Madison and Wall Podcast

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Madison and Wall Podcast

Madison and Wall's Brian Wieser digs nto how the advertising business really works. Subscribe for analysis, insight and more about advertising, media and technology trends. Access more M&W research summaries and analysis by subscribing to our complimentary Saturday newsletter at https://madisonandwall.substack.com/. To learn about becoming a paid subscriber or advertising with us, reach out to Brian at brian@madisonandwall.com.

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    Episode 24: WPP, Stagwell and Paramount Results + Ads 101 on Agency Account Leaders

    Each week on the M&W Podcast, we discuss Madison & Wall’s latest research and explore how and why money flows through the advertising economy. This week that new work includes analyses of earnings results from Paramount, WPP, Stagwell and the broader agency industry (including our calculation of the industry's record levels of profitability!) In addition, our Advertising 101 series continues with a focus on the function of the global account leader featuring former global client leader at WPP and IPG Carl Hartman. This follows on our first six parts focused marketers and how they allocate resources (you can listen to all of these interviews on episodes 17-22 of The M&W podcast) and part seven, an interview with Macquarie Securities' Tim Nollen, with whom we explore the basics of the advertising agency indsutry.

    29 min

  2. FEB 21

    Episode 23: Globant, Packaged Goods Ad Trends + Ads101 on Agencies

    Each week on the M&W Podcast, we discuss Madison & Wall’s latest research and explore how and why money flows through the advertising economy. This week that new work includes analyses of earnings results from Globant and of important trends in marketing and media spending from many of the world's largest packaged goods companies, largely tied to presentations delivered at the past week's CAGNY conference. In addition, our Advertising 101 series continues with a focus on the basics of the advertising agency industry with Macquarie Securities' Tim Nollen. If you find this interview interesting, you may wish to listen to our next Agency Business (available for streaming or download on Monday Feb. 24), where you will also be able to hear this interview as well as our review with Tim of the agency news-of-the-week. This follows on part 1 with Gerry D'Angelo where we discussed how marketers organize themselves, part 2 with Francisco Escobar on the role of marketing procurement, part 3 with Deborah Wahl on the resource allocation choices marketers makep, part 4 with Gordon Ho on the different ways small, medium-sized and large businesses engage in marketing, part 5 with Ari Osur on B2B marketing and part 6 on performance marketing with Andy Rosenberg. (you can listen to all of these interviews on episodes 17-22 of The M&W podcast).

    37 min

  3. FEB 14

    Episode 22: The Trade Desk, Roku, IPG and Dentsu + Ads 101 on Performance Marketing

    Each week on the M&W Podcast, we discuss Madison & Wall’s latest research and explore how and why money flows through the advertising economy. This week that new work includes new analyses of earnings results from ad-supported companies including The Trade Desk, Roku, Interpublic, Dentsu and marketers including Coca-Cola, Ford and many more. In addition, our Advertising 101 series continues with a focus on performance marketing with Andy Rosenberg. This follows on part 1 with Gerry D'Angelo where we discussed how marketers organize themselves, part 2 with Francisco Escobar on the role of marketing procurement, part 3 with Deborah Wahl on the resource allocation choices marketers makep, part 4 with Gordon Ho on the different ways small, medium-sized and large businesses engage in marketing and part 5 with Ari Osur on B2B marketing (which you can listen to on episodes 17-21 of The M&W podcast).

    37 min

  4. FEB 7

    Episode 21: Google, Amazon, Publicis, Omnicom, Bell Media Results and More. Plus, Advertising 101 on B2B Marketing With Ari Osur

    Each week on the M&W Podcast, we discuss Madison & Wall’s latest research and explore how and why money flows through the advertising economy. This week that new work includes new analyses of earnings results from ad-supported companies including Google and Amazon, Publicis and Omnicom, Canada's Bell Media and many, many more. In addition, our Advertising 101 series continues with a focus on B2B marketing to explore how it differs from consumer-focused marketing with Ari Osur, formerly a CMO and senior marketers for multiple B2B businesses. This follows on part 1 with Gerry D'Angelo where we discussed how marketers organize themselves, part 2 with Francisco Escobar on the role of marketing procurement, part 3 with Deborah Wahl on the resource allocation choices marketers make and part 4 with Gordon Ho on the different ways small, medium-sized and large businesses engage in marketing (which you can listen to on episodes 17, 18, 19 and 20 of The M&W podcast).

