TikTok, the platform rife with controversy but loaded with ad budgets, wants to be a marketplace. The company is striving to make it easier for users to make purchases on TikTok, courting advertisers with shopping advertising inventory and ambitions to expand its live-shopping capabilities, like the kind already popular in China. “They’re going to become a store,”
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Marketers are seeking quick turnarounds, shortened timelines and even more flexibility this fourth quarter, according to agency execs who say that while that’s typical of this time period, the pressure is heightened this year given the economic uncertainty. “Flexibility has been key and it’s only getting more so,” said Stacey Stewart, chief marketplace officer for
Insider’s video strategy shift to focus on longer form series seems to be paying off. Insider is making more money than last year from its videos on its website and is seeing particular growth from direct-sold video ads, where advertisers commit to spend a certain amount and buy ads across Insider’s owned & operated and
Madison Avenue isn’t sold on Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter Inc. Advertisers are concerned about the billionaire’s plans to soften content moderation and what they say are potential conflicts of interest in auto advertising, given that he is chief executive of Tesla Inc., say people familiar with the situation. … Some ad buyers said Twitter
Elon Musk’s Twitter bio now reads “Chief twit.” Right below that is a cheeky video of Musk strolling through the social media giant’s San Francisco headquarters for the first time as the company’s prospective boss. “Let that sink in,” Musk wrote in a tweet accompanied by a video of him lugging a porcelain sink through
Adidas, you may want to pay attention. Recent research from IPG’s UM media agency found that socially conscious brands that advertise on media that share the same values generate a much higher level of purchase intent from consumers. Conversely, brands that don’t prioritize traits such as integrity, equity and sustainability can’t make up for it
Data privacy looms large in the minds of consumers, as it relates to advertising and marketing. In fact, 74% claim to “highly value” their data privacy and will reward brands that responsibly manage their information. That’s the headline statistic being shared in “The Person Behind the Data,” a recent study from IPG’s MAGNA Media Trials
UM, the global media agency network of IPG Mediabrands, today released its groundbreaking “Future Impact” study, which highlights the importance of socially responsible practices and values — including integrity, equity and sustainability — on consumer decision making, with consumer purchase intent more than doubling when socially conscious brands engage advertising media partners that share common
Let’s be clear: The advertising market has hit a rough patch amid the broader economic downturn. But that hit has not necessarily been a full-on body blow. “We’re seeing some shifts [in advertisers’ spending] but not necessarily dramatic cuts,” said UM Worldwide’s U.S. chief marketplace officer Stacey Stewart in the latest episode of the Digiday Podcast. To
Last year, the inaugural Mediaweek 100 created debate within the industry about people ranked too high, too low, people who shouldn’t be on it and others who missed out. After the success of last year’s countdown, the list is expanding with the Agency 50, compiled and edited by Mediaweek’s Greg ‘Sparrow’ Graham – who was
