FOI/202000018487 · FOI · unclear
Online, digital and radio advertising spend: FOI release
Information requested
1) The amount that the Scottish Government has spent on
-online/digital advertising -Local radio advertising* in each of the last five financial years.
2) how much was spent on local radio advertising during the 6 weeks leading up to the GeneralElection on 1212.19.*
3) A list of the 10 largest recipients of Scottish Government advertising spend.**
*Upon clarification of the term "local radio" you stated you would like all radio spend.
** Also upon clarification regarding whether you meant the media owners that receive the largest amounts of our spend through our media agencies, or the agencies that receive the largest amount of our spend; you requested the top 5 of each.
Response
The answer to your question is: 1)
Channel 1st Apr 15 - 31st Mar 16 1st Apr 16 - 31st Mar 17 1st Apr 17 - 31st Mar 18 1st Apr 18 - 31st Mar 19 1st Apr 19 to 29th Feb 20 Total Digital Display £464,799 £311,284 £407,744 £725,993 £650,425 £2,560,245 Paid Social £211,483 £264,044 £270,417 £472,563 £467,698 £1,686,205 Paid Search (PPC) £77,466 £62,993 £46,530 £105,397 £109,213 £401,599 Digital Audio (DAX & Spotify) £0 £5,950 £2,543 £82,187 £191,317 £281,997 Adserving and Reporting £35,948 £14,858 £13,960 £25,166 £26,174 £116,106 Creative Services £0 £15,286 £22,116 £134,842 £319,624 £491,868 Radio £569,869 £460,949 £287,588 £619,279 £683,007 £2,620,692 TOTALS £1,359,565 £1,135,364 £1,050,898 £2,165,427 £2,447,458 £8,158,712
2) To clarify, the Scottish Government's spend on Radio advertising would have been unrelated to the General Election as no new announcements are made during a pre-election period in order to avoid influencing party politics. Radio spend from 1st November to 12th December was £160,934. 3)
Top 5 Media Owners Spend from 1st April 15 to 29th Feb 20 STV £3,348,011.00 Bauer £2,072,452.69 Facebook £1,286,447.73 Talon Outdoor £1,074,339.33 Channel 4 £895,478.00 Top 5 Agencies Spend from 1st April 15 to 29th Feb 20 Carat £9,895,223.48 Leith £5,450,525.64 Republic of Media £4,487,024.13 Union £2,968,687.52 The Gate £2,180,129.48
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