by Wayne Friedman
Nielsen ratings are up 8% so far, averaging a household program 6.4 rating/15 share in metered markets -- the second-highest rating through the first … Read the whole story
by Joe Mandese
The bad news, according to GroupM, is that organic growth of major agency holding companies appears to be contracting. The good news is that … Read the whole story
by Wayne Friedman
Total addressable TV viewing is projected to rise 25% by 2022 from 2016, with 14% of all ad viewing going to online video addressable … Read the whole story
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by Richard Whitman, Columnist
Why would a marketer have to be subpoenaed to hand over evidence in a case like this? Especially if it believed that the agency … Read the whole story

COMMENTARY
by Joe Mandese
He began his first full day in office by declaring war on the media, and now the President is circulating an "enemies list" asking … Read the whole story
by Alex Weprin
The strategy is twofold: One service designed to connect consumers to third-third-party streaming services, which will live inside the Apple TV app, and a … Read the whole story
by Larissa Faw
"There has been a fundamental shift in the balance of power" between brands and consumers, Brien told a 4s conference gathering Monday. "It has … Read the whole story
by Joe Mandese
Independent agency trading desk The Trade Desk has swept the U.S. marketplace, becoming the go-to solution for agencies and clients outsourcing their programmatic media-buying, … Read the whole story
by Alex Weprin
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, though Spotify said earlier this year it expected to spend around $500 million in 2019 on podcast … Read the whole story
by Laurie Sullivan
The huge number of search ads removed by Bing and Google demonstrates the need to clean up the web to provide increasingly accurate information, … Read the whole story
by Joe Mandese
The U.S. remains the world's biggest advertising market and will for at least the foreseeable future. According to just-released estimates from Zenith's March 2019 … Read the whole story
by Joe Mandese
A consortium of five trade organizations -- the Digital Place-Based Advertising Association, the Digital Signage Federation, Interactive Advertising Bureau, Geopath, and the Out-of-Home Advertising … Read the whole story
by Laurie Sullivan
Pervasive device IDs and the ability to segment based on location create more unique audience opportunities for advertisers compared to desktop, which is often … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Wayne Friedman, Staff Writer
Apple wants to be an TV aggregator of all popular TV video platforms. In this complex TV-video world, isn't that what we really want? Read the whole story

COMMENTARY
by Alex Weprin, Staff Writer
All WWE and UFC signature events, which had been a staple of pay-per-view, will be offered directly to consumers over streaming devices through ESPN+ … Read the whole story

COMMENTARY
by Joseph Jaffe
In the following excerpt from his just-published book, "Built to Suck: The Inevitable Demise of the Corporation ... and How to Save It?," consultant … Read the whole story