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Acadia Named 2026 Ad Age A-List Media Agency of the Year

By Acadia / March 9, 2026
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Acadia is proud to announce that we’ve been named 2026 AdAge A-List Media Agency of the Year. This is the 4th annual award Acadia has received since its founding. Acadia…

What are media rebates – and why agency transparency is back in the hot seat

By Acadia / March 3, 2026
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In a recent Ad Age video podcast on media rebates and principal buying, Ad Age writer Ewan Larkin broke down how these incentives work: agencies receive rebates or inventory from…

Acadia was Named to Forbes Best Startup Employers of 2026

By Acadia / March 3, 2026
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Acadia has been named to Forbes’ America’s Best Startup Employers 2026 list, recognizing the company among the top 500 privately held startups in the U.S. The annual ranking, developed in…

Jared Belsky Featured in The Drum for Leading Industry-Wide Campaign

By Acadia / February 26, 2026
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Acadia‘s Co-Founder and CEO, Jared Belsky, was featured prominently in The Drum on February 24th for his public campaign to return media rebates to clients and challenge the rest of…

AdAge: Acadia Is Returning Media Rebates to Its Clients—And Lighting a Fire Under Other Agencies to Do So

By Acadia / February 18, 2026
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Acadia Co-Founder and CEO Jared Belsky has been featured in an AdAge industry article highlighting Acadia’s ongoing commitment to media transparency and ethical agency practices. In the article, Belsky is…

Margot Eddy Featured in eMarketer: Why Threads Isn’t a Priority Yet

By Acadia / January 28, 2026
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Margot Dukes Eddy, Partner and Head of Social at Acadia, was featured in eMarketer on January 28, 2026. The article explores Threads’ recent growth and notes that while the platform…

A Dozen Experts. Two Questions. Big Predictions on the Future of Retail

By Acadia / January 21, 2026
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It’s the start of the year and the perfect time to pause, look back, and think about what’s coming next. We asked 12 previous Ecommerce Braintrust guests to share the…

Acadia & Jared Belsky Named Finalists For The Campaign 2026 Agency of the Year Awards

By Acadia / January 21, 2026
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We are proud to announce that Campaign, the global leading business media brand, announced both Acadia and Acadia’s Co-Founder and CEO, Jared Belsky, as finalists for their 2026 Agency of…

What Indie Agencies Need to Know About Scaling in an Oversaturated Market

By Acadia / January 14, 2026
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Jared Belsky, Acadia’s CEO and co-founder, was featured in an AdAge article published on January 12, discussing the pressures reshaping the agency landscape. Independent agencies are under pressure to scale…