Next in Media
Next in Media
Mike Shields
Everything we know about the media, marketing and advertising business is being completely upended thanks to technology and data. We're talking with some of the top industry leaders as they steer their companies through constant change.
Amazon Ads: How Epson Scaled Fast
Discover how Epson teamed up with Amazon Ads and Emerge to shatter category preconceptions and launch its premium LightStudio projector, reaching 25 million viewers and driving over 80% new-to-brand sales through full-funnel streaming TV, Amazon Marketing Cloud, and AI bidding.
Oct 20
20 min
The Creator Economy Is ‘a Capability, Not a Channel
Former YouTube executive Tara Walpert Levy joins Mike Shields at the New York Stock Exchange to break down why creators are an enterprise capability rather than an ad channel, how giants like Unilever are shifting major ad budgets, and what it really takes to prove creator ROI against bottom-line business profit.
Oct 15
10 min
Nestlé & CreativeX Reveal Creator Ad Effectiveness
Nestlé’s Daniele Tundo and CreativeX CEO Anastasia Leng reveal how global brands are transforming creator marketing from fragmented PR experiments into a unified, high-ROI advertising discipline that scales paid media performance without sacrificing creator authenticity.
Oct 13
26 min
Discord's Global VP Explains the Future of Ads
Discord Global VP of Advertising Adam Bauer joins Next in Media to reveal how the platform is expanding beyond endemic gaming with self-service ad tools, opt-in rewarded Quests, and native community activations built for three billion active gamers worldwide.
Oct 6
24 min
Spy Ninjas President Shelly Soriano on How the Company is Trying to Build the WWE of YouTube
Spy Ninjas President Shelly Soriano details how the 47-million-subscriber YouTube franchise built a multi-revenue media empire through serialized storytelling, live entertainment venues, and proprietary talent incubation.
Sep 29
22 min
How Addressable TV Drives Real Business ROI
IQVIA Digital’s Justin Rosen joins Mike Shields to unpack why data fidelity and outcome-based measurement are redefining addressable TV, how AI accelerates workflows without fixing flawed data, and why linking upper-funnel targeting to real-world outcomes drives performance.
Sep 22
22 min
How Betches Built a TV-Quality Show In-House
Betches senior video producers Tess Tregellas and Madeline Mahoney break down how modern publishers can scale from short-form social skits into premium, in-house scripted comedy without waiting for legacy studio green lights.
Sep 15
25 min
WTF Happened to The Trade Desk?
Industry analysts Brian Wieser and Luke Stillman unpack why The Trade Desk faces decelerating growth and 15% workforce cuts, demonstrating how founder-led open-web idealism disconnected from marketer demand for streamlined performance.
Sep 9
20 min
How NBAT2 is Building Gateway Content for Gen Z
NBA Take-Two Media CEO Andrew Perlmutter reveals how sports leagues are unlocking massive Gen Z engagement by transforming basketball fandom into interactive, off-court digital entertainment and creator-led social content.
Sep 1
22 min
"The Frustration is Real" - The NFL Unloads on Nielsen
NFL Chief Data and Analytics Officer Paul Ballew breaks down why Nielsen’s rushed methodology updates threaten sports television measurement, driving major rights holders to explore alternative models.
Aug 25
28 min
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