Reporters Jack Benjamin and Ella Sagar discuss The Media Leader Awards, the importance of social media to this year’s election and the EU’s potential action against Apple.

DMG Media CEO and UM global CEO join Steven Miron as headline speakers at the event in October.

The publisher has more than 20 original shows in development that will roll out across YouTube and social video platforms over the next year.

A hat trick of media owners and another trio of agencies feature prominently among the media and advertising companies shortlisted for this year’s Media Leader Awards.

Amazon’s audiobook service Audible’s three-phase disruptive campaign for its title 1984 that “no page was left unturned’ in the campaign.

The company has also promoted Sammie Eales as it looks to enrich its commercial data offering.

The Daily Mail’s commercial arm announced strategy to target the 13m gamers in its extant audience for new content.

A comparable one-fifth share of British adults describe British reporting and news as “factual” (22.5%), compared with “misleading” (20.6%), “untrustworthy” (19.4%) or “biased” (19.3%).

The commuter freesheet’s distribution has settled to 1m daily copies, Mail Metro Media’s commercial chief Dominic Williams has said, after adapting to a hybrid working environment.

He joined as media director of video and podcast in 2023.