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How challengers can make the most of their underdog advantage - with David Meikle and Richard Temple

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Why Stagwell launched Stagwell Media - with Slavi Samardzija

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Are premium creators the ‘new primetime’? With Arcade CEO Matt Elek

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Why one-third of PMG’s employees are engineers – with EMEA CEO Josh Krichefski

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How to traverse a non-linear career in media - with TheZoo.London's Rachel Forde and Marco Bertozzi

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What we learned from 'the first digital-first' World Cup - with The Guardian, Mirror, Sun and Daily Mail

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Your guide to anti-ultra-processed planning - with Craft Media's Sally Weavers and Jen Jones

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Navigating the nascent world of GEO – with Havas’ Amy Banks

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How SPUR is building a new economic model for publishers - with technical lead Alex Springer

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The future of media research and JICs - with the IPA's Dan Flynn and Graeme Griffiths

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What is the future of freesheets? With Metro's Deborah Arthurs and Jo Mazenko

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The art and craft of audio advertising - AudioTrack at 10

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Is broadcasters' embrace of social video commercially sustainable? With Enders Analysis' Niamh Burns

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How Netflix's ads business is becoming a meaningful growth driver - with EMEA ads VP Damien Bernet

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Can YouTube be both TV and a 'home base' for the creator economy? With MD Kim Larson

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How The Sun is developing its video strategy - with commercial revenue director Owen Griffiths

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What publishers can learn from The New York Times's 'solar system' model - with global ads VP Tom Armstrong

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How Channel 4 is taking a 'platform mindset' to TV — with David Amodio and Jay Kassam

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‘It’s not like we knowingly have bad ads’: Meta on ad fraud, teen safety, and why AI will not replace agencies

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Universal Ads is live in the UK. Now what? With Channel 4's Rak Patel

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How AI, China and media consolidation is keeping the global ad market 'buoyant' - with WPP Media's Kate Scott-Dawkins

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Why brands need less channel planning and more ecosystem design — with Arena Media's Hamid Habib

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How marketers should reconsider culture and short-term strategies — with Thinkbox's Elliott Millard

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What the OOH industry needs to do to double its market share - with WOO's Tom Goddard

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Why the United Nations is asking advertisers to protect the open web

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Believe It or Not Ep. 6: Will AI end enterprise software businesses as we know them?

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How brands can win authority in LLMs - with Havas, Heineken and Publicis

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Believe It or Not Ep. 5: Is AI sycophancy bad for business?

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How outcomes measurement has changed the CMO-CFO relationship - with Nimmi Shah and Sameer Modha

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Believe It or Not Ep. 4: Is AI turning the internet into a sea of slop or has 'churnalism' already made it sloppy?

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Can retail media be a brand channel? With Tesco's Tash Whitmey

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Believe It or Not Ep. 3: Is there still room for human creativity in the AI era?

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What next after the social media addiction trial? With ScrollAware's Jess Butcher

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Believe It or Not Ep. 2: Will humans still touch media plans within five years?

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What does it mean to create 'thumb-stopping' content? With LadBible's LA Ronayne

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Believe It or Not Ep. 1: Will AI replace most white collar jobs?

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Introducing Believe It or Not, a mini-series about AI in media hosted by Omar Oakes and Hamish Nicklin

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Why cut-through, not scale, will be the real trick to this year's World Cup - with The Guardian's James Fleetham and Marcus Christenson

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What UM has learned from a year of Full Colour Media — with Susan Kingston-Brown

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Can GB News scale its advertising business? With chief revenue officer Ross Sergeant

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How the BBC will fulfill its remit as global streaming giants encroach — with BBC iPlayer's Kerensa Samanidis

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What's behind double-digit digital ad market growth? With IAB UK's Elizabeth Lane

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Unpacking agency employment decline and progress on gender and diversity efforts — with Lianre Robinson

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Inside the anonymous group of senior leaders warning of advertising's moral failing — with Inside Track's Ned Younger

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Why magazine brands united to launch the single marketplace Atria — with Immediate Media's Cath Waller

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Why audio is embracing video — with News Broadcasting's Dave Wilcox and Russell Pedrick

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How to harness the value of trust — with Matt Bourn and James Best

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Open questions for the year ahead

