Healthy Budget The pandemic has prompted a surge in digital ad spending in the healthcare and pharma industry. eMarketer projects spending to grow 14.2% in 2020, reaching $9.53 billion. Healthcare and … Read more

Cord-Free By year end, 31.2 million US households will have cut the cable TV en masse. Relatedly, 6.6 million households will cancel their pay TV subscriptions. By 2024, more than one-third of US hous … Read more

Tiktok Blocked Just when you finally learned how to Dougie, the US will ban all TikTok and WeChat app downloads from Sunday, per to a government order published today. The order, issued by the Commerc … Read more

Listen Up, Listen In In a socially-distanced world, social media is the place to be. That’s why more marketers are listening in. A March survey by Gartner found that about half of marketing leaders gl … Read more

Trust. A word we gravitate toward when we are uncertain and in need of reassurance. When we are tired, anxious and crave security. When we want someone or something we know we can count on. This was t … Read more

Twitch Lift Video viewing platform Twitch is gaining popularity in the U.S. amid the global pandemic and related lockdowns. Usage will jump 26.2% this year to 41.5 million, higher than the 37.5 millio … Read more

This Sway Forward Influencers have managed to sustain or grow engagement rates during the pandemic. Part of their success is due to the rise in social media since the outbreak. Absent in-person social … Read more

Yay, Boomer The pandemic has caused financial harm to every demographic, but Boomers are faring better than most. Per eMarketer reports, Boomers went into the pandemic more financially stout than othe … Read more

E’S No Game Changer The pandemic has significantly disrupted traditional sports, but it’s done little to motivate new esports fans (May 2020 CivicScience poll). Per the study, 10% of US adults ages 18 … Read more

Old News Americans appear to be losing some interest in the coronavirus outbreak. Per a Pew Research Center survey of 9,654 U.S. adults conducted June 4-10, fewer Americans say they are following the … Read more