ISO 27001: Raising the bar for data security and why it matters

Media Marketing Compliance achieves  ISO 27001 accreditation, reassuring agencies and clients that their data is being fully protected.

Origin Beta Trials commence with 35 ISBA members

ISBA has launched the Origin key testing phase with Origin’s Beta Trials comprising 35 major advertisers who will test real campaign data across YouTube, Meta and linear TV.

Audience Extension Networks – A Guide for Advertisers

MediaSense publishes its fourth guide in the Insight Series examining considerations and best practice for buying open web inventory via the major ad platforms and their Audience Extension Networks (AENs).

 

Principal-based media: Is the juice worth the squeeze?

By Nick Manning

Principal-based or Proprietary Media is a hot button for Procurement following the recent ANA study. In this article Nick Manning looks at the truth behind the headlines and provides guidance on how to calculate the value on offer.

 

 

The rise of retail media – and what that means for brands and retailers

By Colin Lewis 

Colin Lewis of Retail Media Works delves into retail media’s potential to usher a new era of digital advertising.

ISBA and MMC join forces to enhance transparency for UK advertisers

ISBA and Media Marketing Compliance (MMC) have announced a strategic partnership aimed at fostering greater transparency across the marketing supply chain.

How ARM platforms use AI and automation to revolutionise advertising activities

By Christoph Kruse

As more media moves in-house, procurement professionals must develop and implement a cohesive media procurement strategy that aligns with the company’s overall marketing goals. At the heart of this should be an ARM platform that reduces complexity.

 

Is corporate trade, often called barter, too good to be true or a no brainer”?

By John Charlesworth

John Charlesworth, Director of Client Relations at Active International explains how using corporate trade as a cost-free catalyst can address wider company challenges, without changing marketing budget, process, agency, or quality.

ANA Report: The Acceleration of Principal Media

Principal Media is increasing, and the ANA says it’s imperative that marketers understand the consequences. This new report provides detailed guidelines including the importance of the client/agency contract, the approval process, and auditing.

 

MediaSense 2025 report: 71% of brands believe organisational structure is the biggest blocker to transformation

Transformation journeys are still in their infancy, says Wave 6 of MediaSense Media 2025 Report, as it launches into its tenth year

Let’s get excited about audits

By Mark Andrews

It’s time to rethink attitudes to audits and the way we carry them out, says Mark Andrews, Senior Consultant at ID Comms.

Advertisers need to start asking agencies new questions

By Stephen Broderick

Financial auditing has had to evolve with the proliferation of digital channels to ensure agencies are keeping to the commercial terms of their advertiser contracts, says Stephen Broderick, CEO of Media Marketing Compliance.

The rise of ‘Proprietary Media’: how procurement should respond

By Nick Manning

With myriad choices in the modern media market, Chairman of Media Marketing Compliance (MMC) Nick Manning explores the landscape of channel and audience fragmentation, how to capitalise on opportunity and to minimise risk

In-housing set for rapid and continued growth at major multinationals, WFA research

According to a recent survey conducted by WFA and The Observatory International, 66% of brands now have in-house agencies, with 21% actively considering one.

ISBA’s Responsible Retail Media Framework

ISBA’s Responsible Retail Media Framework is an industry collaboration that will accelerate the UK’s retail media opportunity.

Media Transparency: light at the end of the tunnel?

By Nick Manning

Media Marketing Compliance (MMC) recently hosted a webinar chaired by Nick Manning on the subject of Media Transparency and whether it is improving in the light of recent market revelations, especially in the ‘Programmatic’ market.

Top 10 ideas for more sustainable media planning and buying

ECI Media Management reveal ten top tips to help advertisers and procurement deliver sustainable media planning and buying

Future of Media Agency Models: New research report from WFA and MediaSense shows change is coming

The traditional agency ecosystem is having to reinvent itself. New research shows an overwhelming proportion of major multinational brands looking to improve their agency model

The ANA Programmatic Study: How Procurement can provide the answers

By Nick Manning

The long-standing subject of media transparency bubbled back to the surface at this year’s Cannes Lions Festival, with the release of the latest study into the opacity and complexity of the online advertising market.

Marginal gains. Big wins.

By Tom Denford

Procurement needs to own the optimization opportunity to deliver more marketing value to the brands they serve. Tom Denford of ID Comms explains why ‘Cheap is good, but good is better’

 

In conversation: Balancing efficiency and effectiveness with MediaSense & Haleon

Since delivering a game-changing media strategy that prioritised effectiveness over efficiency, Simon Peel, VP of Global Media at Haleon, and Dan Brown, Director of Analytics at MediaSense, are starting to reap the rewards. Marketing Procurement iQ invited them to discuss their work and share their experience

WFA publishes Global Media Charter 3.0 calling for a fairer, safer, more transparent and more sustainable media ecosystem for global advertisers

Charter 3.0 builds on progress made in areas of brand safety and measurement and identifies five areas of priority covering competition, accountability, responsibility, sustainability, and people.

Should advertisers insist on programmatic being included in all audit programs?

By Nick Sparey

As the ANA releases a new update of the media contract template Nick Sparey of RAUS Global argues that marketing procurement have a pivotal role in ensuring there is accountability in media investment decision-making.

The quest for accountability in programmatic

By Keri Bruce 

With an unknown delta of 15% and the ANA launching a new study, what can advertisers do to stop wasting billions of dollars and funding an opaque ecosystem?

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