Following a year that saw the global advertising market contract by 5.8%, projections are more optimistic for 2021, with an expected 12.3% year-over-year growth. This is per a year-end report [download page] from GroupM which also estimates that internet advertising...
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How is the US Ad Market Projected to Fare This Year?
After a pandemic-induced contraction of 3.9% in 2020, the US advertising market is expected to rebound to 6.2% year-over-year growth this year. So says a year-end report [download page] from GroupM, which also forecasts that this year internet advertising will account...
Not All Traditional Media Expected to Bounce Back Next Year
Cinema, out-of-home (OOH) and print are just some of the ad types whose investment has been hit hard this year, according to WARC’s latest report [download page] on global ad trends for 2020/21. By all accounts, cinema has taken a hard hit as a result of the COVID-19...
[New Report] US Media Audience Demographics: 7th Annual Edition
Media time is an essential element of American life. But life has been anything but routine this year. The 7th annual US Media Audience Demographics report poses the question: who's listening to, reading, or watching what? Now more than ever, access to this knowledge...
Traditional Media Ad Prices Deflate in Q3
Highlighting the shift towards digital media, global traditional media ad prices shrunk by 6% in the third quarter of 2020, while online media costs have inflated by just short of 4% in the same period, per a report from ECI Media Management. With COVID-19 hastening...
Advertisers Reportedly Spent As Much on Facebook as on Radio and Print Combined in Q2
In the second quarter of 2020, nearly one-quarter (22%) of US ad spend was invested in paid social, with more than half of that spend being put toward advertising on Facebook. Indeed, Facebook's share of total ad spend for Q2 was equal to that of radio, magazine and...
What Do Marketers See As the Long-Term Impacts of COVID-19 on Media and Ad Investment?
More than six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the short-term impact it has had is quite clear. But what about the future? What sort of long-term impact do marketers think the pandemic will have on media and advertising? Here’s what a report [download page] from...
Do Consumers and Marketers Align in Their Advertising Channel Preferences?
When it comes to advertising, consumers and advertisers often have very different goals. While advertisers strive to grab even a fragment of the consumer’s attention in an increasingly noisy landscape, consumers are looking to experience various forms of media with...
US Online and Traditional Media Advertising Outlook, 2020-2024
PwC has released its latest annual Global Entertainment & Media Outlook report, a comprehensive study that contains projections for online and offline media advertising markets through 2024. [Editor’s note: If you’re interested in media trends, the 6th annual...
More Than Half of Global Ad Spend Forecast to Be Spent on Digital Media This Year
Digital advertising is expected to account for more than half (51%) of total global ad spend for the first time this year, amid a forecast decline in global advertising investment of 9.1%. A new forecast [press release] from Zenith Media shows that, while this...
Data Hub: Coronavirus and Marketing [Updated]
Let's take an updated look at how marketers and consumers are dealing with this crisis. The below is a curated list of data that we've gathered in recent weeks, but with news about the global spread of the coronavirus and its effects on consumers and businesses...
Here’s How COVID-19 Is Expected to Impact Global Ad Spending This Year
Prior to the global outbreak of COVID-19, the total global investment in advertising for 2020 was forecast to grow by 7.1% year-over-year (y-o-y). But 6 months into the year and with the pandemic changing everything from customer behavior to marketing and advertising...

3 in 4 Want to See Female Empowerment in Ads
But… the types of categories where they see an impact from these ads are based in stereotypes.

Execs Recognize Importance of Digital CX but Struggle in Some Areas
Only 1 in 3 are very confident that they have a fully-detailed understanding and/or map of each customer’s digital journeys.

Music & Audio App Downloads Declined in the US Last Year
The number of Radio app downloads also declined in the US, bucking the global trend.

Alcoholic Drink Brands Buck Ad Spending Trends, Invest More in TV Than Digital
At a time when more advertisers are allocating the bulk of their spending to digital, not every sector is following...

Viewers of YouTube Influencer Videos Report Impact of Endorsements
About two-thirds (67%) of 13-24-year-olds who watch online videos say they are watching more digital video because of...

Which Digital Platforms Are Marketers Upping Their Spend on This Year?
More than 9 in 10 marketers plan on investing in online video and mobile this year, with a majority planning to invest...