From shared ID solutions to ads in Netflix, our reporters offer 11 reality checks about what we shouldn’t expect in 2020.
December 31, 2019

It's easy to predict a glorious future for one's industry at the start of a new year. But this is media, so we're going focus on what won't happen instead.  Read more below.

  • No rally for Apple News+, no federal privacy regulations, and no death of the CMO. Check out our anti-predictions here.
  • Light ad loads, narrower targeting and a crush of political advertising are going to press streaming video ad prices higher, as demand outpaces supply.
  • For those of you still figuring out new years resolutions, a lot of media executives are focused on how to balance work and life more carefully than they have in the past.
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