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Crossmedia Best Places to Work 2024 Winner

Ad Age Best Places To Work 2024

We've been named Ad Age's Best Place for the 5th year in a row!

WTF is Anomaly Detection?

WTF is Anomaly Detection?

As the agency world focuses more intently on data standardization and metrics, companies are turning to anomaly detection as a way of finding outliers and abnormalities in data points...

80 Ad Execs Predict 2024 Industry Trends

80 Ad Execs Predict 2024 Industry Trends

Industry insiders polled by Ad Age forecast more AI disruption, economic woes and a tumultuous year with the US elections on the horizon...

Crossmedia Names Neil Smith Its First Chief Growth Officer

Crossmedia Names Neil Smith Its First Chief Growth Officer

To scale international growth, global independent media agency Crossmedia has hired new business expert Neil Smith to serve as its first chief growth officer...

JoanxMedia Founders Uncover Why Their Media and Creative Collaboration Truly Works

JoanxMedia Founders Uncover Why Their Media and Creative Collaboration Truly Works

The two independents talked at Adweek X about how reintegration boosts their pitch power...

30 Rising Stars of Madison Ave

These are 30 Rising Stars of Madison Avenue who Revolutionized Advertising in 2023

Christine Swartwout, director of analytics at Crossmedia helps brands like Invesco, Planet Fitness, and American Cancer Society measure their ad campaigns...

X Pitch Deck

X Pitch Deck—Twitter Pushes Vertical Videos To Attract Brands

X is also promoting various brand safety tools amid rising wartime misinformation on the platform...

Digiday Media Agency Report 2023

Digiday Media Agency Report 2023: The state and future of the media agency, from client spending to AI's impact

As marketers and consumers begin to feel some relief from the economic uncertainty that ushered in the start of the year, agencies are reporting that media spending is holding steady in 2023...

JoanxMedia

Two Indie Agencies—Crossmedia and Joan Creative—Partner on Media and Creative to Achieve Scale

They're rolling out a unique service offering, dubbed JoanxMedia, that's designed to offer clients more options and could inspire how other independent agencies go to market....

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Airbus Names Crossmedia as the New Global Media AOR

The independent agency, based in the US, UK and Germany, won a shootout for the media business of the leading...

Zaneta Reid Wins Campaign US 2023 Inspiring Women Award

Zaneta Reid Wins Campaign US 2023 Inspiring Women Award

The Awards recognize the most progressive and boundary-pushing women in the industry for their hard work and dedication to their craft...

Crossmedia Wins at 2023 MediaPost Creative Media Awards

Crossmedia Wins at 2023 MediaPost Creative Media Awards

The agency was named the winner in the Online Media: Branding cateogry for Invesco QQQ’s How Not to Suck at Money campaign...

How will independent agencies fare this year?

Media Buying Briefing: How will independent agencies fare this year?

A month into 2023, the picture for how this year will shape up for independent agencies is starting to come into focus...

2023 AdAge Best Places to Work - Crossmedia

Crossmedia is named one of AdAge’s Best Places to Work 2023

Media agency is No. 5 on Ad Age's 2023 Best Places to Work list among companies with more than 200 employees...

Prerna Telreja - Rising Star 2022

Meet the 35 Rising Stars of Madison Avenue Who Revolutionized Advertising in 2022

Digital advertising is changing, and Talreja helps advertisers adjust to these changes by educating them on...

Dr. Ram Singh

Crossmedia Taps Dr. Ram Singh as Chief Performance Media Officer

Ram Singh is the next key piece of a diverse, seasoned C-Suite fortified over the past year...

Advancing Women Series with Anne Bologna

Media Village's Advancing Women Series

Media Village’s Kate Byrne sits down with XM CSO Anne Bologna and talks about how not to kill inspiration, good impatience and silliness as a state of grace.

Crossmedia Successfully Defends Etihad Airways

Crossmedia Successfully Defends Etihad Airways

Crossmedia remains the global media AOR for Etihad Airways.

Literally Working from Anywhere

Literally Working from Anywhere

As agencies navigate a fractured workforce that’s been largely disconnected from their peers for the past two years, Crossmedia is finding new...

2022 Media Executive of the Year - Kamran Asghar

Adweek Names Kamran Asghar Media Executive of the Year 2022

Congratulations to our own fearless leader for the industry recognition for what we’ve known all along!

Adweek Honors Ali Plonchak as a 2022 Media All-Star

Adweek Honors Ali Plonchak as a 2022 Media All-Star

From Female Frontier honoree to Media All-Star, the accolades continue for Crossmedia COO Ali Plonchak.

Google May Soon Meet Its Newest Rival: Netflix

Google May Soon Meet Its Newest Rival: Netflix

Head of Media Investment Christine Merrifield-Wehrle weighs in on the prospects of an ad-supported Netflix could mean for the industry.

When Diversity is Already Part of Who You Are

When Diversity is Already Part of Who You Are

A lot of agencies talk about the importance of diversity but with an executive leadership team comprised of 50% women, over 33% people of color and led by an Asian-American CEO, Crossmedia is one of the few that actually delivers.

