Glossary

Earned Media

Exposure a brand gains organically — shares, mentions, coverage — that it didn't pay for directly.

Also known as: Earned media

Earned media is exposure a brand earns organically rather than buying — unpaid shares, mentions, reposts and press — and is one corner of the paid–owned–earned model alongside paid media and owned media.

It is often valued via EMV, an estimate. Creator commerce focuses instead on the share of creator activity that produces measurable, attributed revenue.