Next in Media

Next in Marketing spoke with Parvati Vaish VP, Director of Analytics at Havas Media Group about whether the push for consumer privacy is going to cripple ad targeting, how Attention metrics could reshape television, and why the company is looking to build out a proprietary set of tools designed to show ads to people based on how they feel at a given moment.   Guest: Parvati Vaish Host: Mike Shield...

Next in Marketing spoke with Joe Marchese, partner at Human Ventures, and Marc Guldimann, founder and CEO of Adelaide, about why the TV ad model is broken, and why we're still not valuing attention correctly. Marchese and Guldimann also helped break down why it's so hard to get the ad world to change currencies, but why this time around brands may force change on the media ecosystem.   Guest(s): J...

Next in Marketing hosted a debate on the future of Attention as a form of media and ad measurement - and whether it should be used as a new form of currency. The debate featured Joanne Leong SVP, Global Partnerships at dentsu, Julian Zilberbrand, EVP Advanced Media, Paramount, and Marc Guldimann Founder & CEO  of the attention focused startup Adelaide. Later on, we talk to Bayer's Paul Gelb on how...

Next in Marketing spoke to Brendan Spain,VP, Advertising - Americas at Financial Times about how why the publication limits its use of ad tech and exchanges, and hasn't gone wild using clean rooms. Instead the FT is zeroing in on using Attention as truer measure of the value of its ads.   Guest: Brendan Spain Host: Mike Shields

The ad tech pioneer and Moat founder spoke about why he thinks attention and quality scores matter far more to brands than finding a new ad currency. Goodhart spoke to Next in Marketing about his latest investments in metrics startups, and how he sees digital ad creative as the next frontier for innovation.   Guest: Jonah Goodhart Host: Mike Shields

Next in Marketing spoke to Insider Intelligence Principle Analyst Andrew Lipsman about what he sees as "the Third Wave" in digital advertising. Following upon the masssive category launches  we've seen over the past two decades- first search and social - retail media is set to become a $45 billion category. That said, not every retailer is likely to be able to manage these businesses on their own,...

Next in Marketing, spoke with Jonathan Stringfield, VP, Global Business Research & Marketing at Activision Blizzard  about the persistent knowledge gap in the marketing world regarding the opportunities that exist in gaming.  Stringfield who recently published the book Get in the Game: How to Level Up Your Business with Gaming, Esports, and Emerging Technologies, also offered some real talk on Goo...

Next in Marketing talked with Karthik Rao, CEO of Nielsen Audience Measurement about the company's new Nielsen One Ads product, which promises to bring far more clarity to TV ad buying, and finally fix the CTV frequency nightmare.   Guest: Karthik Rao Host: Mike Shields

Next in Marketing talked to The Trade Desk Chief Client Officer Jed Dederick about why big media companies eventually give into programmatic selling for CTV, whether it will matter if the Feds break up Google, and how the company plans to further crack retail media.   Guest: Jed Dederick Host: Mike Shields

This week on Next in Marketing, we looked at the biggest stories in media and advertising with The Rebooting's Brian Morrissey, including BuzzFeed's implosion and what it means for mainstream digital publishing's future. Brian also gave his take on how AI will and won't change advertising, and why he's still a bit crypto curious.   Guest: Brian Morrissey Host: Mike Shields

Next in Marketing spoke with Hiroki Asai, Global Head of Marketing at Airbnb about why travel seems recession proof right now, and why his company is breaking conventional wisdom by leaning into brand advertising in spite of the ongoing economic uncertainty.   Guest: Hiroki Asai Host: Mike Shields

Next in Marketing spoke with Adrienne Lahens, Global Head of Operations, TikTok Creator Marketing Solutions about how working with creators on the platform is markedly different than YouTube, and how brands are seeking ways to execute influencer campaigns much faster, while also figuring out the best way to track their impact.   Guest: Adrienne Lahens Host: Mike Shields

Next in Marketing talked to Zefr co-founder and CEO Rich Raddon about how his company became and accidentally leader in brand safety technology, and what lead Zefr - which was born as a YouTube ad buying firm, to purchase an Israeli startup that was looking to fight disinformation after the 2016 elections.   Guest: Rich Raddon Host: Mike Shields

Next in Marketing talked to Brian Albert, who leads YouTube media partnerships & creative services teams, about how he's trying to convince TV brands that creators are investing in high production content just like some of the bigger streaming platforms - yet the resulting viewership and impact is even larger. Yet Albert acknowledged that he's fighting a perspective battle among traditional market...

