Next in Media

Next in Marketing spoke to Donna Speciale President Sales and Marketing at TelevisaUnivision about what's happening in the TV ad market as Nielsen faces a number of new challengers. Not only does Speciale question whether any one company will be able to claim the measurement mantle - she believes that TelevisaUnivision's Hispanic American audience is being severely undercounted - which is why the company is going it alone in building a proprietary Hispanic audience graph. Guest: Donna SpecialeHost: Mike Shields

Next in Marketing spoke with Sarah Iooss Head of Sales, Americas at Twitch about how the Amazon-owned property is helping brands like Pringles connect with fans of huge video games. Iooss talked about the different ways marketers can engage with popular gaming influencers,  and how Twitch is also seeing huge growth in viewership of live music, fine arts and even chess competitions. The result is a company with an audience that is consistently comparable to TV. Guest: Sarah IoossHost: Mike Shields

YuJung Kim, president of the animal focused media brand, spoke to Next in Marketing about the path from starting out as a Facebook centric brand to a company that produces content for Netflix, TikTok, Animal Planet and even a series of children's books. Guest: YuJung KimHost: Mike Shields

Next in Marketing spoke to Aaron Debevoise, founder and CEO of Spotter, a company that is paying YouTube stars hundreds of millions for the rights to their older videos. Creators like Mr. Beast are using this funding to launch ambitious new content ventures, including an initiative to clean the ocean of pollution. Meanwhile Spotter is packaging this still popular content up for TV advertisers looking for big reach. Guest: Aaron DebevoiseHost: Mike Shields

Todd Braverman Senior Vice President, WarnerMedia Portfolio Sales & Client Partnerships, talked about his company's experience in launching HBO Max with Ads over the past year, and how consumers have responded positively to its very customized, limited approach. Todd also spoke about the ongoing debate over whether TV needs a new ad currency - or currencies - as a slew of measurement upstarts look to challenge Nielsen Guest: Todd BravermanHost: Mike Shields

Next in Marketing speaks with Ari Lewine, co-founder and chief strategy officer at TripleLift about how his company is trying to help publishers make more out of their first party data. Lewine is surprised that so many advertisers have yet to explore any targeting alternatives, despite all the huge changes in digital identity. Lewine also talks about why he thinks Facebook's business model is taking such a hit, and what steps the company must take to regain its attribution mojo. Guest: Ari LewineHost: Mike Shields

Next in Marketing spoke to David Levy, CEO of OpenAP, a joint venture between NBCUniversal, ViacomCBS Fox and Discovery, about how the company is trying to help brands target audiences consistently across networks and platforms - and why he's worried that too many media companies are discounting consumer experience with ads as Connected TV explodes. Guest: David LevyHost: Mike Shields

Next in Marketing spoke to Action Network CEO Patrick Keane about the furious competition on search engines, social networks and in app stores to drive more downloads of the company's sports betting informational platform. Patrick also talked about what it was like when gambling became legal in New York earlier this year, which he likened to "Christmas, Hanukkah and New Years" combined. Guest: Patrick KeaneHost: Mike Shields

Scott Schiller spent a few decades on the sales side of the media business, including a long stint at NBCUniversal. Now he's focused on helping big advertisers navigate programmatic ad buying and particularly fast emerging platforms like Connected TV. Scott talked the current upheaval in TV measurement, and why it's unlikely we'll see a perfect replacement for Nielsen emerge. Guest: Scott SchillerHost: Mike Shields

This week on Next in Marketing, we spoke with Cara Pratt SVP Kroger Precision Marketing about the grocery giant's journey over the past few years in building out an ad business from scratch. The company, which boasts of stores in 35 states, has already delivered ads for 1300 brands. And its ace in the hole is that 95% of its customers also utilize in-store loyalty cards- allowing for true online to offline media measurement. Guest: Cara PrattHost: Mike Shields