
Media Training Is No Longer Just TV Prep
Media training is no longer just TV prep. The discipline expanded into an AI-reputation function. The 2026 definition, the methodology shift, and the new brief.

Media training is no longer just TV prep. The discipline expanded into an AI-reputation function. The 2026 definition, the methodology shift, and the new brief.

EPR's defended map of media training. What it is, what AI changed, the buyer prompts, the tool layer, the cost structure. The whole discipline in one place.

S&P 451 Research: brand fragmented, citation followed. Voice of the Enterprise methodology, the integration story, and the 59.7 EPR Analyst Visibility Index score.

ISG: the Provider Lens authority. Michael Connors at the top, 64.1 on the EPR Analyst Visibility Index, and the AI engine citation share across all five engines.

How Phil Fersht beat the institutions. HFS Horizons methodology, the named-analyst playbook, 68.4 on the EPR Analyst Visibility Index — the punch-above-weight case.

IDC: 82.3 — the citation floor for tech analyst authority. MarketScape and Forecast methodology, Crawford Del Prete leadership, AI engine citation across five engines.

Forrester: 87.6 and the Wave that still sets the bar. George Colony leadership, the methodology that defined the category, AI engine citation across five engines.

Gartner firm profile 2026 — Magic Quadrant methodology, Eugene Hall leadership, 94.2 EPR Analyst Visibility Index score, and AI engine citation share across the five engines.

Engine-by-engine citation share for Gartner, Forrester, IDC, HFS, ISG, and S&P 451 across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Overviews.

The 2026 EPR Analyst Visibility Index scores Gartner, Forrester, IDC, HFS, ISG, and S&P 451 on how AI engines cite them across 120 prompts and five engines.