Next in Marketing Vinny Rinaldi, Head of Media & Analytics at Hershey, the kind of marketer that has traditionally used TV advertising to reach - everybody. Over the the past few years the company has shifted a large majority of its spending to digital channels in search of more accountability. Yet the industry keeps throwing up more walled gardens - making this transition much more challenging.  ...

Next in Marketing spoke with Erica Patrick SVP, Director of Paid Social Media at Mediahub Worldwide about why platforms like Meta and Snap are suddenly struggling, thanks to Apple's new ID rules, and TikTok stealing everyone's thunder. Patrick also talked about the state of brand safety on social media, and whether marketers will ever be able to fully have control over where their ads run.   Guest...

Next in Marketing spoke with Adam Gerber, Executive Director, US Investment Strategy · GroupM and Mike Fisher, VP, Advanced TV & Audio at Essence about how they discovered that many streaming services were running tons of ads even after people's TV sets are turned off. It turns out that brands could be wasting millions of dollars sending ads to devices that no one is watching, even as the CTV ad m...

Next in Marketing spoke to Ryan Pauley Chief Revenue Officer at Vox Media on the contradictions he's seeing in the current ad market, and why some publishers might be struggling. Ryan also talked about why he thinks brands still haven't made a decision on a cookie alternative, and why the company is leaning in on some social platforms while potentially pulling back on others.   Guest: Ryan Pauley...

Next in Marketing spoke with Ed Davis President, Product & Operations at OpenAP about how the media venture - jointly owned by NBCUniversal, Paramount, Warner Discovery and others - has rolled out a series of news products, including a centralized data hub, an identity framework and a measurement tool - all aimed at helping marketers better target consumers, while reducing waste in their media spe...

Next in Marketing spoke with Radha Subramanyam, President and Chief Research and Analytics Officer, CBS about the importance of data fidelity in TV research, and why neither census-based or panel based solutions have all the answers. For example, Subramanyam talked about how existing methodologies may be undercounting HIspanic American audiences and other demographics that still access TV over the...

Next in Marketing spoke with two of the TV ad industry's leading advocates for change, Kelly Abcarian EVP, Measurement & Impact at NBCUniversal Media and Travis Scoles SVP, Advanced Advertising at Paramount. Both Abcarian and Scoles talked about how urgently brands need to shift their thinking when it comes to how they measure TV campaigns, and why legacy planning and modeling tools will soon be o...

Next in Marketing spoke with Brad Feinberg, NA VP of Media and Consumer Engagement at Molson Coors about how the beverage giant is grappling with trying to reach younger (21+) drinkers who are turning away from not just traditional TV but even live sports. Feinberg urged the biggest players in TV to make it easier to reach more targeting audiences across streaming platforms by working together- ra...

Next in Marketing chatted with Doug Rozen CEO of dentsu Media in the Americas, about the notion that some of the major ad holding companies may need to come to agreement on new standards and definitions in order to move advanced TV advertising forward. Specifically, Rozen theorized that the buy side may need to match the efforts of OpenAP, a joint venture between NBCUniversal, Paramount and others...

Next in Marketing spoke with Meg Ciarallo VP of Brand and Consumer Marketing at Bolt about how the well-funded retail tech startup is taking a DTC strategy to television advertising, and why she has little interest in discussions over upfront rates, GRPs and currency wars.   Guest: Meg Ciarallo Host: Mike Shields

Next in Marketing spoke with Amy Ginsberg Chief Investment Officer at Havas Media Group about the state of the video ad market, and the ongoing challenges stemming from fragmentation. Ginsberg is hoping that measurement and buying become much simpler and less siloed - but has doubts about how quickly that will become a reality. In the meantime Ginsberg talked about why she remains a somewhat reluc...