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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.

Why Josh Krichefski joined an indie challenger
Why Josh Krichefski joined an indie challenger
24 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
The strategy behind Publicis Groupe’s landmark year — with Niel Bornman
The strategy behind Publicis Groupe’s landmark year — with Niel Bornman
10 Nov 2025 | Jack Benjamin
How Roku is piecing a fragmented TV landscape back together — with Tom Price
How Roku is piecing a fragmented TV landscape back together — with Tom Price
03 Nov 2025 | Jack Benjamin
Why there is a ‘human premium’ in consumer research — with IPG Mediabrands’ Michael Brown
Why there is a ‘human premium’ in consumer research — with IPG Mediabrands’ Michael Brown
20 Oct 2025 | Jack Benjamin

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.

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.

Why aren’t brands investing in high-attention media? With Peter Field, Heather Dansie and Mike Follett

29 Sep 2025 | Jack Benjamin

New research shows that investing in high-attention media channels is more profitable than investing in low-attention ones. But in the past decade, adspend is going the other way. The report’s authors unpack why and what can be done to improve media effectiveness.

Ask Nabs Anything: Handling redundancy, rejection and mental health — with Nabs’ Annabel McCaffrey

22 Sep 2025 | Jack Benjamin

Nabs’ Advice Line lead answers submitted questions on topics relating to redundancy, networking, and supporting working mothers, among others.

How opaque algorithms are influencing communication — with Lea Karam and Patrick Fagan

15 Sep 2025 | Jack Benjamin

The behavioural consultants speak to host Jack Benjamin about whether attention spans are truly shortening and why we still use social media even when so many agree it’s a negative force on society.

Measurement can’t be an afterthought — with IPA’s Denise Turner

08 Sep 2025 | Jack Benjamin

The IPA’s research director discuss her new remit, the forthcoming AMRAs and how she views the state of media effectiveness as media owners move towards providing outcomes-based measurement for clients.

Why sport is every brand’s playing field — with Sky’s Pippa Scaife and Dan Cohen

01 Sep 2025 | Jack Benjamin

Sky Media’s digital ad and transformation chiefs discuss changing sports viewing habits and how the new Sports Marketplace is helping to democratise live sport for smaller advertisers.

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.

Ask Nabs Anything: Submit your questions for The Media Leader Podcast

19 Aug 2025 | The Media Leader Staff

Nabs’ Annabel McCaffrey will join the podcast next month to answer questions about how to handle an uncertain job market amid widespread redundancies.

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