Crossmedia Hires Head of Media Investment

Crossmedia Hires Head of Media Investment

Multi-faceted industry veteran Christine Merrifield-Wehrle joins Crossmedia...

AdAge Best Places to Work 2022

Best Places To Work 2022

It's a threepeat! We are beyond excited to have made Ad Age's Best Places to Work list again...

Female Frontier Honorees - Ali Plonchak

Campaign US reveals Female Frontier honorees

Congratulations to the one and only Ali Plonchak for her nomination as a Campaign Female Frontier honoree...

AdAge Best Places to Work 2021

Best Places To Work 2021: Crossmedia

From day one, it’s always been about our people. That’s why we’re so excited to kick-off 2021 topping the ranks...

Mediapost

DTC Brands Can Avoid Pandemic Subscription Churn By Zeroing In On Retention

It’s no surprise consumers have been taking a hard look at their expenses amid the pandemic...

Mediapost

Hate The Industry, Love The Craft

"Hate the Industry, Love the Craft" is more than just a mantra slapped onto a t-shirt...

Pandemic Pitching

Pandemic Pitching: a Gift and a Curse

Crossmedia USA's Managing Partner Ali Plonchak says, the 'new normal' of new biz is far from business as usual...

20 Years Ago, I Started Something

20 Years Ago Today I Started Something

It’s always been about doing things the right way – 20 years ago, now and for the next 20+forever...

Discover Lands of Ever Expanding Media Opportunities

Dawn Adds Barter Media Independent Active International To Portfolio

Crossmedia USA is proud to welcome Active International to the Dawn portfolio!

Business Insider

Indie Ad Agencies are Pressing Facebook and Google to Loosen Payment Terms as Clients Delay Paying in the Pandemic 

It’s your classic David and Goliath story: independent agencies up against the biggest media conglomerates...

Discover Lands of Ever Expanding Media Opportunities

Indie media agencies join forces to launch industry-first ad campaign

We're so proud of our team at XMUK as well as the other 16 partnering UK media indies for coming together to launch...

Social Bubbles

What Do Apple’s Privacy-Focused IDFA Changes Mean For Facebook?

Our Managing Partner Lee Beale weighs in on what Apple’s IDFA changes means for Facebook.

Why Publicis' Money-Back-Guarantee Isn't Likely to Work

Opinion: Why Publicis' Money-Back-Guarantee Isn't Likely To Work

Working with agency clients isn't an easy guarantee. Here's how our very own Martin Albrecht explains...

COVID-19 News

Crossmedia CEO, Kamran Asghar’s response to COVID-19

Just like you, we here at Crossmedia are navigating our way through this coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak...

Crossmedia Awarded European Wax Center Media Duties

Crossmedia Awarded European Wax Center Media Duties

Spa brand European Wax Center has appointed Crossmedia as its media agency of record following a competitive review.

Crossmedia Named Ad Age Best Place to Work 2020

Crossmedia Named Ad Age Best Place to Work 2020

The agency is not only employing ethical practices externally but internally as well...

XM's Matt Bayer

Crossmedia Names Matt Bayer Head of Integrated Media Sourcing

Newly created role advances the independent media agency's data-first approach to buying.

Crossmedia, Former MDC Exec Partner To Provide Media, Data Expertise To Independent Agencies

Crossmedia, Former MDC Exec Partner To Provide Media, Data Expertise To Independent Agencies

The new service, dubbed Dawn, is designed to serve as a portfolio network...

Crossmedia Celebrates Pride Month

Crossmedia Celebrates Pride Month By Staying True To Our Mission Statement

XM is leading the way in terms of diversity and inclusion in the workplace and media industry at large.

An Olive Branch to the Industry

Trust in Advertising: An Olive Branch to the Industry

There is a lack of trust between advertising agencies and marketers — and it will take greater...

Crossmedia’s Kamran Asghar and Martin Albrecht on Acting Like a Perpetual Start-Up

Crossmedia’s Kamran Asghar and Martin Albrecht on Acting Like a Perpetual Start-Up

Asghar, CEO, oversees North America out of New York.  Albrecht orchestrates international operations...

Media Silos Are Stupid and a Big Waste of Money

Media Silos Are Stupid and a Big Waste of Money

Some news is so old it makes you feel like you stumbled on the Wayback Machine...

Should Ad Agencies Embrace Audits?

Should Ad Agencies Embrace Audits?

Like gold, advertisers find transparency so valuable because it is so scarce...

Etihad Airways Names Crossmedia as AOR

Etihad Airways Names Indie Crossmedia as Its Global Media Agency of Record

Etihad Airways has selected independent agency Crossmedia as its global agency of record, effective immediately, after a review.

Crossmedia-Led Twitter Campaign Creates National Buzz for Tillamook Creamery

Crossmedia-Led Twitter Campaign Creates National Buzz for Tillamook Creamery

Crossmedia relied on creativity, speed and the client’s own remarkable cheese...

BMW Consolidates Regional Tier 2 Media with Crossmedia

Mini Consolidates Regional Tier 2 Media With Crossmedia

BMW has expanded its relationship with Crossmedia for its Mini USA brand, with the media agency...

