Reducing AI Risk in Political Advertising
Efforts to reduce risks posed by artificial intelligence in political advertising expose deeper flaws in electoral advertisement regulation, says American Enterprise Institute (AEI) nonresident senior fellow Bronwyn Howell.
InFOCUS Podcast Encore: Comscore’s CEO
In late August, RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson addressed the depressed stock price with Comscore CEO Jon Carpenter, asking him directly about continued quarterly losses and the sub-$1 performance for "SCOR" seen since May 15. Should investors be concerned? No, he said in a wide-ranging interview. LISTEN HERE
MRI-Simmons: Advertising En Español Matters To Latinos
It's a matter of respect. That's the takeaway from newly released research from MRI-Simmons that says Hispanics, regardless of language preferences, believe anuncios en español are representative of appreciation and thoughtfulness to the U.S. Latino consumers.
Public Speaking by the Numbers
In this column from Rosemary Ravinal, "a potpourri of numbers about oral communication" is offered. Some underscore just how important public speaking is to humanity, she says. "Sort through this assortment and see where you can put some of these lessons into practice to improve your own speaking."
Are Radio, TV Effective Media Advertising Platforms?
Borrell Associates on Thursday followed up its Tuesday webinar on local ad buying trends with a look at Media Advertising Effectiveness by rank for 2023. Guess what? There's good news for broadcast television ... and somewhat decent news for over-the-air radio, too.
The InFOCUS Podcast: Borrell On 2024 Local Ad Buying
In this InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, we are pleased to share the "big a-ha" takeaways from Tuesday's Borrell webinar offering details from its 2024 local ad buyers survey. They reaffirm the forecasts that point to 2024 being a strong year — with traditional media performing well. LISTEN HERE
A Plan To Bring ‘Dynamic Creative’ to Broadcast Radio
Media workflow software provider vCreative has partnered with Frequency, an audio ad management platform, to give radio broadcasters what it calls "next-generation tools to produce, manage, and deliver contextually-relevant ad creative in radio."
Twenty ‘History-Making’ Women In The News Honored
WMC’s “Women of Color in U.S. News Leadership 2023” focuses on women in legacy print and broadcast news as well as the fast-growing digital news sphere and details their approaches for creating more inclusive newsrooms, expanding definitions of news, attracting new audiences, and, consequently, increasing the bottom line.
TV Predicted To ‘Return To Growth’ In 2024, Says dentsu
Following two consecutive years of declining ad spend, TV is predicted to return to growth in 2024. But, is Connected TV fueling that forecast from dentsu?
Be Yourself. It Fuels Authenticity In Public Speaking
How do you integrate the concept of authentic voice and personality into your communication style? How does it affect your ability to establish a genuine connection with your audience? How does it elevate your leadership stature? Public speaking coach Rosemary Ravinal has some ideas to share.
A ‘Commingled Identity Solution’ from VideoAmp
A proprietary commingled Identity (ID) product that integrates "best-in-class identity assets" from multiple providers into one graph has been released by the company.
Marketers Express Optimism Over 2024 Business Trends
WARC's annual survey of 1,400+ marketers across the world, which explores broader marketing thinking on budgets, media channels, measurement and investment plans, has yielded a key insight that could encourage broadcast media leaders. Some 61% of marketers expect business to be better in 2024.
Consumer Ad Avoidance: A Podcast, Streaming and Live TV Problem
The Nielsen 2023 Consumer Survey Report was distributed last week, and the results, based on some 3,000 consumers across the U.S. conducted earlier in 2023, yielded a sentiment about advertisements that undoubtedly deserves the attention of media industry C-Suite executives and CMOs alike.
How To Craft the Perfect Holiday Speech
"You can't afford to wing it no matter if you are the boss, a department head, or a team leader charged with delivering the remarks," public speaking coach Rosemary Ravinal says about holiday speeches and toasts. Here are ways to craft the perfect holiday speech that she says will leave your colleagues feeling warm and festive.
Intent to Use Addressable TV Advertising Surging
A new report from a non-profit trade organization dedicated to raising awareness of and advancing the growth of addressable TV advertising shares that the intent to use addressable TV advertising among non-users has doubled in the last two years.













