After a rainbow-free Cannes and near-silence from brands this Pride Month, it’s now up to us to help make our industry’s LGBTQIA+ talent feel valued, included, and able to thrive, writes Outvertising’s Chris Dunne.
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This year’s Cannes Lions reinforced that, while the pace of innovation continues to accelerate, the core challenges for media and advertising remain remarkably consistent: how to earn attention, build trust, and deliver meaningful outcomes for both brands and consumers.
Comcast Advertising VP Virginie Dremeaux speaks with Warner Bros Discovery’s Estelle Zeitoun and Canal+ Brand Solution’s Fabrice Mollier at Cannes about their services’ recent rebrands and how they’re driving innovations for advertisers.
Publishers made a strong business case for investing in news at Cannes this year amid changes to search and developments in AI. But paradoxes remain over brand safety, sustainability, and economic realities.
Conversations around audio matured along the Croisette year as brands and agencies increasingly recognised the opportunities in digital audio.
Dan Clays, CEO of Omnicom Media Group for the EMEA region and president of this year’s Media Lions, takes us inside the judging process and finds a changing industry with expanding opportunity for media.
Cannes attendees were both excited by and terrified of the impact AI could have on our industry. How should we manage those two opposing emotions?
McKinsey partner Kathryn Rathje speaks to The Media Leader from Cannes about the challenges facing CMOs — from acquiring budget to breaking the cycle of short-termism.
The Media Leader traveled across Cannes speaking to media professionals to find out why TV should be an essential part of marketing strategies, and what the future of TV advertising will be.
Marketers have become “confused, misled, and misguided” by overly precise data and models that often overlook crucial margins of error and statistical relevance Ross Sergeant, global head of media at Allwyn, told The Media Leader in Cannes.