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WPP Media are forecasting a sunny, if consolidated, expectation for growth in 2026. This year uncertainty over tariffs didn’t have quite as big an impact on consumer spending or ad revenue as anticipated.

Welcome to the Brief for Monday 8th December, The Media Leader’s round-up of media news.

Year-to-date, total box office gross has surpassed £965m, running 2% ahead of 2024 and 1% behind 2023. November box office for the UK and Ireland totaled £85m, a 33% decline from last November against a challenging comparable.

The transaction, valued at $82.7bn (including debt) is expected to close by Q3 2026, after Warner Bros Discovery carves out its linear TV businesses into a new company, Discovery Global.

The brief – The Media Leader’s daily round-up of media news.

Made-for-advertising (MFA) sites are thriving and causing the “sloppification” of the internet. It’s time they were stopped and adland has the power to turn off the tap, says Ogury’s Benjamin Lanfry.

Audioboom acquired Adelicious in July, and as part of the deal, Craig Eastwood became the new VP international. The Media Leader sits down with him to see how it’s going.

JICRIT, the owner of J-ET’s managing director Robin Angell is stepping down next year after nearly two decades at the company, and Chontal Angus will be taking the reins.

Is the festive idealism of families watching your ads together at risk of becoming a ghost of Christmas past? Not if cinema has anything to say about it, argues DCM’s head of insight.

Buzz Lightyear is not the only disruptor making a comeback; direct mail is also on the smart marketer’s radar for 2026, says Marketreach’s Sonia Danner.