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Pierre Bouvard

New Nielsen Consumer Study: Workplace Commuting Increases Sharply, Time Spent In The Car Soars, And Audio Listeners Are More Likely To Make Major Purchases As AM/FM Radio Is The Soundtrack Of The American Economic Recovery

New Nielsen Consumer Study: Workplace Commuting Increases Sharply, Time Spent In The Car Soars, And Audio Listeners Are More Likely To Make Major Purchases As AM/FM Radio Is The Soundtrack Of The American Economic Recovery

By Pierre Bouvard
Nielsen recently released the results of a national consumer study of 1,000 adult 18+ respondents conducted March 2022. It was the eighth in a series of studies released since April 2020 measuring the pandemic’s impact on consumer movement, spending, attitudes, and media usage.
New Study: Major Personalities Generate Significant Incremental Reach For Marketers Who Advertise On Both AM/FM Radio And Podcasts; Dan Bongino Leads In Awareness And Favorability Among New National Talk Shows Launched In 2021

New Study: Major Personalities Generate Significant Incremental Reach For Marketers Who Advertise On Both AM/FM Radio And Podcasts; Dan Bongino Leads In Awareness And Favorability Among New National Talk Shows Launched In 2021

By Pierre Bouvard
To understand which platforms audiences use to listen to major national talk personalities, Westwood One retained MARU/Matchbox to survey 1,501 U.S. adults 18+ on their listening habits to major national personalities in February 2022.
New Advertiser And Consumer Studies On Media Attentiveness And Ad Skipping From The CUMULUS MEDIA | Westwood One Audio Active Group<sup class="r">®</sup>

New Advertiser And Consumer Studies On Media Attentiveness And Ad Skipping From The CUMULUS MEDIA | Westwood One Audio Active Group®

By Pierre Bouvard
The Media Attentiveness and Ad Skipping Report incorporates several new studies that examine consumer attentiveness and concentration levels when using various media platforms, ad-skipping tendencies, and the reasons why listeners choose to use various audio platforms.
PlaceIQ: Get Ready For A Massive Retail Foot Traffic Surge By Late February/Early March

PlaceIQ: Get Ready For A Massive Retail Foot Traffic Surge By Late February/Early March

By Pierre Bouvard
PlaceIQ, the leader in geo-location and consumer foot traffic measurement, issued a report last week predicting a surge in retail foot traffic and consumer shopping by late February/early March. Here are the results of the report and highlights the latest data from Google, Nielsen, and Apple Maps to show how the country’s “Third Reemergence” is on the way.
Edison’s “Share Of Ear” Q3 2021 Five-Year Report Card: Pandora Collapses, Spotify Stagnates, Podcasts Soar, AM/FM Radio Dominates, And AM/FM Radio Streaming Is Up 2X

Edison’s “Share Of Ear” Q3 2021 Five-Year Report Card: Pandora Collapses, Spotify Stagnates, Podcasts Soar, AM/FM Radio Dominates, And AM/FM Radio Streaming Is Up 2X

By Pierre Bouvard
Edison’s quarterly “Share of Ear” study is the authoritative examination of American audio time use. The just-released Q3 2021 report provides an opportunity to look back over five years to understand the shifts in U.S. listening.
Why Advertise In Podcasts? According To The Westwood One 2021 Audioscape, Podcasts Are Number One In Media Attentiveness

Why Advertise In Podcasts? According To The Westwood One 2021 Audioscape, Podcasts Are Number One In Media Attentiveness

By Pierre Bouvard
Podcast listeners are a desirable group of consumers who spend a lot of their time with audio. According to the latest Westwood One 2021 Audioscape findings, podcast listeners are also highly attentive, warranting high CPMs for the medium.
Advertiser Perceptions: Podcast Advertising Consideration And Intention Grow Among Agencies And Brands

Advertiser Perceptions: Podcast Advertising Consideration And Intention Grow Among Agencies And Brands

By Pierre Bouvard
CUMULUS MEDIA | Westwood One commissioned Advertiser Perceptions to study agency and brand sentiment on podcast advertising. The findings, included in the Westwood One 2021 Audioscape, show that advertiser interest in podcasting is higher than ever.
Sonic Brands: How Strongly Do Consumers Associate Audio Logos With Brands?

Sonic Brands: How Strongly Do Consumers Associate Audio Logos With Brands?

By Pierre Bouvard
Veritonic, the audio intelligence company, measures, scores, and benchmarks all manner of audio content: voices, music, ads and audio logos. In their recently released fifth annual Audio Logo Index study, Veritonic evaluated over a hundred of the top consumer brands audio logos. One of the key findings? An audio logo has to say the name of the brand and have melody.
Case Study: AM/FM Radio Plays A Powerful And Unique Role In The Media Plan As Streaming Video Brands Battle For Awareness And Subscribers

Case Study: AM/FM Radio Plays A Powerful And Unique Role In The Media Plan As Streaming Video Brands Battle For Awareness And Subscribers

By Pierre Bouvard
With streaming video brands turning to AM/FM radio like never before, CUMULUS MEDIA | Westwood One retained Nielsen to measure the impact of one streaming service’s NFL AM/FM radio investment. Here are the key findings.
Westwood One | Magellan AI Podcast Advertising Analysis Shows Podcasts Are Pandemic Proof: After Modest Dip In April, Ad Volumes Roar Back In Q3 2020

Westwood One | Magellan AI Podcast Advertising Analysis Shows Podcasts Are Pandemic Proof: After Modest Dip In April, Ad Volumes Roar Back In Q3 2020

By Pierre Bouvard
With podcast listening up, are podcast advertisers similarly growing their investments? CUMULUS MEDIA | Westwood One partnered with Magellan AI to analyze podcast advertising occurrence data from the top 400 podcasts in the U.S. through Q3 2020.
New CUMULUS MEDIA | Westwood One And Horizon Media Study: Why Artificial Fan Noise Increases Ad Receptivity At Live Sporting Events

New CUMULUS MEDIA | Westwood One And Horizon Media Study: Why Artificial Fan Noise Increases Ad Receptivity At Live Sporting Events

By Pierre Bouvard
To learn what sports fans thought about fan noise, as well as to ask about their other sports opinions in a year unlike any other, CUMULUS MEDIA | Westwood One and Horizon Media commissioned MARU/Matchbox to execute a study.