Advertisers Plan on Spending One-Third Less in This Year’s Upfront
Covid-19 uncertainty could lead to $7 billion in lost revenue

Media companies were already bracing for upfront ad revenue losses, but they could be bigger than anticipated.
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Many media companies and buyers expected that this year’s upfront marketplace will be softer in the midst of a pandemic, but a new survey of advertisers reveals just how seismic the ad revenue losses could be this year.