PayPal (PYPL) is planning to build an ad sales business around data generated from users and tracking purchases, and has hired former Uber (UBER) ad boss Mark Grether as PayPal Ads SVP, The Wall Street Journal’s Patrick Coffee reports. Grether will be responsible for developing new ad formats, overseeing sales and hiring staff to fill out the division, Coffee writes.
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