Next to Now for October 21

NEW SPOTIFY VERTICAL VIDEO ADS Spotify announced a new product — Vertical Video Ads — which allows advertisers to sponsor playlists. Users agree to watch the full video in exchange for thirty minutes of free listening. These kinds of ads are wins for the advertisers, the users, and the platform. At launch, the branded moments […]

Next to Now: The Structure of Innovation

This week, the articles that caught our eye were about innovation in targeting and storytelling.   ONLINE VIDEO: IT’S NOT JUST MILLENNIALS Once predominantly the province of Millennials, online video watching has now stretched to include Gen X as well: “The average consumer between the ages of 16 and 45 watches 204 minutes of video […]