- Linear TV Means Antiquated Media Planning
Marketing Insider, James Flynn - Tuesday, April 20, 2021
As advertisers begin to move larger amounts of budget from linear into OTT, they need a way to reconcile spot value between these two systems. ...
- Founders Of GoTo.com, OpenX Launch CTV Media-Buying, Performance Platform Based On Search
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, April 6, 2021
tvScientific, a TV ad-tech company, on Tuesday launched an end-to-end CTV buying and attribution system geared toward digital marketers that value performance media. ...
- McDonald's Taps Canvas WW, Lopez Negrete For Hispanic Media Strategy Duties
MAD, Larissa Faw - Wednesday, March 31, 2021
The remit includes all Hispanic media communications within the U.S., including planning, strategy and consumer insights. ...
- MediaCom Promotes Lim To Chief Planning Officer
People on the Move, Steve McClellan - Wednesday, March 31, 2021
MediaCom U.S. announced today that Jason Lim has been promoted to the new role of Chief Planning Officer. He’ll report to Sasha Savic, U.S. CEO of MediaCom. In this new ...
- The Simple 4th Ave. Market Equation: Don't "Leverage" Community -- Invest In It
Brand Insider, Steve Smith - Friday, March 26, 2021
4th Ave. Market is a two-year-old D2C grounded in a century-old tradition and business model. The e-retail platform for hair, beauty and personal care products for consumers of color ...
- Media-Bias Chart Provides In-Depth View, Greater Control For Media Buys Based On Brand Values
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, March 19, 2021
Ad Fontes Media is releasing a premium version of its media-bias chart to help advertisers determine where to buy media based on brand values. The list names hundreds of onli ...
- NBCU's One Platform Offers 'Clean Rooms' For Data, Identity Graph
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 22, 2021
For the first time, NBCU will be offering "self-service" access to its linear and digital data in new secure environments. ...
- Mediahub To Host 'Diversity-Owned' Media Day
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Citing the need to close the gap between the share of ad spending targeted at people of color and their share of the U.S. population, Interpublic's Mediahub this morning unveil ...
- Alphonso Rebrands As LG Ads
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 1, 2021
LG Ads will offer connected TV ad inventory on its smart TV platform as well as TV data for activation, measurement and attribution across CTV, linear TV and digital. ...
- Omnicom Integrates Comscore Ecommerce, Behavioral Data
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, March 1, 2021
The data will enhance the Omni marketing operating system's ability to provide a single view of the consumer that can be dynamically shared across all marketing practices. ...
- NBCUniversal Moves TV Stations, Regional Sports Networks To Impression-Based Ad Deals
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Impressions offer much more granularity than ratings, which could add back anywhere from 5% to 20% in viewers, depending on the daypart. ...
- Report: Industry Split On Whether Media Plans Drive Buys Or Vice Versa
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Thursday, February 11, 2021
According to the report from ID Comms, the industry agrees that if you still think of media as a commodity buy, you're probably out of touch. ...
- Publicis Groupe Wins $600 Million Inspire Brands Restaurant Portfolio
MAD, Larissa Faw - Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Inspire restaurants include Arby's, Dunkin' and Jimmy John's. The holding company is creating a dedicated unit -- Inspire Media Engine -- to service the account. ...
- Ascential Doubles Down On MediaOcean Rival Hudson MX, Leads New $63.5 Million Round
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Hudson MX, a media-buying technology startup has closed a $63.5 million round of venture funding led by Ascential plc. The round, which comes a year after Ascential made a $ ...
- CIMM Day 1: Essence Media Chief Calls For 'Wholesale' Measurement Change
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Thursday, February 4, 2021
"We have a fire under us that needs to be addressed," Essence Global Chief Media Officer Adam Gerber warned. ...
- Independent Agency of the Year: PMG
Agency of the Year, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, January 5, 2021
"Being agile has really worked well for us, and the biggest difference now is that we're not just talking to CMOs, but to the CEOs and CFOs too. It's n ...
