In brief: Immediate Media has promoted Cath Waller as managing director of advertising.

The name change was unveiled at Adwanted Events’ invite-only event The Year Ahead on Thursday.

Four panelists at Mediatel’s invite-only Year Ahead event tomorrow reflect on key media issues from 2022.

Columnists for The Media Leader share their predictions for the upcoming year, from surprise collaborations to the “black swans” on the horizon.

Agency execs and industry leaders discuss what medium had the best year in 2022.

Jamie Barnard, former Unilever in-house lawyer and CEO of privacy and data governance platform Compliant, joins Omar Oakes.

A recent global review of automation in the radio buying process by Egta highlighted the need for digital transformation in some markets and offered advice from those that have already tackled the issue.

From changing government regulation to the passing of the Queen and the sale of Twitter to Elon Musk, to say 2022 has been an eventful year in media and the world more generally would be an understatement. 

Throughout 2022, The Media Leader has fielded exceptional opinions and perspectives from a number of columnists, industry veterans, and fresh voices.

JCDecaux’s co-CEO in the UK, Dallas Wiles, tells Omar Oakes why the outdoor media company thinks 2023 will the year of the public screen.