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The future of Isba and Origin — with Simon Michaelides and Phil Smith

The future of Isba and Origin — with Simon Michaelides and Phil Smith

01 Dec 2025 | Jack Benjamin

Outgoing and incoming Isba directors general Phil Smith and Simon Michaelides speak about the next stages of Origin, loss of trust between agencies and clients, challenges facing CMOs, and whether there should be an Isba for small businesses.

‘That’s NABS. We’re in your corner, whatever you’re going through’: A lunchtime chat with Sue Todd
‘That’s NABS. We’re in your corner, whatever you’re going through’: A lunchtime chat with Sue Todd
01 Dec 2025 | Greg Grimmer
Why Josh Krichefski joined an indie challenger
Why Josh Krichefski joined an indie challenger
24 Nov 2025 | Jack Benjamin
‘Social as a destination itself’: Inside Mail Metro Media’s two new social publishers
‘Social as a destination itself’: Inside Mail Metro Media’s two new social publishers
19 Nov 2025 | Jack Benjamin
‘Full service thinking’: How brands are reorganising as media becomes less siloed – with Mediasense’s Ryan Kangisser
‘Full service thinking’: How brands are reorganising as media becomes less siloed – with Mediasense’s Ryan Kangisser
17 Nov 2025 | Jack Benjamin
‘We are a destination’: NYT’s global ads chief talks the Gray Lady’s international ambitions
‘We are a destination’: NYT’s global ads chief talks the Gray Lady’s international ambitions
14 Nov 2025 | Jack Benjamin

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.

A day in the life of a media planner: Generation Media

04 Nov 2025 | The Media Leader Staff

Media planning can feel like an elusive practice to those outside of agencies. In our ongoing series, Generation Media’s Akanksha Sharma takes us through her daily routine.

How Roku is piecing a fragmented TV landscape back together — with Tom Price

03 Nov 2025 | Jack Benjamin

Roku’s content distribution director speaks with host Jack Benjamin about its recent developments in FAST and SVOD, what makes the UK TV market unique, and how it works with its content partners to improve discoverability.

LHF restrictions: How cinema is adapting

22 Oct 2025 | Ellie Hammonds

With the industry-wide voluntary adoption of the LHF advertising restrictions now in play, The Media Leader is exploring how different channels are adapting. Next, is cinema.

Why there is a ‘human premium’ in consumer research — with IPG Mediabrands’ Michael Brown

20 Oct 2025 | Jack Benjamin

IPG Mediabrands’ UK and EMEA head of research and insight joins host Jack Benjamin to discuss how consumer research is changing, both in terms of how it’s practiced and what is demanded of it.

Reach CEO: ‘We’re a pyramid without its top’

17 Oct 2025 | Jack Benjamin

Piers North discusses why the UK’s largest news publisher is embracing subscriptions as part of a wider drive to improve what has consistently been modest digital revenues growth.

Platforms’ teen safety efforts amount to ‘broken promises’ — with Andy Burrows and Harriet Kingaby

13 Oct 2025 | Jack Benjamin

The Molly Rose Foundation CEO and Conscious Advertising Network co-chair join host Jack Benjamin to unpack several research studies about social platforms’ lack of effective child-safety tools.

A day in the life of a media planner: Mediahub

07 Oct 2025 | Pranjali Gaonkar

Media planning can feel like an elusive practice to those outside of agencies, so The Media Leader wanted to get a peek at what a standard day looks like. Here is what Mediahub’s Pranjali Gaonkar daily diary looks like.

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.

International Podcast Day: The Media Leader’s favourite episodes

30 Sep 2025 | Ellie Hammonds

To celebrate International Podcast Day, The Media Leader team picked their episodes from our podcast. Now’s your chance to catch up if you missed any of these.

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