Episodes
At The Future of Media London, Bauer radio presenters Ken Bruce and Fleur East chatted about how technology has changed radio production and shared takeaways for leaders and career highlights.
Published 11/21/24
Havas Media UK CEO Paddy Affleck speaks to Omar Oakes about his personal journey from growing up on a commune in Devon and how it has shaped his attitude to leadership and mental-health challenges at work.
Published 11/18/24
Published 11/18/24
The newly promoted Jack Benjamin and outgoing editor-in-chief Omar Oakes discuss a flurry of updates about streaming service user numbers and how their "premium vs ad" strategies are evolving.
Published 11/14/24
Last month, The Media Leader editor-in-chief Omar Oakes sat down with Isba director-general Phil Smith at The Future of Media London conference to ask him tough questions about the future of Origin, concerns around measurement and what advertisers are making of the beta trials so far.
Published 11/11/24
Jack Benjamin and Omar Oakes unpick the media coverage and what's in store for the industry with another Donald Trump US presidency.
Published 11/07/24
Jack Benjamin speaks with Pinterest performance VP Matt Crystal about AI performance tools, Pinterest's lower-funnel strategy and why social media needs to become less "toxic".
Published 11/04/24
A conversation about the future of TV advertising featuring executives from Sky Media, Direct Line Group, Channel 4 and Samba TV.
Published 10/28/24
It's earnings season and the publicly listed agency groups have been more expansive about their "proprietary media" or "principal-based media" products.
Published 10/24/24
Members from Stagwell agencies HarrisX and Goodstuff unpack new research which has found advertising adjacent to quality news is brand safe — even against "hard news" subjects like war and politics.
Published 10/21/24
Reporter Jack Benjamin and editor-in-chief Omar Oakes unpack key themes from last week's Future of Media London 2024 event.
Published 10/17/24
Jack Benjamin talks to ITV's Jason Spencer and Alan Hall about the development and effectiveness of their new ads produced with generative AI.
Published 10/07/24
Omar Oakes and Jack Benjamin review the big stories in UK media and advertising this week, after which Omar is joined by Wacl's president Karen Stacey and vice-president Claire Sadler to talk about why the female leaders' network is looking for new partners and ways of raising money.
Published 10/03/24
Jack Benjamin and Omar Oakes report highlights from The Media Leader's first outing in Manchester!
Published 09/30/24
Jack Benjamin and Omar Oakes are back to review the big media business news of the week, starting with the launch of Origin, Isba's world-first cross-media measurement tool. It may be billed as a "beta" launch with a limited pool of 35 advertisers, but Oakes explains why "as far as Isba is concerned, Origin is now officially launched". The Media Leader duo also discuss ITV's first-ever generative-AI ads created for small businesses, Roblox’s progression into advertising and The London...
Published 09/26/24
News Media Association CEO Owen Meredith joins Jack Benjamin to discuss challenges facing news publishers relating to search and social media, as well as the sustainability of local news.
Published 09/23/24
Jack Benjamin and Omar Oakes discuss the major stories of the past week, including the proposed sale of The Observer to Tortoise Media, scenes from recent Radiocentre, Thinkbox and Who Cares? events, and product updates from Meta and Snap.
Published 09/19/24
EssenceMediacom's chief strategy officer Richard Kirk and head of media science and modelling Olga Zeitseva join Jack Benjamin to explain how advertisers are spending 3x more on paid social than is optimal.
Published 09/16/24
Jack Benjamin and Omar Oakes discuss the major media and advertising stories of recent weeks following a brief summer hiatus.
Published 09/12/24
Terry Hornsby, founder and EVP of Mantis, joins Jack Benjamin to discuss how keyword blocklists remain in use by advertisers to the detriment of publishers.
Published 09/09/24
Jack Benjamin hosts a live panel where three media strategists field questions about common challenges in advertising.
Published 08/15/24
Sue Unerman, global chief strategy officer at Brainlabs, joins Omar Oakes to discuss leaving WPP's EssenceMediacom after 34 years and "reinventing" herself at a very different agency.
Published 08/12/24
Jack Benjamin and Omar Oakes discuss major stories including Google's US antitrust case and X suing advertisers.
Published 08/08/24
Elliott Clayton, managing director, international sales, at Epsilon, joins Omar Oakes to discuss the direction of his business, cookies and more.
Published 08/05/24
Jack Benjamin and Omar Oakes discuss the major media and advertising stories of the week, including YouTube rejoining Barb.
Published 08/01/24