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Global media inflation to hit decade low, APAC markets stabilise

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Media inflation in APAC set to ease from 4.1% in 2025 to 3.7% in 2026, pointing to a period of stability after years of post-pandemic turbulence.

WFA: APAC media inflation at 4.6%, Japan stable while India and Hong Kong surge

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While overall media inflation is moderating globally, the APAC region reveals steady prices in Japan and surging costs in markets like India and Hong Kong.

Reddit: The social-media dark horse gaining momentum with advertisers

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Once overlooked by advertisers, Reddit is rapidly emerging as a powerful and authentic platform that's challenging brands to rethink how they connect with audiences in an increasingly crowded social-media landscape.

Budgets 2025: Retail media and CTV will dominate adspend

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The industry is poised for significant growth in 2025, fuelled by robust digital revenues and shifting consumer behaviours that could see budgets moving to social platforms and retail networks over traditional channels. Media experts weigh in.

WFA: APAC media inflation set to soar in 2025, 2026

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Significant inflation predicted for India, China, and Japan necessitates adaptation and optimisation of media strategies in APAC's fiercely competitive market.

H2 2023 new-biz review: Investment drops in Asia-Pacific, as media activity in Europe soars despite global fall

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Campaign rounds up the top-performing agencies and overall media new-business activity in July-December.

Disney brings more automation and shopability to its ad products

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The media giant is also ramping up its self-serve capabilities to reduce ad tech fees.

Global media spend surpassed $400bn in 2022

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Spend went up by more than 6%, led by growth in digital, new report shows.

India grows media spends by 5% in 2022: ComScore report

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Mindshare, Wavemaker and Lodestar UM were the top three media agencies in terms of billings.

Marketers react to SPH Media inflating circulation numbers

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Circulation numbers were found to be inflated by 10-12%; senior staff taken to task.

APAC marketers most likely to reinvest their revenue into media spend, study reveals

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TOP OF THE CHARTS: Brands in the Asia Pacific are reinvesting a higher percentage of their media spend than other regions, while brands in North America reinvest slightly less, but enjoy a much stronger payback that the rest of the world.

APAC media inflation is most resilient globally: report

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ECI Media's inflation report also sees CTVs and podcasts rapidly emerging as weighty media opportunities.

APAC media inflation set to easily outpace other regions

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TOP OF THE CHARTS: Only print is pegged to be deflationary in Asia-Pacific, according to ECI's revised 2020 media inflation report.

Nearly 60% of China ad spend will be digital in 2017: GroupM

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As the overall pie grows by 7.8 percent, TV spending drops while OOH and content-marketing rise.

Jinluo Group selects Vizeum China as strategic media partner

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BEIJING - Jinluo Group, a leading provider of meat products in China, has appointed Vizeum China as its strategic media partner.

INSIGHT: Television adjusts to digital changes

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As digital challenges TV’s dominance of media spend, Magz Osborne writes that some traditional players have yet to cope with the changes

GroupM predicts 3.5 per cent growth in media spend

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GLOBAL - WPP's GroupM has given the strongest indication yet that the worst of the advertising recession is over by more than trebling its previous prediction of 1 per cent growth in global media spend.

GroupM predicts 3.5 per cent growth in media spend

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GLOBAL - WPP's GroupM has given the strongest indication yet that the worst of the advertising recession is over by more than trebling its previous prediction of 1 per cent growth in global media spend.