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  1.    Inflation and media budgets - is there still a link?
    Trends & forecasts

    Inflation and media budgets - is there still a link?

    Marketers are willing to increase budgets where performance data justifies it. Tom Ashby, Global Lead, Media Services at WFA, argues that the relationship between budget growth and price inflation is breaking down.

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  2.    Integration not scale is key to media success
    Media transformation

    Integration not scale is key to media success

    Big multinationals can no longer rely on being big multinationals to secure advantage when it comes to media. Instead, they need to build in-house capabilities and connections says Tom Ashby, Global Lead, Media Services at WFA.

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  3.    Spotlight: Managing CO2 emissions in media
    SustainabilityMedia transformation

    Spotlight: Managing CO2 emissions in media

    Across the WFA membership, advertisers continue to explore how they can reduce the carbon footprint of their media investments—often in complex and evolving environments.  As WFA broadens its Sustainability work via the launch of a new member-wide Sustainable Marketing Community, we are hosting the first in a series of Sustainable Marketing webinars, starting with a deep dive on Media Sustainability.

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  4.    Spotlight: Outlook2025: Outlook2025 and Mexico TV deep dive

    Spotlight: Outlook2025: Outlook2025 and Mexico TV deep dive

    Discover the WFA Media team unpack the results of the latest Outlook poll of media price inflation forecasts for LATAM in particular, with the latest trends across the region and individual markets.

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  5.    Spotlight: Outlook2025: Unpacking latest WFA poll of media price inflation forecasts

    Spotlight: Outlook2025: Unpacking latest WFA poll of media price inflation forecasts

    Featuring Vincent Letang of IPG, sharing their view ahead on Connected TV, in US and worldwide.

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  6.    Media price inflation trending towards long-term averages

    Media price inflation trending towards long-term averages

    The latest edition of Outlook, WFA’s global poll of media price inflation forecasts, suggests low-to-mid single digit inflation across all major regions.

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  7.    Internationalising Media Agency Contracts
    Agency managementMedia transformation

    Internationalising Media Agency Contracts

    WFA, in partnership with Robert Wegenek (The Quarterback), has launched a new guide to global media agency contracts, designed to help brands manage these critical relationships better. Tom Ashby, Global Lead Media Services at WFA, explains.

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  8.    WFA launches new Transparency Tool for media
    Marketing tool

    WFA launches new Transparency Tool for media

    WFA has launched a new Transparency Tool, in partnership with Ebiquity, designed to help benchmark contact transparency across key areas of media practice.

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  9.    Ad spend growth to slow in 2025
    Media transformation

    Ad spend growth to slow in 2025

    The latest WFA and Ebiquity study indicates a further rise in media budgets next year, but positive movement is likely to be more targeted than in previous years says Tom Ashby, Global Lead Media Services at WFA.

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  10.    Spotlight: 3rd Party Cookies live on… but not for long!
    Digital media transformationMedia transformation

    Spotlight: 3rd Party Cookies live on… but not for long!

    Matt Prohaska, Lauren Coppin and Michael Ouellette from Prohaska Consulting as we hear more on what should advertisers do now, to be ready for the 2025+ digital media ecosystem.

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