The IPA Making Sense Podcast: Rich Kirk

The IPA Making Sense Podcast: Rich Kirk

From IPA Podcast by Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA)

March 11, 2026 · 1h 19m

About this episode

Rich Kirk discusses modern media planning and the impact of AI on the search landscape.

Rich Kirk, Chief Strategy Officer at EssenceMediacom, joins the IPA Making Sense Podcast to explore how to think about the physics of formats, what signal strength means for modern media planning, and how AI is revolutionising the search landscape.

People in this episode

Host: Institute of Practitioners in Advertising

Guest: Rich Kirk

Topics covered

  • media planning
  • AI in advertising
  • format physics
  • signal strength
  • search landscape

Keywords

  • Rich Kirk
  • EssenceMediacom
  • media planning
  • AI
  • search landscape
  • signal strength
  • formats

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: EssenceMediacom, Institute of Practitioners in Advertising

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