Omnicom Media digs into the reasons people avoid ads — and offers solutions for clients

It’s no secret that the avalanche of advertising that’s descended on consumers in the last decade has sent millions of them scrambling for ad blockers and other ad-avoidance tools.

Omnicom Media set out to dig deeper into the causes and the solutions around it, having brushed up against this topic in prior research it’s done over the last two years.

The resulting research has yielded a study called From Tuned Out to Leaned In: How to Combat Ad Avoidance, which Joanna O’Connell, chief intelligence officer at Omnicom Media North America, explained to Digiday in advance of Advertising Week, when the holdco’s media arm will present the research.

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From The Brooklyn Nets to The Golden Girls, Digiday editors break down the state of ad agencies

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Is Omnicom to the ad industry what The Brooklyn Nets are to basketball? Or maybe Omnicom is more like Blanche Devereaux of The Golden Girls. 

On this episode of the Digiday Podcast, the question was posed to executive editor of news Seb Joseph and senior editor, media buying and planning Michael Burgi. The two joined the Digiday’s senior marketing reporter Kimeko McCoy and executive editor, video and audio Tim Peterson to break down the current state of play among major agencies right now using sports analogies and The Golden Girls. 

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