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The year of YouTube: What happens when the side door becomes the front door?

The year of YouTube: What happens when the side door becomes the front door?

11 Sep 2026 | Jasmine Dawson

The opportunity on YouTube is not simply to make big numbers bigger. It is to turn global attention into durable brand value, writes BBC Studios’ SVP of digital.

Leading Questions with Emma Newman – PubMatic
Leading Questions with Emma Newman – PubMatic
11 Sep 2026 | James Longhurst
Amol Rajan’s next chapter was written by broadcast media 
Amol Rajan’s next chapter was written by broadcast media 
10 Sep 2026 | David Wilding
Don’t let YouTube take you to the cleaners
Don’t let YouTube take you to the cleaners
09 Sep 2026 | Bob Wootton
The perfect partner for investigative journalism and the nodding Beeb
The perfect partner for investigative journalism and the nodding Beeb
09 Sep 2026 | Raymond Snoddy
Making sense of the IPA’s Making Sense 8
Making sense of the IPA’s Making Sense 8
09 Sep 2026 | Mike Follett

Rinse and repeat? How the new agency business model will accelerate client in-housing

08 Sep 2026 | Nick Manning

If the legacy extractive media agency business model is dying despite the life-support system of non-transparent revenues, what happens next? asks Nick Manning.

If it looks like a duck: Why YouTube should never be planned and bought as TV

08 Sep 2026 | Paul Evans

Paul Evans analyses the gap between YouTube’s claim and conduct.

A false choice: Why linear and broadcaster streaming are the drivers of TV’s profit

08 Sep 2026 | David Amodio

The most effective TV strategies today harness the strengths of both linear and BVOD, writes Channel 4’s head of sales.

Why does the media still want to punish Meghan Markle?

07 Sep 2026 | Nicola Kemp

The tragic death of Professor Jadon Arday underlines the human cost of manufactured outrage, yet our national bloodsport continues with neither reflection nor remorse, writes Nicola Kemp.

Google isn’t all-powerful, but it knows how to turn media into water

07 Sep 2026 | Omar Oakes

The real damage from Google’s ad monopoly isn’t the 20% it takes. It’s a market that can no longer tell good inventory from bad and prices them almost the same.

Want to be the coolest place to work? Think literally if you want to keep your female contingent

04 Sep 2026 | Lianre Robinson

Extreme heat is not experienced equally, and preparing for 2027 means recognising the particular impact rising temperatures can have on women, writes Lianre Robinson.

Telemetry: the key to solving AI’s valuation and measurement crisis

04 Sep 2026 | Alex Springer

Alex Springer discusses the measurement crisis in the AI economy, explains why legislation is only part of the solution, and argues that telemetry is key to ensuring quality content fuels AI systems.

Don’t boost the BBC. Regulate the algorithm

04 Sep 2026 | Dan Gee

The Government has proposed pushing traditional broadcasters in social media feeds to boost trusted content. Dan Gee argues that such an artificial move isn’t the answer.

Testing signals and assumptions across news

03 Sep 2026 | Ross Sergeant

Before excluding a news brand from an autumn plan, ask three questions. When was our assumption last tested? Does the evidence describe actual behaviour or brand perception? And what has changed since?

Are agencies running out of capacity for change?

03 Sep 2026 | Lisa Morgan

What happens when an organisation asks people to change faster than they have the capacity to absorb it? Lisa Morgan assesses the risk of change fatigue.

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