WPP CEO Mark Read has scored a big interview at Cannes — Elon Musk. Given that Musk ‘hates’ advertising and has been a terrible owner of Twitter, Read owes it to this industry to ask him tough questions.

Under anonymity, a roundtable of advertising and media executives discuss who’s to blame for made-for-advertising sites and what can be done, if anything, to minimise them.

Advertising revenue, partnerships and AI are crucial for reducing subscriber churn as pay-TV operators adapt to changing consumer preference, according to one of the sector’s leading researchers.

Banning media owners from running fossil-fuel ads is punitive. We need evidence-based decisions that will make our future more sustainable, not using this industry as an easy target, writes the editor. 

Interview: An analyst at her core, Osborne still carries the scars of early career setbacks. UM’s UK CEO speaks to Omar Oakes about her career and plans for the IPG media agency.

Specialist media consultancies like PwC’s should be in high demand. And yet the market for them could have a quickly approaching expiry date, writes the editor-in-chief.

“People primarily like to watch television about their own communities,” David Abraham told The Media Leader when pressed about whether Channel 4’s remit needs to change to compete with streaming giants.

Analysis: First Accenture, now PwC joins consultancy exit from UK media.

Salesforce’s media lead, Neil Robinson, laid bare key challenges to the industry in a recent webinar hosted by The Media Leader that discussed how advertisers and media owners risk “leaving money on the table”.

Lack of sporting competition creates the deadliest form of cancer for live TV: it’s become boring, writes the editor-in-chief.