Scripps News Announces Agreement with Ad Fontes Media to Rate Content for Reliability and Bias

ATLANTA – Scripps News announced April 15, 2024, that Ad Fontes Media, a tech company that rates the news for bias and reliability, will audit its national news as part of the network’s industry-leading commitment to transparency and nonpartisan journalism. The agreement comes as advertisers struggle to filter through a deluge of low-quality journalism that…

Ad Fontes Media Closes $4.2M in Funding Led by Aion Ventures and Joined by New Community Transformation Fund

Ad Fontes Media, the media bias intelligence leader, has announced it has officially closed $4.2 million in funding, led by Aion Ventures and joined by New Community Transformation Fund–Denver (NCTF-D) and several other industry and mission-aligned investors, including ad tech entrepreneur Will Luttrell. As marketers are pressed to do more with less and maximize their…

Marketing Veteran Lou Paskalis Named Chief Strategy Officer for Ad Fontes Media

Ad Fontes Media, the media bias and reliability intelligence leader and producer of The Media Bias Chart®, today announced the appointment of Lou Paskalis as Chief Strategy Officer. Mr. Paskalis has three decades of experience as a top executive for global organizations, including Bank of America, American Express, E. & J. Gallo Winery and, most…

Alliance for Audited Media, Ad Fontes Media Partner to Launch Media Bias Chart for Audited Publishers

The Alliance for Audited Media (AAM), a not-for-profit media auditor, and Ad Fontes Media, a leader in media bias intelligence and the creator of The Media Bias Chart®, have launched an interactive chart listing political media bias and reliability ratings for AAM-audited publishers. There are more than 200 publishers included on the initial chart with…

Ad Fontes Media Adds Comscore Digital Audience Data To Data Platform

Ad Fontes Media has today announced that audience reach data from Comscore (NASDAQ: SCOR) has been integrated into its Data Platform’s reliability and bias ratings. Providing context around publication reach, media buyers, sellers, and observers can now access an unduplicated measure of digital audiences across desktop and mobile devices. Ad Fontes Media Founder and CEO Vanessa…

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Sightly Teams with Ad Fontes Media to Increase Brands’ Comfort Factor, Protect Them from Media ‘Blind Spots’

Sightly, a leading marketing tech and services company recognized for its groundbreaking Brand Mentality™ platform, and Ad Fontes Media, the leader in media bias intelligence and creator of the Media Bias Chart, today announced a strategic partnership. Dealing with rampant misinformation and ensuring responsible media practices are some of the biggest challenges that brands face…

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Ad Fontes Media Adds TV Reliability and Bias Ratings to Its Ad Apex Solution Suite

Until now, TV audiences and advertisers had little way of knowing if the news content they were exposed to when watching TV or promoting their brands was biased. This is an increasingly dire problem because of the substantial evidence that biased content plays a big role in media consumer polarization and is damaging to brands…

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Ad Fontes Media Expands Board of Advisors and Team to Accelerate its Mission to Make News Consumers Smarter and News Media Better

Ad Fontes Media, the media bias intelligence leader and creator of the Media Bias Chart, today announced that it has expanded its Board of Advisors as well as its team. Appointees include Elizabeth Tumulty, Alec Saunders, Don Hussen and Crista Bailey. Elizabeth Tumulty, a long-time media veteran, most recently served as President of CBS Television…

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Mackin’s Global Partnership with Ad Fontes Media to Provide 130,000 K-12 Schools with Access to In-Depth News Literacy Curricula and Data

Mackin, a leading provider of K-12 print and digital fiction and nonfiction titles, as well as educational curriculum materials, is pleased to announce it has partnered with Ad Fontes Media, the media bias intelligence leader, to provide K-12 schools around the world with access to Ad Fontes Media’s in-depth news literacy curricula and data. Over…