The Media Leader sits down with Mail Metro Media’s new-look commercial team to discuss how the publisher’s sales arm is ‘moving as quickly as a tech company’ amid an ‘existential’ time for the publishing industry.

Analysis: The acquisition is likely to draw close scrutiny from regulators. TV ad buyers favour the deal as a way to simplify TV planning and measurement, but downstream effects could compound.

UK and Ireland box office revenue totalled £99.4m in June, a 29% increase compared to June 2025. Meanwhile, DCM’s revenue jumped 15% year-on-year in H1.

Meta’s Derya Matras discusses her reaction to social media bans for under-16s and answers questions relating to harmful platform design, ad fraud, automating media and creative work, and the future of smart glasses.

Spotify’s VP of product discusses solving the ‘math problem’ of rising ad tier users but a fall in ad-supported revenue, and how Spotify has innovated its tech stack, measurement, and AI creative tools to attract more business.

The 20th anniversary release of TouchPoints finds a paradox: Users are concerned with misinformation on social media, but choose to engage with it for hours a day anyway.

Stephen Riad discusses why Reddit’s strong user and advertising revenue growth has stemmed from a desire for human connection, even as brands view the platform as core to their LLM strategies.

In partnership with Channel 4, host Jack Benjamin sat down with the broadcaster’s commercial chief to discuss the launch of Universal Ads and why, in Patel’s words, TV offers an “oasis” for advertisers.

Khaled El Serafy and Luca Vannini have both been promoted as Davey, formerly Baxter, officially succeeds former CEO Justin Sampson.

Benji Shomair, OpenAI’s VP of monetisation, speaks to The Media Leader about how OpenAI is rapidly iterating its fledgling ad platform.