eMarketer forecasting analyst at Insider Intelligence Peter Vahle discusses the latest podcast deals and what the mean, how listenership is changing, and the state of podcast advertising. He then talks about the recent Unity and Snap mobile gaming partnership, YouTube's 15-second audio ads, and which sports Americans are currently most comfortable attending in-person.
Advancements in marketing tech and new data-collection tactics offer retailers ever-greater insights into the minds of their customers, but only to a certain degree. Accomplishing a level of personalization that will truly impact a company's bottom line isn’t easy nor straightforward. But it does require more investment in collecting the right data with the most effective tools, and then harnessing those findings for deep personalization.
Facebook's AI-driven automatic alt-text generator improves accessibility. That’s good for PR, and for the bottom line.
Advertisers, publishers, and their partners are now confronting changes to the infrastructure of platforms and devices that will have significant effects on how they do business.
Most of the avian-themed Privacy Sandbox proposals to date have been about ad targeting, but measurement will also be affected by the planned deprecation of third-party cookies in Chrome. Allyson Dietz, director of product marketing at Neustar, joins eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Nicole Perrin to discuss the measurement firm's PeLICAn proposal to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and explain what differential privacy means for ad measurement.
A dry Super Bowl: Coca-Cola will join Pepsi in holding off on running advertisements during the Super Bowl LV, after a tough year for the beverage giant.
A big day in Washington: Today's US inauguration proceedings will have news outlets and advertisers preparing for potential brand safety risks, despite an uptick in interest from brands around the ceremony.
Automotive digital ad spending will grow by 21.4% in 2021 to $13.29 billion, slightly below its pre-pandemic peak.
Apple considers a paywall for podcasts: The company is rumored to be ramping up its podcast portfolio with a new paid platform—a move that will help defend Apple's top spot as a preferred podcast platform.