audio advertising

It can be hard to measure the effect of advertising on in-person sales. Men’s Wearhouse partnered with measurement agency Ovative to see what was working.

Take a moment to think about how your day sounds. Maybe you start with the sound of your alarm, followed by a quick news briefing from your smart speaker while you scroll through emails. Your favorite podcast keeps you company during your commute. Your to-go playlist helps you get in the zone at the gym.

Wondercraft’s new tool generates and revises audio content via natural language prompting, without the need for advanced technical skills.

On Wednesday, AI-powered audio intelligence platform Sounder launched a new version of its brand suitability and contextual targeting tool for podcasts that can understand the nuances of Spanish-language audio content.

Audio platforms that solve identity challenges are gaining an edge, winning new advertisers and driving stronger returns. As digital audio matures, the ability to understand who’s listening is becoming just as important as what they’re listening to. Digital audio is evolving fast. What was once a niche channel of host-read sponsorships and direct buys has […]

After six months of pilot testing with The Trade Desk, Spotify launched its ad exchange on Wednesday and added new supply and demand partners to the mix.

Chris Epple, JBL’s VP of marketing, on why TikTok is the brand’s new favorite jam – including to generate sales – and how JBL measures what he calls “quality social engagement.”

For programmatic podcast advertising to really take off, buyers want the same assurances they’re used to on other channels, including brand safety controls and effective targeting. It’s a process, says Lizzie Widhelm, SVP of ad innovation at SiriusXM-owned SXM Media.

Spotify is all about audio, obviously. But video advertising is a strategic priority for the audio streaming service. Emma Vaughn, Spotify’s senior director of advertising business development and partnerships, explains why.

Podcast listeners bear a striking resemblance to CTV audiences. The majority (62%) of weekly podcast listeners regularly stream ad-supported content, according to research from Acast, a podcast monetization and distribution platform.

Gayle Troberman, iHeartMedia’s CMO, talks up iHeart’s programmatic advertising ambitions and the power of audio to engage – in some cases even more deeply than video. Also in this episode: Lessons learned from 16 years as Microsoft’s chief creative officer.

A weekly comic strip from AdExchanger.com that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem…   Happy July 4! This classic AdExchanger comic was originally published on June 22, 2018.

From “hear” to cookieless eternity. On Monday, SXM Media, the combined sales organization that includes Pandora, Stitcher and SiriusXM, launched AudioID, an identity solution powered by its supply-side platform, AdsWizz.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Card-Carrying Commerce Advertisers have a new card to play in the push for interactivity and accountability in audio advertising. Spotify announced a new commerce-focused ad unit called (wait for it) Call-to-Action or CTA Cards. This new format inserts a clickable display ad into […]

Sometimes, capturing a shopper’s heart and mind involves their ears. On Thursday, Place Exchange, a supply-side platform for out-of-home inventory, said it will start facilitating programmatic audio-based ad buys in grocery and drug stores through its partnership with Quotient, a digital ad services platform for retailers. The audio inventory will come courtesy of InStore Audio […]

Rewarded video is a staple of mobile game monetization. So why isn’t rewarded audio a thing? That’s the question Amit Monheit, now the CEO and founder of in-game audio ad startup Odeeo, started asking himself last year after losing his job at a Tel Aviv-based audio content discovery platform during the height of the pandemic. […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Sonia Jain, senior manager of custom research for The New York Times. It’s time to stop overlooking the most obvious place to invest ad dollars in 2021: audio. In our search for comfort, information and […]

And the beat goes on. iHeartMedia acquired programmatic audio marketplace Triton Digital from EW Scripps for $230 million on Wednesday, its second acquisition of a podcast tech company in less than four months. In late October, iHeart bought Voxnest, an audio technology company that provides analytics and programmatic advertising tools for publishers. The year before, […]

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Zack Zalon, CEO and co-founder of Super Hi-Fi. Audio advertising is stuck in a time warp. There have been no meaningful changes to speak of over the past ten years. In […]

YouTube launched audio ads in beta on Tuesday to help monetize the moments when people are listening to music but not actively looking at their screen. The 15-second ads, which were in a limited test phase since late 2019, are available to all advertisers globally and can be bought through DV360 and Google Ads. Audio […]

Ad viewability is now table stakes, but audibility measurement is still in its very earliest stages. It’s been two years since the Media Rating Council released its standard for digital audio measurement – defined as two continuous seconds of play in a fraud-free environment and with the volume on – and there still aren’t any offerings on […]

You’ve heard of dynamic product placement. So, why not dynamic audio? Spanish-language broadcaster Univision is experimenting with a new advanced TV product that dynamically swaps out the generic sounds in an episode and replaces them with a bit of branded audio. T-Mobile is Univision’s first partner for the initiative, which debuted during the Monday night […]

Mobile moments – and music – are having their moment. GroupM predicts that music streaming activity linked to “moods and moments” is a targeting opportunity worth around $220 million in new ad revenue. Advertisers are starting to take advantage. Wendy’s, for example, recently hooked up with Spotify as a launch partner on the latter’s Branded Moments product. […]

Programmatic audio advertising platform Jelli unveiled a $21 million Series B funding round Tuesday, led by Relay Ventures, Intel Capital, First Round Capital, iHeartMedia and Universal Music Group. The round brings Jelli’s total funding to $37.6 million. Jelli will use proceeds from the round to support two major partnerships forged this year, one of which […]