Ad revenue in the US is set to grow in 2024. So pour one out for 2023 – and try not to make the same mistake as last year. Despite a more-than-decent ad market in 2023, media executives nearly manifested a recession out of fear that one was coming, according to professional advertising prognosticator Brian Wieser.
If you’re a marketer who wants to hear a comforting bedtime story about how brand marketing will endure during the impending recession, you’re not going to get it from Sir Martin Sorrell. The conventional thinking goes that if companies maintain their investment in brand marketing to stay top-of-mind, even when the going gets tough, they’ll be […]
If revenue falls in the metaverse, does it make a sound? For the first time in Meta’s history, it reported a year-over-year decline in total revenue, down 1% in the second quarter, to $28.8 billion – missing analyst estimates of $28.94 billion.
Vivoom, a Boston-based mobile ad platform focused on user-generated ad campaigns, closed its operations on Wednesday, a victim of the pandemic economy. The company’s website is no longer live. Vivoom CEO and cofounder Katherine Hays relayed news of the shutdown in an email sent to clients and partners yesterday. “Despite our amazing partners, peers, advisors […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Michael Lehman, senior vice president, head of global supply at TripleLift. Prior to the first report of the coronavirus in late December, many had speculated for the better part of […]
The Big Story is a breezy podcast featuring a roundtable of AdExchanger editors talking about the biggest stories from the past week. It is available wherever you subscribe to podcasts. The IAB’s Annual Leadership summit wrapped this week and increasingly, the show has moved to focus on DTC companies like ThirdLove, the startup underwear brand […]
