The 2020 election approaches, and political advertising in digital increases. As it becomes more divisive, publishers have to decide if it is appropriate for their brands.
We followed up on the Local Media Inclusion List to understand if it has worked to allow advertising to reach local audiences, and what challenges remain.
A BSI-connected trio discussed The Role of the Brand Safety Office: the professionalization of the BSO, and its intersection with hot-button issues like brand (and corporate social) responsibility.
Brand safety and brand responsibility have been defined by IPG Mediabrands as being in tension. Like any good duality, however, one can not exist without the other.

Brand Safety Officer Unboxing

by Jeremy Spitzberg on Jun 17, 2020 6:37:08 PM

The members of our Inaugural Class of Brand Safety Officers received a sharp-looking schwag box on their doorsteps!

News is brand safe

by Brand Safety Institute on Jun 3, 2020 5:02:26 PM

BSI, the Local Media Consortium, and Scott Cunningham, released a “Local News Advertising Whitelist”. Now two months on, a lot has changed.
The Brand Safety Institute announced its Inaugural Class of certified Brand Safety Officers.
BSI today announced the hiring of Christine Desrosiers as the organization’s first Brand Safety Officer-in-Residence.
COVID-19 is an inflection point in an unimaginable number of ways, and we sit here in the middle of it. We must ensure that what has unfolded serves as an opportunity to reexamine our approach to news and how brands relate to stories that touch on...
Two new studies show the importance, and fragility, of consumer trust in brand advertising