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Leading Questions with Lindsey Clay – Thinkbox

Leading Questions with Lindsey Clay – Thinkbox

Thinkbox CEO, Lindsey Clay, is in the hot seat to face our probing and quick-fire Leading Questions.
Up for the cup: Which social ads won the Instagram attention battle

Up for the cup: Which social ads won the Instagram attention battle

Amazon Prime and Emirates have produced the most attention-grabbing Instagram ads of the May football season, according to Lumen Research’s latest creative effectiveness study.
Rebuilding confidence and navigating the job hunt 

Rebuilding confidence and navigating the job hunt 

NABS offers practical advice on how to build your confidence, look after yourself, and deal with the practicalities of job-hunting post-redundancy.
The Future 100 recaps The Future of Brands: Culture vs cringe, performance vs branding, AI vs the human touch

The Future 100 recaps The Future of Brands: Culture vs cringe, performance vs branding, AI vs the human touch

The Media Leader invited members of our Future 100 Club to a post-event virtual roundtable to reflect on the conference’s key themes and discussions.
The implications of TV OS market fragmentation on TV and advertising

The implications of TV OS market fragmentation on TV and advertising

Omdia’s Maria Rua Aguete and David Tett note that TV brands are increasingly prioritising advertising revenue over hardware sales. As emerging TV OS platforms gain traction, the implications for advertisers are significant.
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Opinion

The false divide: Why your B2B/B2C split is costing you growth

The divide between B2B and B2C marketing is a persistent inefficiency. Acknowledging the emotional weight of B2B decisions and addressing it authentically makes brands more effective.

What it takes to start an independent media agency today

The co-founder of Piqniq shares her experience of launching an independent agency from scratch.

The industry is calling it cross-media. It’s not

Fluzo’s multiple data layers answer the question measurement has always promised to answer, but rarely delivered – not just who saw your campaign, but whether it mattered. 

Industry News

Podcasting advertising is clearing a high bar in the UK, claims trade body research

Podcasting advertising is clearing a high bar in the UK, claims trade body research

How Israel’s broadcasters made a shared buying platform work

How Israel’s broadcasters made a shared buying platform work

Is Beatgrid’s single-source measurement the answer to audience fragmentation?

Is Beatgrid’s single-source measurement the answer to audience fragmentation?

Q&A with FreeWheel: Getting the best from linear and streaming

Q&A with FreeWheel: Getting the best from linear and streaming

Connected TV won’t scale unless it ditches old programmatic tech

Connected TV won’t scale unless it ditches old programmatic tech

The $80bn shift: how creator economy is redrawing media boundaries

The $80bn shift: how creator economy is redrawing media boundaries

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

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

Newsworks revives Back Don’t Block campaign as keyword blocklist fears rise ahead of FIFA World Cup

Newsworks revives Back Don’t Block campaign as keyword blocklist fears rise ahead of FIFA World Cup

Data Analysis

The industry is calling it cross-media. It’s not

The industry is calling it cross-media. It’s not

Campaign ROI is maximised when audio gets 25% of spend, finds Radiocentre report

Campaign ROI is maximised when audio gets 25% of spend, finds Radiocentre report

Tech firms must enforce tougher age checks for social media platforms, regulator says

Tech firms must enforce tougher age checks for social media platforms, regulator says

The measurement debate TV really needs to have

The measurement debate TV really needs to have

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