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The Brief – Monday 20 April: Netflix Q1, cheaper ChatGPT ads, Bauer layoffs and more

The Brief – Monday 20 April: Netflix Q1, cheaper ChatGPT ads, Bauer layoffs and more

20 Apr 2026 | The Media Leader Staff

Welcome to the Brief, The Media Leader’s round-up of media news.

New thinking, not new analogies, are needed to sell quality media amid an economic storm
New thinking, not new analogies, are needed to sell quality media amid an economic storm
20 Apr 2026 | Omar Oakes
Without audience, nothing begins
Without audience, nothing begins
20 Apr 2026 | Thomas Honore
What does it mean to create ‘thumb-stopping’ content? With LadBible’s LA Ronayne
What does it mean to create ‘thumb-stopping’ content? With LadBible’s LA Ronayne
20 Apr 2026 | Jack Benjamin
AI Week in Focus recap
AI Week in Focus recap
20 Apr 2026 | Charli West
Opportunity or data trade-off? Tubi and the shift towards AI-led streaming
Opportunity or data trade-off? Tubi and the shift towards AI-led streaming
17 Apr 2026 | Matt Wilkinson

Leading Questions with Kelly Parker – WPP Media

17 Apr 2026 | James Longhurst

Kelly Parker, chief media officer at WPP Media is next up to face our probing and quick-fire Leading Questions.

The B2B navigation system is broken: AI is forcing a shift from visibility to ‘Buyability’

17 Apr 2026 | Mimi Turner

For the last 25 years, B2B growth has been driven by what brands say about themselves. In the new LLM era, it will be driven by what the marketplace says about a brand.

AI, control and the question of consent

17 Apr 2026 | Benjamin Woollams

The CEO of TrueRights explains why transforming intellectual property (IP) management is vital to ensuring the creative economy not only survives but thrives.

Agency groups’ AI platforms, explained

16 Apr 2026 | James Longhurst and Jack Benjamin

As part of an effort to collate the agency groups’ AI announcements, The Media Leader has compiled a list of their platforms, along with a cross-section of the additional AI tools currently offered to clients.

The companion-ship sails on

16 Apr 2026 | David Wilding

As we post less to social media, one in three of us is instead using AI for emotional support or social interaction. However, AI isn’t the only companion media. WPP Media’s David Wilding analyses what’s going on.

The Brief – Thursday 16 April: LHF ban rule breakers, BBC and Snap job cuts, Sun losses and more

16 Apr 2026 | The Media Leader Staff

Welcome to the Brief, The Media Leader’s round-up of media news.

How AI raised the measurement stakes for CMOs

16 Apr 2026 | Ran Avrahamy

Stop adding AI-powered tools and start strengthening the measurement infrastructure on which AI will sit, argues the CMO of AppsFlyer.

What you need to know about OpenAI’s ad model

16 Apr 2026 | Charli West

Charli West assesses OpenAI’s decision to run advertising on ChatGPT and updates on the stance of its rivals.

Value is the new efficiency

16 Apr 2026 | Freddie Turner

When AI decisioning moves closer to the supply side, it can do something buying platforms struggle to do: evaluate each opportunity against what an advertiser actually cares about, in real time.

Believe It or Not Ep. 1: Will AI replace most white collar jobs?

16 Apr 2026 | The Media Leader Staff

In the first episode of a new mini-series, Omar Oakes and Hamish Nicklin debate for and against Block CEO Jack Dorsey’s claim that AI will replace most white collar jobs, and that this will occur faster than anyone thinks.

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