Bridge Media Services
Media Intelligence & Strategy

Four Decades of
Media Expertise,
Built for Today.

Bridge Media Services brings deep experience across the entire media ecosystem, delivering AI-powered reporting, and strategic consulting to independent agencies and advertisers alike.

$100B+
Media Billings Managed
40
Years in Advertising
1
U.S. Patent Held
Bridge Media Services

Specialized Services
for Modern Media

From AI-powered reporting tools to hands-on strategic consulting, Bridge Media Services delivers the expertise that turns complex media data into clear, defensible decisions.

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AI in Media

We harness artificial intelligence to solve the reporting and reconciliation problems that have burdened media teams for decades. Our flagship platform, enso, delivers cross-platform ad intelligence every morning, with no spreadsheets and no extra headcount required.

  • Automated daily reporting across Google, Meta & TikTok
  • AI-generated plain-English campaign analysis
  • Cross-platform reconciliation and pacing alerts
  • Branded PDF exports & shareable client links
  • Scheduled email digests for any stakeholder
Learn about enso →
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Media Consulting Services

Built on 40 years of hands-on media accountability work, our consulting practice helps advertisers and agencies understand exactly where their media dollars go and whether they're getting what they paid for.

  • Media contract compliance & accountability reviews
  • Invoice reconciliation & discrepancy resolution
  • Media strategy & planning advisory
  • Vendor evaluation & negotiation support
  • Digital media reporting & operations
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Forty Years Watching
the Same Problem.

Bridge Media Services was built by someone who spent four decades in advertising, running a media accountability firm, holding a patent for invoice reconciliation, and wondering why certain fundamental problems in media transparency were still unsolved. Now they are.

Thomas Bridge started in advertising in 1986. Over the following decade, he built a deep understanding of how media money actually moved, from planning to buying to invoicing to reconciliation, that led him to found Media Management, Inc. (MMi) in 1995, an independent media accountability firm. The premise was straightforward: someone needed to verify that what advertisers paid for was what they actually received. That someone didn't exist yet.

MMi spent 27 years doing that work at scale. Over its history, the firm managed accountability for more than $100 billion in U.S. media billings, including significant digital media, on behalf of clients including General Motors, AT&T, Walmart, Home Depot, T‑Mobile, Mazda, Subway, AstraZeneca, and many other leading U.S. advertisers. Many of those relationships lasted more than a decade.

The work required integrating data from every part of the media supply chain: Nielsen audience data, SQAD rate intelligence, agency buys, and media property invoices. Thomas's approach to that reconciliation problem became the basis for a U.S. patent: a method and system for reconciling advertising invoices and ensuring prompt payment.

In 2022, Ebiquity plc, the global leader in media management and accountability, acquired MMi. Thomas served as Ebiquity's President, North America, through 2023.

"I spent twenty-seven years helping advertisers understand what happened to their media spend after it left the building. The data was always there. It just took too long to get to, and too long to make sense of."

Thomas Bridge, Founder, Bridge Media Services

Today, Bridge Media Services continues that mission, combining decades of media accountability expertise with modern AI-powered tools to help agencies and advertisers achieve the clarity and transparency their media investments deserve. Our subsidiary enso brings this philosophy to the daily reporting challenge, automating what used to take teams days to produce.

By the Numbers
40 yrs
In advertising, started in 1986 and still building.
$100B+
In U.S. media billings managed across MMi's 27-year history, from founding through acquisition.
1
U.S. patent for a method & system for reconciling advertising invoices.
27 yrs
Running MMi before its acquisition by Ebiquity plc in 2022.
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Thomas Bridge
Founder & Principal
LinkedIn Profile →
Media industry veteran with 40 years of experience spanning accountability, strategy, and technology. Formerly President, North America at Ebiquity plc. U.S. patent holder in ad invoice reconciliation.
Clients Served Over the Years
Acura Amgen Pharmaceuticals AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals AT&T Audi Captain D's Chattem Brands Coca-Cola General Motors Home Depot Honda J.M. Smucker's Mazda Papa John's Pizza Papa Murphy's Pizza Paramount Studios Pizza Hut Porsche Ross Stores Subway Taco Bell T-Mobile Toyota Volkswagen Walmart Zaxby's

Let's Talk About Your Media Strategy

Whether you need someone to review your contracts, processes or staffing, AI-powered reporting, or strategic consulting. Bridge Media Services brings the experience to help you get it right.