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Big tech gets bigger

Big tech gets bigger

10 Nov 2025 | Jack Benjamin

Revenue grew in the double-figures for the likes of Big Tech companies Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon, as well as smaller social media competitors Snap, Pinterest and Reddit.

IAB Upfronts 2025: How YouTube is putting brands at the heart of culture
IAB Upfronts 2025: How YouTube is putting brands at the heart of culture
16 Oct 2025 | Ellie Hammonds
Google designated with ‘strategic market status’ by UK Competition and Markets Authority
Google designated with ‘strategic market status’ by UK Competition and Markets Authority
10 Oct 2025 | Ellie Hammonds
Invisible but inevitable: The shadow internet will rewrite marketing
Invisible but inevitable: The shadow internet will rewrite marketing
02 Oct 2025 | Lawrence Dodds
Ozone formally launches in US
Ozone formally launches in US
01 Oct 2025 | Jack Benjamin
Why aren’t brands investing in high-attention media? With Peter Field, Heather Dansie and Mike Follett
Why aren’t brands investing in high-attention media? With Peter Field, Heather Dansie and Mike Follett
29 Sep 2025 | Jack Benjamin

High-attention media is more profitable, finds Peter Field, Lumen and Newsworks

25 Sep 2025 | Jack Benjamin

A new study examined how high-attention media formats boost profitability, uncovering an ‘astonishing absurdity’ in marketing practice.

Digital adspend to grow by double digits in 2025 and 2026

23 Sep 2025 | Jack Benjamin

Digital ad revenue totalled £18.7bn in H1 and is expected to grow 10% annually in 2025 and 2026, reaching £45bn by next year.

ITV Studios seeks to expand reach further via Spotify deal

17 Sep 2025 | Ellie Hammonds

The broadcaster has followed in Channel 4’s footsteps to add Spotify as a distribution partner, highlighting the continued trend of chasing incremental reach.

The best of media put padel skills to the test for British Heart Foundation

10 Sep 2025 | Ellie Hammonds

Over 150 people gathered for an afternoon of padel and community to raise funds at the event organised by Mail Metro Media.

Publicis names Steve Bignell global head of PMX Lift

27 Aug 2025 | Jack Benjamin

Andy Carter will replace Bignell as CEO of PMX.

Molly Russell charity CEO: Social media’s user safety efforts have been ‘performative’

27 Aug 2025 | Jack Benjamin

Molly Rose Foundation’s Andy Burrows and Conscious Advertising Network co-chair Harriet Kingaby discuss what’s at stake if advertisers don’t apply pressure to social platforms serving harmful content to teens.

Ethics in the future of media technology — with Professor Andy Miah

26 Aug 2025 | Jack Benjamin

The academic joins Jack Benjamin to discuss the ‘antidotes’ to enshittification, how AI slop is taking over our TikTok feeds, the ethics of chatbots and whether business incentives are aligning with social incentives for technological change in media.

Podcast: How should brands navigate AI search? With Havas Media Network’s Paul Bland

18 Aug 2025 | Jack Benjamin

Havas Media Network UK’s chief digital officer speaks to host Jack Benjamin about how AI search will make upper-funnel brand strategies more important and why publishers would be wise to lean in to the new era of search even if it puts them at a disadvantage.

PPA asks CMA to require greater transparency of Google’s AI search features

15 Aug 2025 | Jack Benjamin

The Professional Publishers Association has proposed the CMA introduce conduct requirements for Google and others around transparency and clear attribution.

Sky Media adds four new Premier League sponsors

15 Aug 2025 | Ellie Hammonds

As the 2025/26 Premier League season kicks off, Sky Media has announced a record number of sponsors, including Guinness, Coca-Cola, Uber Eats, The British Army, Bet365 and EA Sports.

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