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How Adweek Media Visionary Ellen DeGeneres Built a Media Empire

Authenticity and kindness are its cornerstones

Ellen DeGeneres has earned 59 Daytime Emmy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, 20 People’s Choice Awards and the 2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom. Doug Inglish/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
By Lisa Granatstein

October 14, 2018

When you talk to Ellen DeGeneres, what you see is what you get.

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This story first appeared in the October 15, 2018, issue of Adweek magazine. Click here to subscribe.

Lisa Granatstein

Lisa Granatstein is the Chief Content Officer at Adweek.

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