600 marketing, media and adtech executives gather at the Festival of Media/LATAM conference near Miami on October 30, a program STAND WITH PUERTO RICO will launch to galvanize industry action to help Puerto Rico. In this video to be shown to the attendees, U.S. Representative Darren Soto (D-FL) implores the industry to get involved. To "tell the story" of the needs of Puerto Rico. About the Program: In the [...]

Posted on 10/27/2017 at 3:15

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