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By Lindsay Rittenhouse

February 24, 2019

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Lindsay Rittenhouse

@kitten_mouse lindsay.rittenhouse@adweek.com Lindsay Rittenhouse is a staff writer at Adweek, where she specializes in covering the world of agencies and their clients.