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Welcome to Media Drive: The Toolkit for Modern Buyers Feature Image

Welcome to Media Drive: The Toolkit for Modern Buyers

If you work in media today, you know the landscape is shifting under our feet. Algorithms are black boxes. CPMs are volatile. The difference between a profitable campaign and a wasted budget often comes down to a fraction of a percentage point. Yet, finding reliable tools and clear, no-fluff analysis

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Traffic Report: 3 Hard Truths form the 2025 US Media Consumption Study Feature Image

Traffic Report: 3 Hard Truths form the 2025 US Media Consumption Study

Most industry reports are 30 pages of fluff to justify a consulting fee. We read the 2025 Attest Media Consumption Report so you don’t have to. If you are currently building flowcharts for Q3/Q4, the data shows a massive bifurcation in how age groups consume content. Here is

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Spotify Drops the Barrier to Audio: Gen AI & Programmatic Are Here Feature Image

Spotify Drops the Barrier to Audio: Gen AI & Programmatic Are Here

Audio advertising has historically had two massive friction points: high production costs and clunky, manual buying. Spotify just solved both with their new Generative AI tools that script and voice ads in seconds, coupled with a robust programmatic buying infrastructure. This means you can now test audio creative as fast

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2026 Media Trends: 3 Algorithmic Shifts That Will Break Your Plan Feature Image
Dentsu Media

2026 Media Trends: 3 Algorithmic Shifts That Will Break Your Plan

The days of "set it and forget it" programmatic buys are over. Here is the tactical intelligence you need to future-proof your next flowchart.

Traffic Report: Why Your "Demographic" Buy is Leaking Budget Feature Image
Nielsen

Traffic Report: Why Your "Demographic" Buy is Leaking Budget

If your 2025 strategy still relies on broad buckets like "Women 18-44" or "Men 25-54," you are likely wasting client dollars.

2025 US Media Consumption Study Feature Image
Attest Research

2025 US Media Consumption Study

Most industry reports are 30 pages of fluff to justify a consulting fee. We read the 2025 Attest Media Consumption Report so you don’t have to.

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Latest Podcasts

Programmatic Innovation in Live Sports with Andrew Casale and Megan Pagliuca at Marketecture Live Feature Image

Programmatic Innovation in Live Sports with Andrew Casale and Megan Pagliuca at Marketecture Live

Andrew Casale, CEO, Index Exchange, and Megan Pagliuca, Chief Product Officer, Omnicom Media Group, unpack how live sports and streaming are becoming more addressable through programmatic.


Disney's Bold OpenAI Bet and the WBD Battle Rages Feature Image

Disney's Bold OpenAI Bet and the WBD Battle Rages

Disney has taken the bold and risky step of licensing the use of 200 characters to OpenAI’s Sora. Meanwhile, who’s going to win the raging battle for Warner Bros. Discovery?


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