- Survey: 46% Of SMBs Believe Recovery Will Start In June
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, January 19, 2021
More small and medium-sized businesses expect to increase their marketing efforts this year. Those planning to spend more will increase media buying by 35%, according to data released Tuesday ...
- Dentsu Merging iProspect, Vizeum To Form New Full-Service Media Agency
MAD, Steve McClellan - Thursday, January 14, 2021
The new media agency will integrate Vizeum's media strategy/planning, storytelling, and brand-building capabilities with iProspect's digital expertise, audience knowledge, and performance focus. It will be led by Global President Aman ...
- Media All-Star: Peter Sedlarcik
MediaPost All Stars, Joe Mandese - Monday, January 4, 2021
As much as the industry's focus on data has changed, Peter Sedlarcik says he remains focused on the role media plays in activating consumers on behalf of his clients' bra ...
- Silver Screen Finds Silver Lining, Nielsen's: Cinema Integrates Improved Currency Into Old Partner
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, January 13, 2021
The cinema ad industry is getting a jumpstart on 2021, announcing a new and much improved measurement service that will also be integrated into Nielsen's dashboards and printed reports ...
- L'Oreal China Taps Publicis For Media Planning And Buying, Cites 'Bespoke Agency Solution'
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, January 12, 2021
L'Oreal China has named Publicis Groupe its media planning and buying agency in China. The assignment, which is a three-year contract, begins early this year. ...
- Wavemaker Ripples Across Pond, Lands ViacomCBS International
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, December 22, 2020
GroupM's Wavemaker has landed a high-profile media account, ViacomCBS Networks International's global media AOR. The assignment, effective Feb. 1, includes media-buying and planning for the company's entire portfolio of line ...
- IAB Finds Most 2021 Ad Budgets Either 'Ballpark' Or Flexible
Research Intelligencer, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Only 10% of advertisers and agency media planning and buying executives surveyed by the IAB last month say their ad budgets for 2021 are firm for the entire year, whi ...
- GroupM Names Gerhart Mindshare Global CEO, Succeeds Emery, Who Was Ousted In October
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Thursday, December 10, 2020
GroupM has named Adam Gerhart Global CEO of Mindshare, effective January 2021. Gerhart, who has been U.S. CEO since 2016, will continue in that dual role until a successor ...
- NBCU Opens All Digital Inventory To Local Marketers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 10, 2020
For the first time, NBCU will open up premium opportunities across Peacock, YouTube, and Apple News to regional advertisers. The move doubles the amount of digital and streaming inventory availab ...
- Media 'Planning'? Really?
Marketing Daily, Dave Edelman - Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Media campaigns can no longer be managed sequentially. But they absolutely do need to be managed -- every day, relentlessly, across dozens of channels. ...
- Omnicom's SSCG, Nielsen Co-Develop First-Of-Its-Kind Planning Tool
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Tuesday, November 24, 2020
The new planning tool, which is exclusive to SSCG, will enable agency strategists to identify the optimal channel mix for client campaigns aimed at healthcare professionals by pharma and oth ...
- Mediaocean Automates Local TV Pre-, Post-Buys
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Mediaocean is automating local TV media-planning and media-buying tools, improving workflow to better compete with digital and other media platforms. New automated features for pre- and post-buy media tasks wi ...
- Heineken Unveils New Agency Structure: Consolidates Media At Dentsu, Creative At 'Le Pub'
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, November 4, 2020
For Dentsu, the structure represents a consolidation of all of Heineken's media planning and buying services effective Jan. 1. ...
- Citing 'Unparalleled Changes' During 2020, IPG Mediabrands Launches Reprise Commerce Unit
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Thursday, October 29, 2020
IPG Mediabrands performance marketing agency Reprise this morning unveiled a new ecommerce specialist unit. The aptly named Reprise Commerce, combines Reprise's traditional ecommerce media planning and buying expertise with ...