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Culture is everywhere. So why is it rarely planned for?

Culture is everywhere. So why is it rarely planned for?

25 Sep 2026 | Heather Dansie

Adding ‘cultural relevance’ through news brands to media plans sees a bigger impact on sales. Newsworks’ insights director has the data to back it up.

A manifesto for adland: It’s time to prepare for what’s coming next
A manifesto for adland: It’s time to prepare for what’s coming next
17 Sep 2026 | Simon Kilby
Future of Media Manchester 2026 – Live coverage
Future of Media Manchester 2026 – Live coverage
16 Sep 2026 | James Longhurst
The Future of Media Manchester 2026: What to expect
The Future of Media Manchester 2026: What to expect
13 Sep 2026 | Charli West
Inaugural advisory board announced for The Future of Media London
Inaugural advisory board announced for The Future of Media London
23 Jul 2026 | James Longhurst
Mapping the UK agency landscape
Mapping the UK agency landscape
15 Jun 2026 | Tom Salmon

Beyond search: Making ‘Share of Model’ work for your brand

14 Apr 2026 | Victor Batista

Share of Model helps measure how often AI mentions and describes a brand, product, or attribute, and in what terms. Jellyfish’s senior media director offers advice on how to use it to rethink search.

Is human-made the new handmade?

13 Apr 2026 | Katie Ingram

To kick-start this week’s AI-focused editorial special, the director of Advertising Week Europe shares findings on what the rise of the ‘human premium’ means for brands and businesses.

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

11 Mar 2026 | Konrad Shek

The Advertising Association’s AI Taskforce has mapped the current reality of AI deployment in advertising, identified the skills needed, and developed practical frameworks to build them.

Future 100 Club on their favourite Media Leader coverage from 2025

18 Dec 2025 | James Longhurst

From hard-hitting investigations of social media safety to thought-provoking op-eds on sustainability and the industry’s flagship events, The Media Leader’s coverage in 2025 sparked important conversations across the industry.

Our most popular podcast episodes of 2025

16 Dec 2025 | Jack Benjamin

The Media Leader Podcast hit its stride in 2025, playing host to leaders from across the media industry discussing the big challenges and opportunities facing media owners and advertising alike.

Channel 4, ITV and Sky commercial chiefs ask advertisers to ‘turn down the toxic’

30 Nov 2025 | Jack Benjamin

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.

Future of Media London: The AI lowdown

25 Nov 2025 | Ellie Hammonds

Several industry experts joined The Media Leader Studios to discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of the future of AI.

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.

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