Digital
So why does digital still lag traditional media from a marketing effectiveness POV?
It feels like all we do is spend time with digital media - social, apps, online browsing, streaming etc. So why does digital still lag traditional media from a marketing effectiveness POV? By Kevin Goodwin - SVP of Strategy & Growth @ New Engen
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises Chairman Urges Google CEO to Address YT Issues Impacting U.S. Hispanic Audiences
Given the ongoing carriage dispute between NBCUniversal and YouTube TV, Telemundo, a division of NBCUniversal, faces the possibility of being removed from the platform. This would deprive millions of Latino and Hispanic viewers of access to essential news, sports, and entertainment.
2025 Outlook Study September Update: A Snapshot of the Latest Ad Spend Trends, Opportunities, and Strategies for Growth [REPORT]
The IAB 2025 Outlook Study: September Update is a follow-up to the initial January 2025 release, providing an updated snapshot of projected ad spend, opportunities, and challenges for 2025. It provides revised market- and channel-level forecasts for 2025, plus insights into how buyers expect the imposed/proposed tariffs to affect ad spend.
Gen Z Sees AI Automating 20% of Their Future Full-Time Jobs but Are Confident in Ability to Adapt to AI Advancements in Their Field
Half of Generation Z (Gen Z) interns expect 20% of their jobs to be automated by AI when they start full-time roles, but 92% are confident in their ability to adapt to AI advancements in their fields, according to a new survey from KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm.
TelevisaUnivision Launches “Do the Right Thing Google” Campaign to Challenge Discriminatory Practices
TelevisaUnivision, the world’s leading Spanish-language media company, today announced the launch of its nationwide advertising campaign, “Do the Right Thing Google.” The campaign calls attention to Google’s YouTube TV and its plan to discriminate against Hispanic viewers by removing Univision from its main programming bundle on September 30. YouTube TV will force millions of Hispanic viewers to pay an 18% premium – a “Hispanic tax” – to maintain access to trusted Spanish-language news, sports, and entertainment.
2025 Hispanic Content Report – Available for download for FREE
HispanicAd offers its annual report on key Content, Data & Social usage strategies, along with the importance of using Data strategies to engage the US Hispanic Consumer.
State of Digital Advertising 2025: US Ad Spend Hits $137 Billion [REPORT]
US digital ad spend hit $137 billion in 2025, with impressions climbing to over 16 trillion. Brands across industry are sharpening their strategies as trends around AI, retail media, and more continue to reshape the future of the industry.
How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society [REPORT]
Artificial intelligence tools are now playing a role in many aspects of life and society, spanning politics, the arts, work and beyond. While Americans express some openness to AI’s potential benefits, they’re concerned about its impact on some human abilities, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
53% of Consumers Distrust AI-Powered Search Results
Fifty-three percent of consumers distrust or have a lack of confidence in the reliability and impartiality of AI search and summaries, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company. This concern is reflected in user frustration, with 41% of consumers reporting that generative AI overviews make the search process more frustrating than traditional search methods.
Hispanic Consumers Overindex on Streaming Consumption Versus Rest of U.S. [REPORT]
Hispanic consumers are leading the way when it comes to consumption of streaming content, a new Nielsen report finds. In fact, streaming drives 55.8% of total TV time for Hispanic viewers, surpassing the 46% for the rest of the U.S. Furthermore, Hispanic audiences outpaced general U.S. viewership of streaming services YouTube, Netflix and Disney, that same report found.
2025 State of AI in Social Media Study, Unveiling 96% of Professionals Use AI Daily
Metricool, a global social media management platform, released its 2025 State of AI in Social Media Study, revealing that 96% of social media professionals now use AI tools in their social media workflows, with 72.5% relying on them daily. The findings underscore how AI has become a core tool in the day-to-day work of social media managers, marketers, creators, and agencies.
Brian Fisher Elevated to Chief Revenue Officer at MediaCo
MediaCo Holding Inc.announced the promotion of Brian Fisher to Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). In this role, Fisher will lead revenue-generating functions across the portfolio, including national and local sales for linear, audio, events, and digital.
Canela Media’s Data Science Team Takes Home Digiday Technology Award
Canela Media, a leading technology and innovation multicultural media company, announced that its Data Science Team has been recognized in the category of Best Data Team in the 2025 Digiday Technology Awards. The Digiday Technology Awards reflect the rapid evolution of digital marketing, where AI-powered personalization, omnichannel programmatic strategies and privacy-first approaches are driving innovation.
AI Is a Growth Engine, Not a Cost Cutter
Generative AI has the potential to transform marketing—not just by making existing processes faster or cheaper, but by enabling entirely new kinds of creativity, deeper connections, and new services for consumers that were never before possible. But if AI is viewed only as a way to cut costs and reduce headcount, we will choke off the far greater opportunity: to fuel growth, creativity, and innovation that benefit both sides of the client/agency partnership.
The State of GenAI Adoption 2025
Ultimately, when it comes to AI, the tech is the easy part. Leadership and change management are the hard bits. Navigating these tidal waves of AI requires strong leadership and a focused approach to change management to foster a culture of experimentation, manage risk, and redefine the agency’s value proposition for the AI era.
AI and the future of multicultural market segmentation
Are AI tools inclusive? We're halfway through 2025 and one thing is undeniable: AI is no longer on the horizon, it is in the room. For the market research industry, this has come faster than most expected. What felt like an existential threat just a year ago is now transforming how researchers approach everything from segmentation to recruitment to data analysis. By Mario X. Carrasco
AI vs. mani-pedis
By Gonzalo López Martí - Creative Director I was hanging out with a group of colleagues. Naturally, we ended up playing the #1 parlor game of 2025: what jobs will survive the march of AI? “Manicurist”, pondered half-jokingly a friend with a decade-long career in the market research realm. She’s onto something.
Content Creators vs Influencers – Similarities and Differences
Although it seems like anybody with a smartphone can be an influencer or a content creator, it takes a lot of time and talent to promote brands online. And, by the way, content creators and influencers are actually two different things.
AI Is Giving Spanish a New Voice — A Creative Experiment by Four Cats.
Creative team Four Cats, founded by Alena and Vicent Llopis, introduces “The Sound of Spanish Through AI”, an AI-generated video that captures the emotional richness of Spanish as spoken across different countries, cultures, and accents.
