A homemade song drew creator remixes, thousands of comments and millions of views—without any ad spend from the soda brand. Principal-based media buying—when a media agency purchases ad inventory in ... Despite the name, Publicis Health Media CEO Andrea Palmer says she barely considers the firm to be a media agency.

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Beyond the traditional media agency services that clients may have come to expect, ... The new Omnicom, post-merger with Interpublic Group, is set to become “the largest supplier” of media buying in the UK agency sector, outstripping WPP’s share of media spend, according to the ... The Drum: Publicis takes Microsoft from Dentsu and underlines where media buying is heading Publicis takes Microsoft from Dentsu and underlines where media buying is heading Ad Age: Principal-based media buying—how agencies can move away from the controversial model Digiday: Media agencies test AI planning agents, while edging toward buying tools Principal media buying, once a shadowy practice, is now well and truly center stage. The recent revelation that Meta is now offering this "service" to agencies is kind of like the straw that broke the ...

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