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Andre Swanston offers an unconventional tale of ad tech entrepreneurship. The Bronx-raised son of immigrants and onetime nightclub owner first took an interest in streaming television as an advertiser before founding his household graph startup. "It was such a big leap that my mother cried," he says.

MediaLink's Chairman and CEO talks about the evolution of his company and what to expect this year in Cannes. MediaLink and the Cannes Lions festival, which kicks off Monday June 17, are sister companies owned by Ascential. Kassan was among the first media executives to attend the show in the 1990s, when it was primarily a destination for creatives. 

Jana Meron addresses the factors that make programmatic work for (or against) media companies. 

A free-wheeling talk with the ad legend and S4 Capital executive chairman. Sorrell crows about S4's first year, has some choice words for WPP and pontificates on macro-economic factors impacting the marketing sector. 

Criteo COO Mollie Spilman talks about what makes companies survive and thrive in the ever-changing digital advertising business.  

IPG Chief Data and Technology Officer Arun Kumar joins us for a frank discussion of the $2.3 billion acquisition and the larger trend of agency groups buying data providers.

Beeswax CEO Ari Paparo comes to the studio for a game of “what if,” applying his encyclopedic knowledge of ad tech to a range of alternate reality scenarios.

Lisa Utzschneider discusses her 20 years in leading revenue at Microsoft, Amazon and Yahoo and offers advice for today’s ad sellers. 

Facebook, Google and Amazon all possess near monopolies in their respective markets. Is there anything wrong with that? We hear from Rishad Tobaccowala, chief growth officer at Publicis Groupe.

Dentsu Aegis’ media chairman, Doug Ray, talks about the agency’s growth formula and the shifting needs of its clients.