Transparency in Advertising

4 Ways Agencies Can Be More Transparent in Their Advertising

It’s been said that sunlight is the best disinfectant, which is true, especially in advertising...

Mike Farasciano Named Head of Growth

Farasciano Fills New Head Of Growth Slot For Crossmedia

Independent media agency Crossmedia announced today that it has named Michael Farasciano...

XM Bulks up Philly Office

Crossmedia Bulks Up In Philadelphia With New Hires, Bigger Offices

Following a recent string of new business wins, Crossmedia has expanded its Philadelphia...

Champion Petfoods Hires Crossmedia

Champion Petfoods Hires 3 New Agencies

Champion Petfoods is expanding its marketing efforts with the appointments of three new agencies...

XM Named AOR for Realtor.com

Realtor.Com Picks Crossmedia as Digital Media AOR

Realtor.com has selected independent Crossmedia as its digital media agency of record...

Crossmedia Co-Founders Honored As 2017 Agency Innovators

Crossmedia Co-Founders Honored As 2017 Agency Innovators

Crossmedia co-founders Martin Albrecht and Kamran Asghar were honored as 2017 Agency Innovators...

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2017 Digiday WorkLife Awards Winners

Crossmedia wins "Most Passionate Employees" in 2017's Digiday WorkLife Awards

Small Mind

Gut Checks and Guardrails: 6 Ways to Stay Small When Your Agency Gets Big

As independent shops succeed and grow bigger, they are often in danger of losing touch with the intimate, unique culture that defines them.

Martin Albrecht

Open Up! Making The Case For Open Sourcing

We are witnessing how the new, intelligent, winning solutions are--by nature--open vs. closed...

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Google's Free Advanced Attribution Offering Is Touch & Go

Google recently announced that it was introducing an advanced attribution solution for marketers...

Lee Beale - Media All-Stars 2017

Lee Beale Named One Of The Most Innovative Agency Executives In Media Planning And Buying

Adweek salutes the 2017 class of Media All-Stars honoring the top agency executives who are boldly reimagining the media buying landscape.

Kamran 40 over 40

Digital 40 Over 40 2017: Kamran Asghar

Asghar, a former planning director at Ogilvy & Mather, launched Crossmedia with Martin Albrecht in 2000...

Digiday Sunshine Agency

Digiday: The Sunshine Agency

Crossmedia's growing fast by promising clients a lot more transparency

Agencies 3.0

These 12 Agencies Have Masterfully Adapted in an Increasingly Digital Marketplace

Crossmedia has worked to outfit itself with all the tools of its larger holding company rivals...

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Dogfish Head Brewery Partners with Crossmedia to Amplify Media Efforts

Crossmedia announced today that it has been named media agency for Dogfish Head Brewery...

Cup o Noodles

Crossmedia Announces Win of Nissin Foods Media Agency of Record Account

Crossmedia announced today that it was named media agency of record (AOR) for Nissin Foods (USA)...

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U.S. Bank Taps Crossmedia as Media Agency of Record

The Minneapolis-based bank, which is operated by U.S. Bancorp, initiated a review...

100% transparent

XM Thought Leadership: Programmatic Transparency

Last week, The IAB launched a programmatic transparency calculator...

White Castle

White Castle Names Resource/Ammirati as Its New Agency

Ammirati has won the White Castle account following a competitive pitch...

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GNC Replaces Carmichael Lynch With 3 Shops

Under new executive leadership, GNC is replacing Carmichael Lynch as the agency of record...

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Three Reasons International Media Procurement Beats the Global Media Solution

CROSSMEDIA has introduced a new service and business model...

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AdExchanger: Comparing Apples To Apples And Other Questions For Auditors

In order for an audit to be more than just a routine and expensive bureaucratic exercise...

100% transparent

5 Takeaways from the 2016 ANA Financial Management Conference

2016's ANA Financial Media Conference in Boca Raton was unprecedented in attendance...

Kamran Media All-star

Media All-Star In The Haus

These All-Stars have bent technology to their will and devised unique strategies...

Martin Albrecht

Real-Time With Crossmedia’s Albrecht On Transparency

Programmatic has caught hold around the globe, which is why I'm always eager to hear new perspectives from people stationed in other countries.

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Super Bowl XLVIII Advertising Effectiveness Analysis

Super Bowl advertising needs a few stars to align in order to demonstrate effectiveness against key health measures.

Crossmedia Agency Portrait

Adweek: This Agency Blends Art and Science for Clients

Creativity and analytics can be like oil and water, but Crossmedia blends them into an attractive offering...

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Beyond the Device

If you're reading any agency blog, you’re probably running into a whole mess of articles about...

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The Rise (Not Demise) of the Independent Media Agency

More and more today, clients are demanding agencies be agile, data driven and creative...

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Best and Worst Invention Ever

QR Code: "Scan Me!!!!!" Consumer: "Why?" This is where we are now in the world of the QR code.

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The Maturation Of Brands

We’re seeing that the “lowest common denominator” attitude when it comes to marketing has slowly...