Reddit’s Jen Wong: Ads will be a big business for us

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Reddit’s Jen Wong: Ads will be a big business for us

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Jun 19, 2018

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Reddit has 330 million monthly users on its platform but still struggles to woo advertisers. That’s why Jen Wong, its newly minted chief operating officer, is at Cannes. She talks about Reddit's advertising ambitions.

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Jun 19, 2018

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