The Madison Report: Audience Intelligence, Agency Moves & Opinions That Drive Business

Left Off Madison Levels Up Sports Audience Targeting with Next-Gen Data Intelligence Platform

Left Off Madison has unlocked a new way for brands to reach sports fans—turning MRI-Simmons data into precise, addressable audiences across 100+ platforms, from CTV and social to display. Covering 20+ major leagues and powered by 60,000+ consumer attributes, the platform gives marketers a smarter alternative to expensive sponsorships—delivering true sports-fan targeting with accountability, flexibility, and ROI.

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Marketers Could Replace Sports Sponsorships With Art Galleries & Aquariums

As sports sponsorship costs rise, consumer interest is quietly shifting. MRI-Simmons data shows that leagues like MLB, NBA, and NHL have lost millions of fans, while passions tied to nature and the arts—beaches, aquariums, zoos, galleries, and live music—are growing. For marketers, the most authentic, high-impact sponsorships may now live beyond stadiums, closer to where consumers actually spend their time.

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Security Cameras for Fish Owners and Headphones for Golfers: How Media Agencies Find New Customers for Clients 

Sometimes the most powerful growth insights don’t come from a brief—they come from the data. While analyzing MRI-Simmons audience data for Panasonic’s HomeHawk security camera, Left Off Madison uncovered an unexpected buyer segment: tropical fish and reptile owners using the camera to monitor their tanks. The discovery led Panasonic to pivot its content strategy, outperform traditional home-security messaging, and ultimately rethink product packaging and retail distribution—proof that rigorous audience analysis can shape not just media plans, but product strategy itself.

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Left off Madison digs into specific ethnicities to carve out its niche

Left Off Madison is an independent agency founded by former Dentsu and Merkle executives Rob Douglas and Boris Litvinov, built to reunite media and creative without holding-company overhead. The agency specializes in precision multicultural targeting, using real-time purchase data from independent retailers through its proprietary Tiendita platform—an approach that has delivered outsized sales lift for brands like Panasonic and Ajinomoto.

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