Media Channels

Tips, trends, successful campaign examples, and more for traditional and non-traditional media.

Hispanic Market Overview

Adam R. Jacobson and HispanicAd provide a concise snapshot of the state of Hispanic advertising agencies.

Why is Everyone Talking about Zero-party Data?

Learn how zero-party and first-party data can work together to improve marketing efforts, increase customer engagement, and drive revenue growth in this article by Venkata Bhonagiri of Mindshare.

Industry perspectives on the transition to a multi-currency TV market paper

Industry perspectives on the transition to a multi-currency TV market

The TV market is rapidly changing due to a number of factors which are too numerous to catalogue – spanning from changing consumer preferences to new data sets, distribution channels, monetization approaches and advertising models. TV measurement and currency have also evolved, but at a slower pace, resulting in an incomplete picture of even basic […]

Attitudes to Programmatic Advertising

IAB Europe’s annual report has become an industry benchmark to show how programmatic advertising attitudes, adoption, and strategies are evolving.

New Study Shows 49% of Marketers Say They Are Looking to Contextual Advertising to Replace Cookies

GumGum Contextural

New research from GumGum and Brand Innovators underscores the need for more education on contextual advertising SANTA MONICA, Calif. – January 26, 2022 – GumGum, a global media and technology leader, specializing in contextual intelligence, today published the results of a survey that found 49% of brand marketers are looking to contextual advertising to replace […]

When Brands Go Dark |

Journal of Advertising Research published this study investigating what happens to sales when brands stop spending on all advertising media for 12 months or longer.

Nielsen Unveils New Cookieless Media Measurement

Nielsen announced this week its approach to eliminate its reliance on digital identifiers and ensure that advertisers and publishers can continue to measure confidently in a dynamic, privacy-first media environment. With its new approach to measuring authenticated and unauthenticated web traffic, Nielsen will become the leading platform to validate first-party server data with real consumer […]

Mid-Sized Agency Media Directors Committee’s Google Resources Hub |

Please use this resource center for easy access to things like: Troubleshooting Links Online Training Insights & Trends Tools Content will be refreshed regularly. Contact Support Provide basic information on the help you need, and you will be guided to support options (phone, email or online chat) *Note: Phone support is generally available during customer […]

4A’s Challenges Nielsen to Maintain Separate National In-Home and Out-of-Home TV Viewership

Will Result in Negative Impact on Agencies and Marketers Networks Should Not Have Ability to Dictate Single Metric NEW YORK, NY, July 20, 2020 — Today, the 4A’s is announcing that the organization is challenging Nielsen’s decision to combine national in-home and out-of-home television viewership into a single data stream*.  This stream will be used […]

Facebook’s Structure For Success Webinar for 4A’s Media Agencies |

This webinar was presented by Facebook’s Caitlin Chittom and Matt Barbarasch to the 4A’s Mid-Sized Agency Media Directors Committee.  It was designed to give 4A’s media agencies all the information they need to run successful campaigns across the Facebook family of apps. This webinar went over the most important factors for campaign success, and walked […]

The 4A’s Innovates Its Approach to Events, Driving Tangible Actions Across The Marketing Industry

The 4A’s is innovating its approach to conferences, focusing on events that address urgent issues with tangible actions, drilling-down on industry challenges to better meet the realities and needs of its members in real time. To mark the shift towards action-oriented events, the 4A’s will forgo hosting its industry-wide spring conference in 2019, and will instead host an inaugural Decisions 20/20 forum, on March 25-26, 2019 in Washington D.C.  In addition, due to its popularity, the 4A’s will expand its annual Management Practitioners’ Forum (MPF) to become a standalone event, taking place on April 29-30, 2019 at the W Downtown in Chicago.

IAB & 4A’s Long Form Video Terms and Conditions: Educational Webinar

On March 27th, 2018, the IAB and the 4A’s released the Long Form Video Terms and Conditions Addendum. Working group members gathered to lead this educational townhall on the topic. Presenters include: Eric John and Elizabeth Wang from the IAB, Terry Cohen and Louis Jones from the 4A’s, Sara Axelbaum from FOX Networks Group, Brad Stockton from Henkel, and Joan Chakonas from NBCUniversal.

4A’s Data Summit Report 2018

More than 250 marketing professionals gathered at the 4A’s 5th annual Data Summit, a one-day event that brought together leaders from brands, agencies, media outlets and data firms. In this report, we highlight topics covered at the event — including unconventional uses of data, preparing for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, cross-device measurement and targeting, and upcoming industry standards.

Beyond Impressions: How to Make Your Video Ad Results Stand Out from the Pack

In this exclusive session, ViralGains VP of Product & Strategy Glenn Kiladis explores the new world of video advertising. He dived deep into why the current model for video ad success is broken, and how you can leverage cutting-edge strategies and technologies to not only generate better returns for your clients, but create better experiences for their customers, resulting in a healthier ad ecosystem that will elevate you past the competition.

Letter to Creative Agencies Regarding Compliance With the Coalition for Better Ads Standards |

The world of digital advertising has seen much change in the last few years – there are a multitude of technology platforms, advances in brand safety and verification – and a lot of work to optimize message delivery across the digital landscape. However, with all these changes, come two very important issues: Adblocking and Ad Loads.