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Standard Media Index Reports April-May 2022 OOH Spending Up 42%

Standard Media Index tracks invoicing data from the major ad agency holding companies which represent 95% of national brand ad spend.  The Standard Media index figures show that national brand out of home spending was up 70% in the first quarter of 2022 and 42% for the first two months […]

US OOH Agency Spend Up 133% in January 2022

SMI reports that the US ad agency out of home spend increased 133% in January 2022 versus January 2021.  Ad Agency spending is returning to out of home after a screeching halt during covid.  Digital advertising is growing fast.  Radio, magazines and newspapers continue to decline.  SMI thinks it captures […]

SMI Projects 50% OOH Growth in Q4 2021

By Rick Bruner, Head of Research, Standard Media Index Ad spend in October, November and December 2021 is likely to increase by double-digits YOY, advancing further the gains that the ad industry had made at the end of last year as it recovered from the Spring of 2020. The forecast […]