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The Media Leader Awards partners with M&M Global

The Media Leader Awards partners with M&M Global

25 Mar 2026 | James Longhurst

The Media Leader’s flagship awards programme is joining forces with the 37-year-old M&M Global Awards, putting senior and emerging talent from across the industry in front of a global audience.

Why the advertising industry can’t afford to get AI skills wrong
Why the advertising industry can’t afford to get AI skills wrong
11 Mar 2026 | Konrad Shek
Future 100 Club on their favourite Media Leader coverage from 2025
Future 100 Club on their favourite Media Leader coverage from 2025
18 Dec 2025 | James Longhurst
Our most popular podcast episodes of 2025
Our most popular podcast episodes of 2025
16 Dec 2025 | Jack Benjamin
Channel 4, ITV and Sky commercial chiefs ask advertisers to ‘turn down the toxic’
Channel 4, ITV and Sky commercial chiefs ask advertisers to ‘turn down the toxic’
30 Nov 2025 | Jack Benjamin
Future of Media London: The AI lowdown
Future of Media London: The AI lowdown
25 Nov 2025 | Ellie Hammonds

Reflections from The Media Leader Awards 2025 winners

19 Nov 2025 | Ellie Hammonds

At the Future of Media London 2025 the winners of this year’s awards dropped by at The Media Leader Studios to discuss their careers and what lead them to this point.

The strategy behind Publicis Groupe’s landmark year — with Niel Bornman

10 Nov 2025 | Jack Benjamin

At The Future of Media London event, host Jack Benjamin sat down with Publicis Media Connected UK CEO Niel Bornman to chat about Publicis’ post-pandemic growth, performance media, principal media, and the future of the agency model.

Netflix’s ad tier reaches 190m monthly active viewers

05 Nov 2025 | Jack Benjamin

The streaming giant’s EMEA ads VP sat down with The Media Leader to discuss three years of ads on Netflix, and what is coming next.

Octave MD reflects on how ‘audio is becoming a bit of a bolt on’ in podcasting

05 Nov 2025 | Ellie Hammonds

At The Future of Media London 2025 Octave’s managing director, Russell Pedrick spoke on the changes podcasting has seen, the rise of video, how data can be effectively utilised to advertisers advantage and AI’s role.

The Media Leader Awards 2025: Winners announced

05 Nov 2025 | Ellie Hammonds

The winners include Lisa Walker from Vodafone UK, the co-CEO’s from JCDecaux UK, Havas Media, and giffgaff and MG OMD.

Advertisers keen to equip themselves as AI continues to evolve search

04 Nov 2025 | Ellie Hammonds

At The Future of Media London 2025, Brainlabs highlighted what the future of search looks like today and how AI is rapidly changing this, with the future looking set with AI agents and personalisation.

So what is your f-cking job, media planners?

04 Nov 2025 | Mike Follett

Lumen’s Mike Follett responds to feedback on his provocative comment that planners “do your fucking jobs”, lest they risk replacement by AI tools.

The Future of Media London 2025 – Live

31 Oct 2025 | James Longhurst

Follow along live with the best of the sold out The Future of Media London 2025, 4th-5th November.

Ask the experts: Havas, Wavemaker, Republic of Media and Ozone answer your questions on data and research

31 Oct 2025 | The Media Leader Staff

Following up on questions from this year’s Future of Media Manchester event, strategy leaders answered attendees’ queries about how data and insights can be used to impact media strategies.

How to deliver on boardroom promises — with Boots, Havas, Kinesso and MiQ

06 Oct 2025 | The Media Leader Staff

The Media Leader’s content director James Longhurst hosted a panel on the challenges clients and agencies face throughout the year as they seek to meet and exceed boardroom expectations.

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