Daily time spent with both traditional and digital media is in a slight decline worldwide, marking an end to the rapid digital acceleration of the past few years, according to the 13th edition of our Global Media Intelligence Report, which features insights from a GWI survey of media and device usage across 47 countries. “These aren’t fundamental drops,” said Jason Mander, GWI’s chief research officer. But waning media engagement marks a shift in the way consumers are responding to their social and economic environments.
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| Nov 3, 2023
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Source: Guideline (formerly Standard Media Index (SMI)
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Source: Guideline (formerly Standard Media Index (SMI)
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Source: Guideline (formerly Standard Media Index (SMI)
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Source: Guideline (formerly Standard Media Index (SMI)
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Source: Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB)
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Source: Magna Global
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Source: International Data Corporation (IDC); Sprinklr
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Source: International Data Corporation (IDC); Sprinklr
Controversial Apple ad leads to rare apology: Bold campaigns are fine; alienating your core audience of creatives is not.
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| May 10, 2024
Our take: In a sense, Apple is using its theatrical releases more as marketing for Apple TV+ than for box-office profit, unlike traditional studios, whose success depends on box-office earnings.
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| Mar 8, 2024
Threads struggles to engage Gen Z: Meta faces challenge against the dominant TikTok.
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| Aug 5, 2023
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Source: Harris Williams
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| Aug 6, 2024
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Source: PwC; Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB)
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Source: PwC; Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB)
Regardless of age, 75% of consumers said direct mail made them aware of products and 60% said it helped them remember products and services when it’s time to make a purchase—compared to just 44% for digital ads. In a digital world, the physical stands out: Perhaps because they’re inundated daily with digital communications, 55% of consumers pay more attention to direct mail than they do digital ads.
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| Jun 25, 2024
Off-site and on-site display ad spending will each more than double over the next five years.
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| Jun 24, 2024
On today's podcast episode, we discuss who's leading the ad-supported vs. ad-free video streaming race, how much money is coming from both avenues, and how streaming will differ from (and look the same as) cable in a few years. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Ross Benes.
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| Jun 10, 2024
On today's podcast episode, we discuss the reasons that retailers are launching new store formats, what those layouts look like in the US vs. the UK, which ones are working, and which ones are not. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analysts Carina Perkins and Zak Stambor.
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| Jun 12, 2024
WBD shelves 'Coyote vs. Acme' for tax break, igniting industry controversy: Raises ethical questions about prioritizing finance over creativity.
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| Nov 16, 2023
The news: Two cases coming to the US Supreme Court this week could reshape online speech and content moderation as it applies to Big Tech and social media apps, per CNN. Gonzalez vs. Google: The case seeks to hold Google’s YouTube liable for a woman’s death in 2015 due to a terrorist attack.
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| Feb 22, 2023
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| Jun 4, 2024
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