Article
| Jan 31, 2025
On today’s podcast episode, we discuss Meta’s AI plans, the real story behind Snapchat’s growth, and how Pinterest has evolved. Tune in to the conversation with Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, Senior Editor of Briefings Daniel Konstantinovic, and Senior Analyst Minda Smiley. Listen everywhere and watch on YouTube and Spotify.
Audio
| Feb 24, 2025
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| Mar 18, 2025
Source: Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
YouTube is the preferred platform for podcasts, and Netflix wants in: Marketers must recognize podcasts aren’t audio-only to effectively reach consumers.
Article
| Feb 13, 2025
On today’s special edition podcast, we talk about how brands are rising to the challenge of finding the right influencers and creators for campaigns. Listen to the discussion with Senior Analyst, Minda Smiley, as she hosts N’Yaisha Aziz, Global Social Media Lead at Uber, and Rodney Mason, the Head of Marketing and Brand Partnerships at LTK. Listen everywhere and watch on YouTube and Spotify.
Audio
| Feb 22, 2025
On today’s podcast episode, we discuss the new challenges facing today’s CMO and how GenAI, and now AI agents, are transforming the job. Tune in to the conversation with Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, our Analyst Jacob Bourne, and the President of Zeta Global Steven Gerber. Listen everywhere and watch on YouTube and Spotify.
Audio
| Feb 21, 2025
Forecasts
| Sep 12, 2024
Source: ĢAV Forecast
On today’s podcast episode, we discuss the elements of the Lego flywheel, how its remained relevant across demographics, and what other brands and retailers can learn from its success. Listen to the conversation with our Senior Analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts Principal Analyst Sky Canaves and Senior Analyst Zak Stambor.
Audio
| Feb 19, 2025
Keeping Red Seat under Tubi instead of Fox News suggests that Fox sees streaming and digital distribution as the next frontier for news, commentary, and entertainment. Red Seat’s client list provides Fox with opportunities beyond politics.
Article
| Feb 10, 2025
Put another way, 11% of people's TV time, cable streaming, all of it, is spent watching YouTube. Evelyn, you said there's a bit of a milestone announced by YouTube as it pertains to TV versus mobile. Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf:. Oh, yes. Yeah. Neal Mohan just announced that TV now is the primary device from which YouTube watchers watch YouTube.
Audio
| Feb 18, 2025
"Sam's Club's in-store experience is really smooth, easy, and elegant thanks to technology," our analyst Zak Stambor said on a recent "Behind the Numbers: Reimagining Retail" podcast.
Article
| Feb 18, 2025
For example, video streaming viewers were not addressable for many years on subscription-only platforms. But every major platform has now introduced advertising to reach these audiences. The same is true with digital audio, albeit the ad-supported freemium model was favored there first before converting users to paid ad-free subscriptions. Canada is No. 2 worldwide for average daily time spent.
Report
| Jun 6, 2025
On today’s special edition podcast, we discuss the evolution of creator content, how content is migrating off social channels, brand partnerships and the implications of AI on content. Join Vice President and Principal Analyst, Jasmine Enberg as she hosts Nicole Weltman, Head of Social from Taco Bell, Bryan Reisberg, Creator, CEO, and Co-Founder of Little Chonk, and Sarah Crockett, Senior Vice President and CMO of DSW. Listen everywhere and watch on YouTube and Spotify.
Audio
| Feb 15, 2025
On today’s podcast episode, we discuss how marketers (and consumers) currently feel about brand safety, how publishers are trying to assuage brands’ concerns, and what comes after ‘brand suitability’. Tune in to the conversation with Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, our Senior Director of Briefings Jeremy Goldman, Vice President Paul Verna, and co-founder and CEO of Mobian Jonah Goodhart. Listen everywhere and watch on YouTube and Spotify.
Audio
| Feb 14, 2025
And those YouTubers are also now developing shows with a repeatable format that makes them more easily transferable to TV and streaming services. This year, I do expect that we'll see more Hollywood studios and streaming services go after creators. (20:04):. I wrote about this in our larger trends to watch report this year, but the success of Mr.
Audio
| Feb 13, 2025
On today’s podcast episode, we discuss what makes Sam’s Club stand out against Costco and BJ’s, why its retail media offering is unique, and where it might be falling short. Listen to the conversation with our Senior Analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts Principal Analyst Sarah Marzano and Senior Analyst Zak Stambor.
Audio
| Feb 12, 2025
Article
| Feb 11, 2025
On today’s podcast episode, we discuss what Gen Alpha are up to on social media, where they are about to migrate to, and what advertisers need to know about these young people. Tune in to the conversation with Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, Analyst Paola Flores-Marquez, and Vice President of Research Jennifer Pearson. Listen everywhere and watch on YouTube and Spotify.
Audio
| Feb 10, 2025
Other streaming services are very much audio-first. In this space, YouTube is uniquely video, which means a far richer potential ad experience. But YouTube Music is not yet a mature ad-supported service. The subscription side of the music business lags competitors, while an ad-supported tier is new to the US only. Live sports (low disruption). Key market dynamics.
Report
| Apr 2, 2025
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| Mar 5, 2025
Source: WARC; MarketingProfs
How SiriusXM plans to compete with Spotify: After a failed music streaming venture, the company is reinvesting in its car business.
Article
| Jan 30, 2025
“We’re trying to focus on DOOH (digital out-of-home), podcasting, and digital ܻ徱,” agreed Jason Adamski, director of IAB's media center. Meanwhile, commerce media advertisers are doubling down on streaming as they lean into the interconnection between retail and CTV, according to Shapo. Partnerships between these channels is welcome news for retailers.
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| Jun 25, 2025
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| Mar 3, 2025
Source: Canalys
That's the idea behind ad-supported tiers on streaming platforms. (21:18):. But the second thing is that consumers get served ads that are actually relevant to them and that might provide them with useful information when they make purchase decisions. And that's where consumers feel ignored.
Audio
| Feb 7, 2025
Google, Amazon, and Apple are all pushing further into conversational audio, advancing products like Alexa and Siri. “This basically puts together a perfect storm of conditions to grow an ad market really, really quickly,” said our analyst Max Willens, predicting these conversational assistants will seamlessly integrate sponsored content.
Article
| Jun 30, 2025