Next in Media

TIME President, Keith Grossman, broaches how the news industry is being forced to rethink how best to get information out to a public that is divided on politics, as well as public health. Additionally, Cyrus Krohn, Senior Vice President, Business Development at consumer intelligence research platform, CivicScience, shares how his company is helping publishers adjust to being in the first-party data business, while preparing for future privacy regulations.Guests: Keith Grossman, Cyrus KrohnHost: Mike ShieldsProducer: Kenya Hayes

Lisa Valentino, Executive Vice President, Client and Brand Solutions at Disney Advertising Sales, doesn’t think the TV upfront is dead, but Disney - owner of traditional TV networks like ABC and ESPN - is pushing further than ever into programmatic ad selling and data in a way that would have been unimaginable a few years ago. Valentino’s team is borrowing tactics from Hulu, including self-serve ad buying, which she believes will open up the TV business to a much broader array of advertisers. According to Valentino, they’ve seen a thousand new clients come to Disney through programmatic channels.Guest: Lisa ValentinoHost: Mike ShieldsProducer: Kenya Hayes

According to Sandie Hawkins, GM of US Global Business Solutions at TikTok, as ratings for linear TV shows decline, the social video platform is delivering TV-sized audiences "every single day”. We talked to Hawkins about why she thinks that TikTok's reach, coupled with the emotional response so many creator videos generate, should position the company to compete for TV ad budgets soon. Hawkins says the key is getting measurement up to par on TikTok, which has only been actively selling ads for about two years, but is enjoying huge demand increases due to the pandemic.Guest: Sandie HawkinsHost: Mike ShieldsProducer: Kenya Hayes

Pinterest's Chief Revenue Officer, Jon Kaplan, discusses the company's evolution from serving as a platform built mostly for product discovery to becoming a full-fledged shopping vehicle - and how over time that may encroach on Amazon's territory. Kaplan gives insight into interesting and unexpected consumer use cases Pinterest discovered during the Pandemic, and highlights how the company is turning its unique brand of customer intelligence into a product to help marketers get ahead of trends.Guest: Jon KaplanHost: Mike ShieldsProducer: Kenya Hayes

David Jones, Founder and CEO of You & Mr Jones believes the traditional ad agency model is in serious trouble, as evidenced by the recent massive drops in valuation among the world's largest ad agency holding giants - even if these companies are claiming publicly that their recent performance dips are a temporary result of the pandemic. Naturally, Jones sees his company's 'brand tech' approach as offering a better model for marketers - and he's raised $60 million in funding and landed at a $1.36 billion valuation to back up his bet. Guest: David Jones, Founder & CEO, You & Mr JonesHost: Mike ShieldsProducer: Kenya Hayes

Aaron Braxton, Vice President, Head of Business Intelligence at Complex Networks talks about how even as his company is eyeing industry-wide attempts at replacing the cookie, such as the Trade Desk's Unified ID initiative, publishers need to start taking audience intelligence into their own hands. In Complex's case, that's included recruiting a 30,000 member digital panel of enthusiasts, which helps inform the company's editorial team while helping bring in more brand partnerships. But, as Braxton discusses, it's going to take a lot more investment in data science for publishers to maintain their ability to track the impact of ad spending long term.Guest: Aaron BraxtonHost: Mike ShieldsProducer: Kenya Hayes

Adweek’s Programmatic Editor, Ronan Shields discusses the many enormous changes set to rock digital advertising in 2021 and beyond - and how the biggest tech companies are looking to shape the web in their image. Namely, according to Shields, Google is trying to preserve its power as the most powerful ad targeting machine in the world, while Apple is looking to assert its influence under the veil of privacy. Meanwhile, the rest of the ad ecosystem is simply trying to hang on.Guest: Ronan ShieldsHost: Mike ShieldsProducer: Kenya Hayes

Terry Kawaja, CEO and Founder of LUMA Partners and Dave Morgan, CEO and Founder of Simulmedia kick off Season 2 of Next in Marketing with their take on the state of the ad economy in 2021, including predictions on where the industry is headed post-Covid. The two executives didn't hold back in assessing the sudden ad tech resurgence on Wall Street, as well as the prospects of the giant ad agency holding companies and whether breaking up big tech companies will make any difference.Guests: Terence Kawaja & Dave MorganHost: Mike ShieldsProducer: Kenya Hayes

2020 was a year of massive change in the digital advertising ecosystem, with Apple in particular making headlines around its iOS 14 plans to limit the use of IDFA. Earlier this year during a live session at TechCrunch Disrupt, AppFlyer’s US President, Brian Quinn and Sparrow Advisers’ Principal and Co-founder, Ana Milicevic broke down the ramifications of Apple's big announcement.Guest: Brian Quinn and Ana MilicevicHost: Mike ShieldsProducer: Kenya Hayes

Longtime Digiday Editor-in-Chief and Founder of The Rebooting, Brian Morrissey digs into which advertising and media trends from the wild year that was 2020 will stick, and which won't have much lasting impact in the new year. Despite all the privacy updates and regulation, he believes that brands and ad tech companies will always find a way to adapt. Brian also discusses the parallels he sees in the recent fallout in digital publishing and the various business model pivots that industry has seen and the still-saturated DTC brand sector.Guest: Brian MorrisseyHost: Mike ShieldsProducer: Kenya Hayes