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If 20 years ago I told you that two reality stars from Fear Factor and the Apprentice were going to sit down for 3 hours in a recorded conversation with implications for our democracy, you’d think I was being dramatic. If I told you that same convo would earn more view time than anything else on TV except (maybe) the World Series on that weekend— and it would be something originating from a music app, yet viewed on a platform owned by a search engine—24 million times in the first 24 hours plus untold millions of views in social snippets and of course, the podcast— you would think I was speaking a different language. And that’s the point, perhaps. We are.
Yet, there will be some that continue to question the creator economy and hold it out as “not TV”.
Back then, you might think the concept of retail media related to coupons and your purchase behaviors and shopping data would have nothing to do with TV delivered over phone lines. In a new Retail Media Special Report out this week Mike Shields and Alan Wolk look at that cross-section.
And, if you were told only 20 years ago that there is an abundance of evidence of foreign powers hacking emails and phones of POTUS candidates, spending untold dark money across all media channels to openly and subversively attack the American democratic infrastructure and aim to turn on ourselves using bots and plots- would you be able to guess all that news takes a backseat with most Americans to…the Menendez brothers case?
Yet, here we are America. Some things, in some ways, never change.
It must be halloween week. Let’s focus on the treats.
So many goodies in the bag this week from Eleanor Semeraro, who used CreatorIQ to look at how Mormon Wives are driving engagement for Hulu on social platforms, broke down an MX8 Labs consumer survey on ad enjoyment for streaming services, and covered Madhive’s political CTV trends in local campaigns.
What’s more: Mike Shields thinks shoppable TV needs a reality check Tim Hanlon says 2025 will bring a reckoning to local TV, Alan Wolk gives his assessment of MIPCOM 2024, John Cassillo continues to break down NFL audiences and the cheap re-runs where you can reach them. Brandon Katz The Delicate Balance Of Streaming Demand Decay and so much more snackable facts to help you from analyst engineers at The Measure.
“Walk into splintered sunlight. Inch your way through dead dreams to another land. Maybe you're tired and broken. Your tongue is twisted with words half spoken and thoughts unclear. What do you want me to do; to do for you to see you through? A box of rain will ease the pain. And love will see you through” - Phil Lesh, RIP
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