David Kenny and the rise of the machines

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By Brian Morrissey

Speaking in the same room where he announced, more than a decade earlier, that Digitas was going public, David Kenny returned to the ad industry this week in a very different role. Now president of Akamai, Kenny is fully focused on the infrastructure of digital media rather than the agency business.
  The former VivaKi managing partner believes those in media and marketing underappreciate the speed of change driven by faster and more powerful digital content delivery.

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