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Whalar’s Cronk: Accenture Song deal is about creator accountability, not scale alone

Next in Media’s Mike Shields reports that Whalar co-CEO Jo Cronk explained why her creator agency sold to Accenture Song rather than a holding company, citing shared obsession with measurement as U.S. creator spending surges toward $44 billion, per the IAB.

Why it matters. Brands and agencies gain pressure to judge creator campaigns against the same benchmarks as other media channels rather than letting creator shops self-report results.

Signal from Next in Media · Mike Shields · read the original.

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