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Equality within the workplace benefits both people and profit — yet there is push for tides to turn back towards traditional roles.

After a rainbow-free Cannes and near-silence from brands this Pride Month, it’s now up to us to help make our industry’s LGBTQIA+ talent feel valued, included, and able to thrive, writes Outvertising’s Chris Dunne.

This year’s Cannes Lions reinforced that, while the pace of innovation continues to accelerate, the core challenges for media and advertising remain remarkably consistent: how to earn attention, build trust, and deliver meaningful outcomes for both brands and consumers.

We ban smartphones from our kids, but design media plans that depend on them. If mobile screen time has now overtaken TV, isn’t it finally time to do something about this contradiction?

Humility could be the the industry’s most underrated growth strategy when it comes to reaching the long tail.

As Denise Turner leaves Route, she shares what she learned about running a business, how JICs work and Route’s superpower. 

Publishers made a strong business case for investing in news at Cannes this year amid changes to search and developments in AI. But paradoxes remain over brand safety, sustainability, and economic realities.

Conversations around audio matured along the Croisette year as brands and agencies increasingly recognised the opportunities in digital audio.

Dan Clays, CEO of Omnicom Media Group for the EMEA region and president of this year’s Media Lions, takes us inside the judging process and finds a changing industry with expanding opportunity for media.

Cannes attendees were both excited by and terrified of the impact AI could have on our industry. How should we manage those two opposing emotions?