Changes in the Media Landscape — Colin Kinsella // Faveeo

Colin Kinsella is former CEO of Havas Media and current advisor to Essentials Newsletters. For the second day of New Media Week Ben and Colin continue the conversation about the evolution of the media and advertising industry. Starting a media business today is different from what it was years ago. Today, Colin talks with Ben about some of the changes that he’s seen in the media landscape throughout his career.
About the speaker

Colin Kinsella

Essentials Newsletters

 - Essentials Newsletters

Colin is the Former CEO Havas Media, Mindshare and Digitas at Essentials Newsletters

Show Notes

Quotes

  • "Media earlier on was relatively straightforward. It was TV, radio, print, and it was out of home." - Colin Kinsella, former CEO of Havas Media & advisor to Essentials Newsletters

  • "With the internet, the definition of media got broader, for sure, with more opportunities to put an advertisement in front of somebody." - Colin Kinsella, former CEO of Havas Media & advisor to Essentials Newsletters

  • "In the early days, there was no advertising play with Google. But Yahoo went to advertising much quicker and it was like a rocket ship." - Colin Kinsella, former CEO of Havas Media & advisor to Essentials Newsletters

  • “I think the turning point for media was the $1 billion that Mark Zuckerberg used to buy Instagram. That was the big aha moment.” - Colin Kinsella, former CEO of Havas Media & advisor to Essentials Newsletters

  • “The rise of social media changed the media environment. At first, it was the media writing articles for Yahoo, AOL, or ESPN. Then everyone became a publisher.” - Benjamin Shapiro, Host of the MarTech podcast

  • “There's the rise of not only more channels of media, all the digital channels, but media is more pervasive in our life.” - Benjamin Shapiro, Host of the MarTech podcast

  • “10, 20 years ago targeting was the same for everybody... but now, a campaign or media to talk to a target market, can get unbelievably finite.” - Colin Kinsella, former CEO of Havas Media & advisor to Essentials Newsletters

  • “Different volumes of media are being consumed. Different channels of media are being consumed at different ages, and there's also different delivery mechanisms.” - Benjamin Shapiro, Host of the MarTech podcast

About the speaker

Colin Kinsella

Essentials Newsletters

 - Essentials Newsletters

Colin is the Former CEO Havas Media, Mindshare and Digitas at Essentials Newsletters

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