“The Future of Programmatic and Automation” report, based on a research initiative commissioned by The 4A’s and conducted by The 614 Group, shows that a lack of automation hinders the future of programmatic. The report is based on extensive one-on-one interviews and survey responses from representatives of agencies, marketers, publishers, and platforms. Find more details […]

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 […]

Sarah Fahim, Gender and Cultural Strategist, ARGONAUT, examines social media messaging strategies from the United States and Pakistan to demonstrate the effects culture has on brand advertising, as well as how a global strategy can be successfully scaled to a local level.

The 4A’s has just published Measurement Priorities: The Agency Perspective, the collective points of views across top research leaders throughout the network media agencies. The discussion centers around what a new media measurement solution should include and identifies the agency priorities for a new solution. The industry is at a crossroads when it comes to […]

Apple recently announced a new set of changes to the default settings for its Safari browser that will further damage the consumer experience online and undercut the economic model that provides popular ad-supported content and services to millions of Americans. Here’s an open letter from 4A’s, AAF, ANA, IAB and NAI.

Attorneys from Davis & Gilbert’s Advertising, Marketing & Promotions Practice Group share practical and helpful insights to guide businesses and agencies as they navigate new trends and developments. 

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.

This presentation was delivered to the 4A’s Large Agency and Media Finance Committees on February 21, 2018 by Brett Colbert of Colbert Group Consulting.

4A’s Chick Foxgrover, EVP, Creative Technologies and Innovation attended SXSW again this year and reports on some of the dominant themes and a survey of the brand activations at this major creative culture event.

Phil Asche and Hayes Roth of Relationship Audits & Management provide insights and guidance gained from thousands of client and agency interviews and surveys on: What clients want from their agencies and What wins new business. This session was recorded during the National New Business Committee Meeting on February 22, 2018.

This white paper, prepared by the 4A’s Media Measurement Committee, the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM) and Sequent Partners, looks at offerings from the prominent providers in digital, cross-platform, multi-touch and television attribution, and marketing mix modeling, using comparable criteria.

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.

The 4A’s and the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) have come together to propose a change to Nielsen’s published data streams that will better approximate daily consumer consumption and capture more delayed viewing behavior.

This communication serves to notify the local buying community and partners of the 4A’s, of our combined point of view, and proposes that the 4A’s will formally request Nielsen to change the local data streams in 2018.

The terms define long-form digital video as professionally produced content, eight minutes or longer in duration, that is dynamically ad served and delivered in a digital environment.