    30 min

  5. JAN 31

    Episode 20: Meta's $20bn Advantage(+), Comcast's Declines, Marketer CEO Comments and More. Plus: Ads 101 With Gordon Ho on Large, Medium and Small Marketer Differences

    Each week on the M&W Podcast, we discuss Madison & Wall’s latest research and explore how and why money flows through the advertising economy. Each week we review new economic data and our work from the past week. This week that new work includes new analyses of earnings results from Meta and Comcast as well as the latest comments from marketer CEOs and CFOs. In addition, our Advertising 101 series continues with Gordon Ho, currently a Professor at USC and formerly a senior marketer at Disney, Princess Cruises and multiple start-ups This follows on part 1 with Gerry D'Angelo where we discussed how marketers organize themselves, part 2 with Francisco Escobar on the role of marketing procurement and part 3 with Deborah Wahl on the resource allocation choices marketers make (which you can listen to on episodes 17, 18 and 19 of The M&W podcast).

    27 min

  6. JAN 24

    Episode 19: Ads 101 With Deborah Wahl on Large Marketer Budgeting. PLUS Our Weekly Work on Netflix Ad Trends, P&G's Ad Spend, WPP's "Rebellion," and More.

    Each week on the M&W Podcast, we discuss Madison & Wall’s latest research and explore how and why money flows through the advertising economy. Each week we review new economic data and our work from the past week. This week that new work includes a review of The FTC's action on PepsiCo (and implications for retail media), growth expectations for Omnicom-Interpublic, a variety of happenings at WPP, our analysis of and estimates for Netflix's advertising business, and our aggregation of the most relevant commentary from large marketers who reported earnings results in the past week (including P&G, American Express, Capital One, JP Morgan among others). In addition, our Advertising 101 series continues with Deborah Wahl, best known from her time as global CMO of General Motors and at McDonalds USA. She's currently a board member of MediaOcean, ActionIQ and many other companies. In this episode we discuss how large marketers allocate their resources. This follows on part 1 with Gerry D'Angelo where we discussed how marketers organize themselves and part 2 with Francisco Escobar on the role of marketing procurement (which you can listen to on episodes 17 and 18 of The M&W podcast).

    29 min

  7. JAN 17

    Episode 18: A Critique of Mark Zuckerberg Comments To Joe Rogan and The Financial Analysis-Based Case For Diversity in Corporate Environments. Plus, Advertising 101: Marketing Procurement with Francisco Escobar

    Each week on the M&W Podcast, we discuss Madison & Wall’s latest research.  This week we review new economic data and our work from the past week. This week that includes a critique of comments made by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the topic of diversity in corporate environments along with a financial analysis-driven view in support of it. In addition, after introducing our Advertising 101 series last week, this week our guest is J. Francisco Escobar, President & Founder of JFE International Consultants, one of the industry’s foremost experts on marketing procurement.   In this episode we explore how and why the marketing procurement function sets so many of the frameworks that define the decisions that marketers make with respect to their media and advertising activities.

    38 min

  8. JAN 10

    Episode 17: Meta "Censors" 3P Fact-Checks, Hulu-Fubo Implications, Indie Agency Trends PLUS: new Advertising 101 Series With Gerry D'Angelo

    As always, we review new economic data and our work from the past week. This week that includes our research on Meta's elimination of third-party fact-checking, growth rates for independent agencies, the impact on advertising from Disney's combination of Hulu Live with Fubo and our expectations for what advertisers will do if a "ban" on TikTok takes effect in the United States. In addition, starting with this week’s episode, we are introducing our Advertising 101 series, a multi-part (i.e. every week all year-long) tutorial that will explain how the industry really works and why money flows as it does.   We’re kicking things off with Gerry D’Angelo, currently a senior advisor at McKinsey and formerly the global VP of media at Procter & Gamble.  In our conversation, we explore how and why marketers organize themselves the way they do.   As much as anything we have produced to date, we guarantee it will be worth your while.

    25 min
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Madison and Wall's Brian Wieser digs nto how the advertising business really works. Subscribe for analysis, insight and more about advertising, media and technology trends. Access more M&W research summaries and analysis by subscribing to our complimentary Saturday newsletter at https://madisonandwall.substack.com/. To learn about becoming a paid subscriber or advertising with us, reach out to Brian at brian@madisonandwall.com.

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  • Creator
    Madison and Wall
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    24
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