Barkley OKRP launches new standalone media agency MissonOne Media to ‘scale with soul’

Perhaps sensing the opportunity that’s being created by agency holding companies getting bigger and broader — and leaving mid-sized marketers to feel like they’re being overlooked — another independent agency group is launching a new media agency extension.

Barkley OKRP, which has long handled some of its own media work but is primarily known for its creative chops, has launched media agency MissionOne Media. It’s led by Sean Corcoran, a veteran media agency executive who most recently ran IPG’s Mediahub until last year, when he joined Barkley.

The new shop will handle all elements of a full-service media agency but with a focus on staying closely linked to the creative side of the business. Corcoran emphasized that being the right size is vital to its success. “We feel like it’s kind of Goldilocks size,” he said, as in neither too big nor too small. The perfect client spends somewhere in the $50 million to $100 million range, he added.

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YouTube reveals how Shows will help to push creators’ episodic content

Later this year, YouTube will make it easier for creators to organize their serialized and episodic content.

The plan was announced briefly at the Made in YouTube event last September, though YouTube did not put a date on it. While there’s still no confirmation on exactly when it will arrive this year, during a press event in Zurich on March 11, YouTube execs gave a little more detail about it. 

Shows will allow creators to structure their content on their channels as though they were fully-fledged, episodic TV shows.

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