Lauren Benedict
CTV Emerges as Performance Channel Amid Shift to Lower-Funnel Ad Buying: Roku
LAS VEGAS – Roku is leaning into a message advertisers have long wanted to hear: connected TV can now drive measurable business outcomes, not just awareness. Speaking with Beet.TV Editorial Director Lisa Granatstein at CES 2026, Lauren Benedict, vice president of global ad sales and partnerships at Roku, said the company is seeing growing demand […]
Creators Support Authentic Bonds With Engaged Viewers: Spotter’s Lauren Benedict
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Creators are remaking the media landscape, giving brands new ways to reach audiences of highly engaged fans, enthusiasts and followers. Amid this transformation, create platform Spotter is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to license Creator content that’s monetized through partnerships with brands. “These Creators are really building expectations with audiences […]
Creators in Focus at Upcoming Beet Retreat Santa Monica 2024
At some point in the last couple of years, the growing interest in “influencer” marketing gave way to a consideration of “creator” relationships. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Lauren Benedict, Chief Revenue Officer at Spotter, emphasized the distinction: “Creators are really the future storytellers that are attracting audiences and eyeballs that quite honestly, brands […]
Through M&A, MNTN Scales Into ‘Creative As A Subscription’
SAN JUAN, PR — With tools in their hands to build, buy and target ads, a new generation of TV advertiser is embracing the connected TV (CTV) screen. By and large, the flexibility and power they are discovering from the channel is beckoning smaller companies than were traditionally platformed by linear TV. In this video […]
MNTN View: Creative At The Speed Of Culture
CANNES — In recent years, many advertisers hit a fork in the road, and chose their path. Much spend has gravitated toward either outcomes-driven performance channels or creative-driven, top-of-funnel brand building. Lauren Benedict wants to connect the two. In this video interview with Beet.TV, the SVP, enterprise sales at ad-tech firm MNTN, explains why. Connecting creative […]





