WPP Media are forecasting a sunny, if consolidated, expectation for growth in 2026. This year uncertainty over tariffs didn’t have quite as big an impact on consumer spending or ad revenue as anticipated.

Year-to-date, total box office gross has surpassed £965m, running 2% ahead of 2024 and 1% behind 2023. November box office for the UK and Ireland totaled £85m, a 33% decline from last November against a challenging comparable.

The transaction, valued at $82.7bn (including debt) is expected to close by Q3 2026, after Warner Bros Discovery carves out its linear TV businesses into a new company, Discovery Global.

David Amodio and Jay Kassam will join the new-look senior commercial leadership team as head of sales, and head of business operations and revenue innovation, respectively, beginning in January.

Outgoing and incoming Isba directors general Phil Smith and Simon Michaelides speak about the next stages of Origin, loss of trust between agencies and clients, challenges facing CMOs, and whether there should be an Isba for small businesses.

At last month’s Future of Media London event, Rak Patel, Kelly Williams and Brett Aumuller called for advertisers to reduce their spend on Meta by 30% and reinvest that budget into ‘trusted’ media.

Digital subscriptions will be priced at £16 per month or £144 per year, though readers under the age of 35 will qualify for a 50% discount.

The TV company’s latest Showcase event pushed advertisers to invest in Sky content on digital platforms, promoting its presence on competitors like YouTube.

An additional 42% of Brits are “open” to cycling, implying a growing normalisation of churn. The solution for streaming services? Shift focus from acquisition to loyalty.

At the PPA’s Independent Publishers Conference, Jack Davenport discussed why a lack of measurement standards is holding back podcast investment, and how Goalhanger has unlocked revenue growth through an embrace of video and social.