Insights — the MMI newsroom

See what’s moving in Philippine media — before it moves you.

Monitoring know-how, measurement frameworks, and culture watching from the MMI team for communicators who need the signal early.

Magnifier on a reach report showing weekly news app use down from 60% to 42%, beside an outdated rate card audience, questioning earned media reach.
Media Monitoring

Earned Media Reach Is Shrinking: Reprice Each Placement

Philippine earned media reach is falling while coverage shifts into apps and feeds. Learn how PR agencies can state the reach basis behind every client number.

Media MeterNov 09, 2026
AI search attribution concept: a Google AI Overview on digital banks, a Q3 2026 PH communications board report, and notes on referrals and clips.
Social Listening

AI Search Attribution: Google Owns the Answer Surface Now

Google now sells ads inside the answers your brand appears in. What AI search attribution can still prove for a Philippine board report, and what it cannot.

Media MeterNov 06, 2026
Patrick Miciano, OLIVER APAC Chief Creative Officer, beside AI-led creative storyboards, Adobe 2026 adoption stats, and a share-of-voice baseline.
Culture & Trends

AI-Led Creative Is Coming to Your Pitch: Prove It Works

AI-led creative is already shipping in Philippine campaigns. Why volume is not proof of impact, and how to set a share-of-voice baseline before the work lands.

Media MeterNov 03, 2026
Performance Max asset optimization settings on a tablet beside an AI ad disclosure circular and a checklist to confirm settings and usage rights.
Social Listening

Performance Max Asset Optimization: Audit the Toggles Now

Performance Max asset optimization can now build ads from your client's own site. Audit the two toggles, and the ASC disclosure duty that comes with them.

Media MeterNov 02, 2026
Official statistics monitoring: PSA building, MPI Resolution No. 08 papers, 2024 CBMS poverty figures and an enumerator surveying a Filipino home
Media Monitoring

Official Statistics Monitoring After the Measure Changes

The PSA now counts poverty in deprivations rather than pesos. What official statistics monitoring has to re-baseline before the next release day lands.

Media MeterOct 30, 2026
ChatGPT Ads Philippines collage: Ads Manager on phone, 24 Sep 2026 launch, baseline metrics checklist, and 42.4% of Filipino internet users on ChatGPT.
Culture & Trends

ChatGPT Ads Philippines: Set a Baseline Before You Spend

ChatGPT Ads Philippines launched with no local benchmark. Set a presence, recommendation-share and sentiment baseline before the first peso leaves the account.

Media MeterOct 28, 2026
AI visibility measurement collage: a notebook lists presence, share of answer and sentiment beside a laptop of AI assistants and a board review folder
Social Listening

AI Visibility Measurement Your Board Will Actually Accept

Exposure inside AI answers is rising while attribution collapses. Build AI visibility measurement on presence, share of answer and Philippine sentiment.

Media MeterOct 26, 2026
Agentic media buying collage: an AI agent dashboard buys TikTok, Meta and YouTube ads instantly while a paper media audit log and wall clock show the audit lags
Culture & Trends

Agentic Media Buying Now Moves Faster Than Its Audit Trail

Agentic media buying reaches Philippine brands through network agencies. Build an independent record of what ran before you must report it to the board.

Media MeterOct 21, 2026
Drafting a client report layout with key marketing metrics. Client reporting collage: exposure, behaviour and outcome layers in a Venn sketch, a 1-in-3 click-rate stat, and a +14.2% direct traffic lift on a phone screen.
Social Listening

Client Reporting Beyond Clicks: Build the Three-Layer View

Only about a third of searches now produce a click. Why client reporting needs exposure, behaviour and outcome layers, and which baseline to start this quarter.

Media MeterOct 19, 2026

The Philippine Media Pulse — delivered weekly.

Every Monday, a four-minute read on what dominated last week's coverage, the brands that gained or lost share, and the cycles forming for the week ahead.