Last year, the very foundation on which television advertising is bought and sold–Nielsen’s rating metrics–started to crumble. Following months of controversy and client outrage, the Media Rating Council pulled Nielsen’s national and local TV accreditation last September after the measurement company admitted it had undercounted TV viewership following its inability to maintain the integrity of…
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In 2020, like our personal and professional lives, everything about the TV upfront changed. The combined impacts of the pandemic and the shift away from linear television to streaming have primed the industry for change. Or it certainly felt that way, as many believed we would see a rethink of how tens of billions of…
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For better or worse, American foods have a tendency to find their way to the far corners of the earth, which is why steak-flavored Doritos are popular in Europe and South Koreans give tins of Spam as gifts. But if there’s a notable exception to the tradition of America exporting all of its treats, it’s…