The execs vying for power in Amazon's acquisition of MGM

Hi and welcome to Insider Advertising for May 27. I'm senior advertising reporter Lauren Johnson, and here's what's going on:

• The execs vying for power in Amazon's acquisition of MGM.
• You & Mr. Jones hires a CTO.
• The top UK TikTok stars.

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Amazon is buying MGM in a deal that could shake up Hollywood. Here are the execs jostling for power.

• Amazon has agreed to buy MGM, the studio behind the James Bond franchise, for $8.45 billion.
• The deal could help Amazon founder Jeff Bezos realize his dream of owning a Hollywood powerhouse.
• Here's what the merger means for key execs like MGM's Mark Burnett and Amazon's Jennifer Salke.

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Also read: Why the James Bond franchise could be complicated for Amazon after buying the MGM film studio

Marketing tech network You & Mr. Jones hires its first CTO as it tries to give marketers more control over their ad buying

• Marketing tech network You & Mr. Jones hired Integral Ad Science co-founder Will Luttrell as its first chief technology officer, Patrick Coffee reported.
• Luttrell is building a tech platform to help marketers take more control of their ad budgets.
• Advertisers have grown more concerned about a lack of transparency in their ad buys.

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These are the top 23 UK TikTok stars with the biggest followings

• UK creators, from Abby Roberts to Gordon Ramsay, are gaining huge followings on TikTok.
• Influencer Marketing Hub provided exclusive data to Molly Innes about the biggest UK TikTok stars.
• These 23 creators have follower counts ranging between 6.7 million and 23.5 million.

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Other stories we're reading:

• James Charles' return to Instagram amid allegations that he sexted minors prompted backlash against influencers who sent birthday wishes (Insider)
• Instagram has internally tested a feature that would directly pay creators who post Reels (Insider)
• Amazon is weighing a push into physical pharmacies to grab a bigger slice of the $370 billion prescription market (Insider)
• Amazon could own unaired Trump 'Apprentice' tapes after buying MGM, but it probably still can't release them (Insider)

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