The Marketer’s Guide to Hispanic Millennials [REPORT]

The report, which analyzed a population of roughly two million Hispanic Millennial consumers and thirteen million non-Hispanic Millennial consumers, produced some interesting behavioral findings including brand preferences, social and mobile habits, auto buying trends, and the people that influence them to purchase.

The Rise of Supercharged Fandom

Show business has entered an unprecedented and exciting new era of engagement thanks to the ubiquity of social media and movie-loving Millennials. 

Annual Review of Football (Soccer) Finance 2017

The 26th edition of the Deloitte UK Sports Business Group’s publication returns to two familiar themes – the continuation of relentless revenue growth across Europe’s major leagues, in particular the Premier League, and the commitment of this money to spending on players via transfer fees and wages, again led by English clubs.

Why Millennial Talent Matters: A Music Industry Perspective

At Columbia Records, I had the chance to work with incredible talent. Adele. Beyoncé. Rachel Platten. One Direction. Passion Pit. Ruth B. The lifeblood of the music business is talent. It’s about discovering talent and then letting that talent connect with an audience. At the label, everyone, no matter how big or small their role, exhibited a real sense of pride about making an artist successful.  By Elliot Lum, head of talent acquisition at the ANA’s Educational Foundation

Mandala named EVP of Advertising Sales at Univision

Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) announced the appointment of Steve Mandala to President of Advertising Sales and Marketing, effective immediately. Mandala, who was most recently Executive Vice President of Advertising Sales, will remain based in New York and will report to Tonia O’Connor, Chief Revenue Officer.

How To Get Generation Z To Jump Onto Your Brand

If you’re a business owner and you’re not yet jumping onto the Generation Z bandwagon, you might want to reconsider. Made up of 84.7 million kids born between 1996 and 2010, there is no doubt that this generation has and will have enormous spending power, and it’s vital for businesses to figure out how to better serve this high-spending demographic.  

Brands are built in mindless moments

I’am not influenced by advertising. I make up my own mind what to buy’. How many times has one of your friends said this to you? Of course, they are 50 percent right and 50 percent wrong. They do make up their own minds but that decision is likely influenced by advertising along with a host of other forgotten contacts with the brand.  by Nigel Hollis

Few Americans Trust News from Social Media Sites and Apps [REPORT]

Broadcast news (52%) and Facebook (53%) continue to be top news sources for Americans, distantly followed by cable news (43%). Similar to previous waves, few trust news from social media sites and apps like Snapchat (11%), Twitter (14%) and Facebook (19%). Topping the list of sources most trusted, most Americans trust broadcast news (61%) and print newspapers (59%).

What Marketers Need to Overcome to Reach Digital Maturity

Inching toward digital maturity isn’t an easy path for most marketers. According to data from MIT Sloan Management Review, in collaboration with Deloitte, many executives and managers worldwide know there are steps their organizations need to take to increase their company’s digital maturity.

NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises and Mazda launch “¡Al Bate!”

NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises and Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) announced a premier multimedia advertising campaign that will introduce the all-new Mazda CX-5 to U.S. Hispanic audiences through “¡Al Bate!” (Batter Up!) – an eight episode, documentary style mini-series featuring former MLB player Ramiro Peña, who currently serves as an infielder for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Nippon Professional Baseball.

Reports of the Demise of Newspapers Were Greatly Exaggerated

June 30th marked the one-year anniversary of the dissolution of Newspaper National Network, LP (NNN) — formerly the sales and marketing arm of the newspaper industry.  As this date approached and subsequently passed without a powerful display of fireworks, it affirmed what I already knew — change happens, marketers adapt, new media solutions emerge and the newspaper industry is no longer headline news.

ANA Report on Media Transparency: One Year Later — The Breakdown

On the one-year anniversary of the Association of National Advertisers’ landmark study and subsequent recommendations on media transparency, it’s time to review the issues in this ongoing debate and see where we stand today.  The issues raised in the transparency debate are complex and dominated the advertising industry’s discourse in 2016.

Are Consultancies The Key To Unlock The Boardroom?

“Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore” is how Dorothy speculated she was probably a long way from home, and it’s arguably how the advertising industry is feeling right now. It’s no longer us against them for a brief — it’s us against them and the consultancies. It’s the talk of London as to

Media Transparency: One Year Later

The issues raised in the subsequent transparency debate are complex, and if the allegations against the agencies are true, the behavior is reminiscent of past high-profile financial scandals.  By Bob Liodice and Doug Wood

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