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Will 2026 be the year of the indie agency? With Martin Woolley and Paul Phelps

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How do advertisers view TV vis-à-vis platforms? With Unilever, PepsiCo, ex-Kraft Heinz

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What a K-shaped economy could mean for the ad market — with Kate Scott-Dawkins

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What will define the future of TV advertising? With Roku's Mike Shaw

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The rhythm of the week has changed. How should marketers react? With The Guardian's Imogen Fox

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The future of Isba and Origin — with Simon Michaelides and Phil Smith

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Why Josh Krichefski joined an indie challenger

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'Full service thinking': How brands are reorganising as media becomes less siloed - with MediaSense's Ryan Kangisser

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The strategy behind Publicis Groupe's landmark year — with Niel Bornman

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How Roku is piecing a fragmented TV landscape back together — with Tom Price

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Why there is a 'human premium' in consumer research — with IPG Mediabrands' Michael Brown

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Platforms' teen safety efforts amount to 'broken promises' — with Andy Burrows and Harriet Kingaby

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How to deliver on boardroom promises — with Boots, Havas, Kinesso and MiQ

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Why aren't brands investing in high-attention media? With Peter Field, Heather Dansie and Mike Follett

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Ask Nabs Anything: Handling redundancy, rejection and mental health — with Nabs' Annabel McCaffrey

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How opaque algorithms are influencing communication — with Lea Karam and Patrick Fagan

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Measurement can't be an afterthought — with IPA's Denise Turner

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Why sport is every brand's playing field — with Sky's Pippa Scaife and Dan Cohen

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Ethics in the future of media technology — with Professor Andy Miah

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How should brands navigate AI search? With Havas Media Network's Paul Bland

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Can creative speak the language of media? With Daivid's Barney Worfolk-Smith

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The future of CTV and shoppable telly — with LG Ad Solutions' Tony Marlow

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Why social media engagement and commerce are all about fandom — with BBC Studios' Jasmine Dawson

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The great AI work transformation — with RX Global’s Robin Tapp and Salesforce’s Felicity Starr

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How to hack the attention economy — with VCCP Media's Will Parrish

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How Tottenham Hotspur FC is integrating AI — with Rob Pickering and Salesforce's Felicity Starr

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Addressing the 'hot potato' of child safety online — with SuperAwesome CEO Kate O'Loughlin

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Channel 4 at Cannes: A new SME marketplace and the 'superpower' of friction

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Hasbro navigates a changed toy market and macro uncertainty — with Jennifer Burch and Kristina Fields

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How Paramount is building simplicity and scale — with Lee Sears

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Is the ad industry ageist? With Anna Sampson

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Adapting to shifting media consumption habits — with TikTok, Spotify, Global and BBC

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An indie's journey into VC — with MNC's Luke Bristow

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How Austria is reinventing linear TV buying — with Sebastian Hinterstoisser and Tom Peruzzi

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Can brands become influencers? With Jungle Creations' Melissa Chapman

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Why consistency is key for brand success — with Specsavers' Ian Maybank

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Can social media be a force for good? With WeAre8's Laura Chase

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Alan Rusbridger on the future of news and Prospect's growth

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Why cinema is becoming more prominent on AV plans — with DCM's Karen Stacey

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Who will win the AI/publisher copyright fight? With PPA's Sajeeda Merali

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Why OOH is in rude health — with JCDecaux's Chris Collins and Dallas Wiles

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How The Guardian is expanding its commercial footprint — with Imogen Fox

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Is the death of the marketing funnel nigh? With IAB’s James Chandler

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Unpacking flaws in current brand safety efforts — with Responsible Marketing Advisory's Emily Roberts

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Stephen Miron on his career and legacy

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Are communities the future of audience-targeting? With MG OMD's Natalie Bell

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How Lantern will bring outcome measurement to TV — with ITV's Sameer Modha and Sky's Matt Hill

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We need to talk about Meta — with Outvertising’s Sonnie Spenser

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Rethinking agency remuneration in 2025 — with MediaSense's Ryan Kangisser

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Why responsible marketing is the future — with Hearts & Science's Garrett O'Reilly

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Are all 'views' created equal? With TikTok, DCM, Total Media and Mindlab

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Why uncertainty is the new normal — with GroupM's Kate Scott-Dawkins