RSW/US explores the biggest challenges facing ad agencies from the perspectives of both marketers and ad agencies.

Dentsu Aegis estimates that global ad expenditures will grow 3.8% in 2019 to $625 billion. In the US, digital is expected to surpass TV’s share of ad spend for the first time.

Brian Wieser of Pivotal Research Group provides perspective on the outlook for agency holding companies.

Kantar discusses media and digital predictions for 2019.

PubMatic has released its digital ad expenditure forecasts for 2019. U.S. and global ad spend predictions are provided for programmatic, mobile, video, private marketplace, and header bidding. The report also includes a section on inventory and ad quality.

Zenith predicts global ad spend will grow 4.5% in 2018, reaching $581 billion. In the U.S, ad expenditures are expected to increase 2.9% in 2019, 3.4% in 2020, and 3.7% in 2021.

MAGNA’s latest global advertising forecast reveals that worldwide ad revenue grew by 7.2% to $552 billion in 2018. In the U.S., expenditures grew 7.5% to $208 billion.

GroupM has released its latest worldwide ad spend forecast with a prediction that global ad expenditures will grow 4.3% in 2018 and 3.6% in 2019.

SoDA and Forrester feature research digital trends to watch, growth in digital marketing budgets, agency landscape trends, and client-agency relations.

360i created this go-to manual for understanding the complex voice ecosystem and shares what they learned exploring and executing voice.

Zenith has released its Q3 2018 issue of Global Intelligence with data and insights on the global advertising market.

Garrand Mohlenkamp’s Chief Marketing (and Nourishing) Officer Matt Striker, shares his thoughts on the agency model of the future.

Campaign Brief Asia reveals the top Asian agencies, networks, countries, and creative leaders over the past two years. Rankings are based on the tabulated results of 11 international and regional advertising awards from 22 different shows.

The Future Today Institute forecasts emerging technology trends that will influence the advertising, public relation, media, and journalism industries in the year ahead.

Marsha Appel, SVP, 4A’s Research Services, explores identity marketing and the implications for ad agencies.