The Media Leader Podcast
Late last month, a group of six magazine publishers – Bauer, Future, Hearst UK, Hello!, Immediate and Time Out – launched Atria, a single marketplace through which advertisers can engage with the combined reach of those publishers’ brands, equivalent to about 33m consumers.
The effort is powered by publisher-owned first-party data. It is hosted by the audience platform Permutive.
Cath Waller is the managing director of advertising at Immediate Media. She is also the chair of PPA Magnetic, part of the Professional Publishers Association, the trade body for publishers.
A leading voice behind the Atria effort, Waller sat down with host Jack Benjamin to discuss the marketplace’s launch and its potential next steps.
The pair also discussed the current state of magazine publishing, and the headwinds and tailwinds facing Immediate.
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Highlights
2:43: The launch of Atria: how it works and how it came together
10:12: “The industry is where it is”: Magazine media is disinvested and publishers are under pressure
15:25: The value of trusted editorial and a cleaner supply chain
20:41: Future-facing goals
26:59: How to handle AI? Embracing innovation as AI search reduces traffic
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