Thought Leadership Essays
ITL #541 Pay-to-play for visibility: Navigating the media landscape where earned media is not the norm
By: Rafiat Gawat 11/09/2023
If content is becoming paid for, what differentiates us from advertisers? By Rafiat Gawat.
Authors
- Aaron E. Boles
- Abigail Levene
- Aco Momcilovic
- Adam Harper
- Adam Rubins
- Advita Patel
- Aedhmar Hynes
- Agustín de Uribe-Salazar
- Akemi Ichise
- Alain Grossbard
- Alain Modoux
- Alan Lane
- Alan Tyrrell
- Alasdair Townsend
- Alberto Melida
- Alejandro Butler
- Alexander Christov, PhD
- Alex He
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- Alistair Peck
- Allan Biggar
- Allison Slotnick
- Amanda Coleman
- Amanda Glasgow
- Aman Gupta
- Amit Misra
- Amybel Sánchez de Walther
- Amy Shanler
- Amy Thurlow
- Amy Wahome
- Ana Adi
- Anders Monrad Rendtorff
- Andrea Anders
- Andrea Cornelli
- Andrea Gissdal
- Andrea Neumann
- Andreas Hammer
- Andres Wittermann
- Andrew Adie
- Andrew Ager
- Andrew Graham
- Andrew Grant
- Andrew Greenlees
- Andrew Griffin
- Andrew Mackay
- Andrew Mckenzie
- Andrew Sedger
- Andy Green
- Andy Philpott
- Andy Rowlands
- Angela Jeffrey
- Angela Scaffidi
- Angele Giuliano
- Angeles Moreno
- Angélica Consiglio
- Aniisu K Verghese Ph.D.
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- Anja Feuerabend
- Anna Krajewska
- Anna Ruth Williams
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- Anne Bleeker
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- Anthony D’Angelo
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- Anton Nebbe
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- Armand Maris
- Armin Huttenlocher
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- Ashwani Singla
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