Roblox has hired former Roku executive Louqman Parampath to help build out its advertising business, as the video-game platform bets on its lucrative young user base to draw marketing dollars. Parampath will head the product development for advertising and commerce, overseeing teams that help brands reach audiences, Roblox told Reuters exclusively on Tuesday. The two-decade ad tech...
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More than 60 million households around the world tuned in for the exhibition boxing bout between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson on Netflix, making it the most successful live stream on the platform to date. The main event between the influencer-turned-pugilist and the former heavyweight champion of the world peaked at 65 million concurrent streams,...
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“Cancer does more than attack the body; it invades our very sense of being, robbing us of time, vitality, and life itself,” says Garron Gsell, CEO of the Men’s Foundation SA. “Each delay in cancer treatment is not just a pause in care but an infringement on an individual’s humanity. It’s a theft of time...