Marketing

Media Briefing: Publishers put premium video behind the paywall to sell subscriptions

This week’s Media Briefing will look at why publishers including The Wall Street Journal, Fortune and Bloomberg are testing putting video behind the paywall to drive and retain subscriptions and adapt to shifting audience habits. Exclusive video becomes a subscription play A New York bill would require disclaimers on AI-generated news content, James Murdoch on

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The Competitive Signals Hiding Inside Social Ad Auctions

Most competitive intelligence is backward-looking. Earnings calls tell us what happened last quarter. Annual reports tell us where budgets went last year. Traditional competitive intelligence tools often focus on creative libraries, estimated spend or campaign archives. Useful? Yes. Actionable? Not always. By the time most marketers learn that a competitor has changed strategy, the market

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Political Advertisers Shouldn’t Have FOMO – They Can Customize Audiences Like Anyone Else

The world of political advertising is still a little old-school. First off, their fundraising methods still seem to be heavily reliant on generalized calls and texts. At least, that’s my assumption based on the number of desperate messages that politicians – and sometimes even their dogs – have sent me. TV is still the most

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