Wikipedia's first sentence called it “president and ceo of the interactive advertising bureau”. Today it says “american business executive”.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Randall Rothenberg is the president and CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau , the trade association for interactive marketing in the U.S.1He received an undergraduate degree in classics from Princeton University .2He and his wife, Susan Roy, live in New York City and Shelter Island (town), New York .3He has also served as the firm’s CMO. Prior to Booz Allen, Randall spent six years at The New York Times , as the technology editor and politics editor of the Sunday magazine, the daily advertising columnist, and a media and marketing reporter.4
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Randall Rothenberg is the president and CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau , the trade association for interactive marketing in the U.S. He received an undergraduate degree in classics from Princeton University . He has also served as the firm’s CMO. Prior to Booz Allen, Randall spent six years at The New York Times , as the technology editor and politics editor of the Sunday magazine, the daily advertising columnist, and a media and marketing reporter.
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Randall Rothenberg, 2016 Randall Rothenberg is a business executive, author, and former news and business reporter.Since 2007 (with a brief interruption) he has been the president and CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau , the trade association for interactive marketing in the U.S.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Randall Rothenberg, 2016 Randall Rothenberg is an American business executive, author, and former news and business reporter.He currently serves as Executive Chair for the Interactive Advertising Bureau , the trade association for interactive marketing in the U.S.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
American businessman Randall Rothenberg, 2016 Randall Rothenberg is an American business executive, author, and former news and business reporter. He currently serves as Executive Chair for the Interactive Advertising Bureau , the trade association for interactive marketing in the U.S.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “president and ceo of the interactive advertising bureau”. Today it says “american business executive”. Read the current article and compare.
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president and ceo of the interactive advertising bureau
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american business executive
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