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Inside TikTok’s journey to become a retailer and search competitor

Inside TikTok’s journey to become a retailer and search competitor

16 Dec 2025 | Jack Benjamin

General manager of global business solutions Kris Boger speaks to The Media Leader about TikTok’s expansion into commerce and search, how the platform has innovated despite US ownership uncertainty, and challenges in tackling teen safety.

What a K-shaped economy could mean for the ad market — with Kate Scott-Dawkins
What a K-shaped economy could mean for the ad market — with Kate Scott-Dawkins
15 Dec 2025 | Jack Benjamin
What will define the future of TV advertising? With Roku’s Mike Shaw
What will define the future of TV advertising? With Roku’s Mike Shaw
11 Dec 2025 | Jack Benjamin
The rhythm of the week has changed. How should marketers react? With The Guardian’s Imogen Fox
The rhythm of the week has changed. How should marketers react? With The Guardian’s Imogen Fox
08 Dec 2025 | Jack Benjamin
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
‘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

24 Nov 2025 | Jack Benjamin

The former IPA president speaks to Jack Benjamin about his new role at PMG, the agency’s growth strategy, whether his People First IPA agenda had an impact, and the future of the agency model.

‘Social as a destination itself’: Inside Mail Metro Media’s two new social publishers

19 Nov 2025 | Jack Benjamin

Hannah Blake and Nick Moar, leaders of the Daily Mail’s new social publishers, discuss their editorial and commercial visions for DMG Newmedia and Creator Media, and how social can be harnessed to build publishing brands in a new era.

‘Full service thinking’: How brands are reorganising as media becomes less siloed – with Mediasense’s Ryan Kangisser

17 Nov 2025 | Jack Benjamin

Mediasense’s chief strategy officer returns to the podcast to unpack its recent ‘Future of Media Organisations’ study and discuss why media integration – rather than scale – is the key to success moving forward.

‘We are a destination’: NYT’s global ads chief talks the Gray Lady’s international ambitions

14 Nov 2025 | Jack Benjamin

Tom Armstrong speaks to The Media Leader about how The New York Times is adapting its output to become a daily habit for consumers — be it through news, games or personalised sports coverage — and what that means for its growing advertising model.

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.

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.

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.

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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