The spread of misinformation, disinformation and hate isn’t just a tech problem. It’s a business model problem. And advertisers must be part of the solution.
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OOH and social are natural allies, working together to bridge offline and online experiences.
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The figure is 1.4 percentage points ahead of previous forecast, driven predominately by search, social and online display. Cinema and digital audio also had a big Q1.
TV has earned trust because its numbers are verified, scrutinised and benchmarked. Social media? Not so much. Google needs to decide where YouTube stands.
BBC Studios’ senior vice-president of digital joins Jack Benjamin to discuss how the commercial arm is modernising its go-to-market strategy by cultivating fan communities and launching an ecommerce play.
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IPA study also found that a considerable proportion plan to take a break from social media.
The move towards advertising is a “natural evolution” of Substack’s business model. It could provide brands access to highly intentional audiences, but questions over brand safety are sure to be raised.
Real brand safety means choosing media environments, like news, that stop harmful content at source — not environments that brag about their clean-up operations.