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Scripps launches MarketPredict to help political campaigns convert voters

Jan. 16, 2018 By Rebecca McCarter

CINCINNATI — MarketPredict® is now available to political campaigns that want to simulate how changes in their marketing and media buy plans will affect voters’ decisions on Election Day.

MarketPredict is a data analysis service that offers live, predictive modeling to help campaigns and agencies deliver smart media campaigns and convert voters. MarketPredict, a product of The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP), was unveiled to an audience of political insiders at today’s MediaPost Marketing Politics Conference in Washington, D.C.

Built by a team led by veteran political data scientists and sales strategists, MarketPredict analyzes rich data sets from multiple sources, offering clients five points of differentiation over competitors. MarketPredict’s proprietary system:

• Forecasts campaigns’ voter conversion, not just its reach, by modeling the factors that can influence a voter.

• Updates data in real time to deliver insights into how voters might react to major news events like a hurricane or a national security event.

• Provides omnichannel recommendations across paid, earned and owned media including television, digital, social media and campaign events.

• Easily integrates campaign data sets and pairs these with the proprietary MarketPredict system to develop a smarter campaign.

• Delivers data that is easy to understand and simple to put to work. The MarketPredict team helps clients translate the data from live models to create an actionable plan.

“MarketPredict monitors the latest voter opinions and word of mouth to help campaigns and agencies understand what voters really care about,” said Eisha Armstrong, managing director for MarketPredict. “After running successful internal pilots of the service in the 2016 elections and again in the Virginia gubernatorial race in 2017, we have seen demand for the product on a broader scale from campaigns looking to use data more strategically to win voters.”

To learn more, visit market-predict.com, email [email protected] or call Michelle Campbell, head of sales for MarketPredict, at 202-408-2713.

About Scripps
The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP) serves audiences and businesses through a growing portfolio of television, radio and national media brands. With 33 television stations, Scripps is one of the nation’s largest independent TV station owners. Scripps runs an expanding collection of national journalism and content businesses, including Newsy, the next-generation national news network; podcast industry leader Midroll Media; and fast-growing national broadcast networks Bounce, Grit, Escape and Laff. Scripps produces original programming including “Pickler & Ben,” runs an award-winning investigative reporting newsroom in Washington, D.C., and is the longtime steward of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Founded in 1878, Scripps has held for decades to the motto, “Give light and the people will find their own way.”

Media Contact:
Kari Wethington, The E.W. Scripps Company, 513-977-3763, [email protected]