Social Video Surpasses Linear TV Ad Spend for First Time: Spark Foundry’s Kelly Chiricotti

NEW YORK – Social video ad spending has overtaken linear television for the first time in 2025, marking a “seismic shift” in the media landscape, said Kelly Chiricotti, senior vice president of Publicis Groupe’s Spark Foundry. Speaking during the IAB NewFronts, Chiricotti said the rise of creator-driven, short-form video content has permanently altered consumer behavior […]