Tech is radically changing media and advertising, but our first Future of Media Manchester event reminded us that what matters most to creativity and sales is the same now as it was 200 years ago, writes the editor-in-chief.
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Ignoring risk creates strange media viewpoints and threatens what makes this industry successful in the long term, writes the editor-in-chief.
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Banning media owners from running fossil-fuel ads is punitive. We need evidence-based decisions that will make our future more sustainable, not using this industry as an easy target, writes the editor.
Specialist media consultancies like PwC’s should be in high demand. And yet the market for them could have a quickly approaching expiry date, writes the editor-in-chief.
Lack of sporting competition creates the deadliest form of cancer for live TV: it’s become boring, writes the editor-in-chief.