What the media industry thought to be a formidably tough, but ultimately winnable task, has turned into a Sisyphean nightmare, writes Dominic Mills

Digital advertising has been taking some serious flak recently – it’s about time we remembered the positives, writes Tim Elkington.

As the gender debate kicks into overdrive, Dominic Mills – with the help of some industry contacts – examines why women do so well in media agencies, and what we can learn from this.

The initiative was launched to encourage brands and agencies to feature disability in their ad campaigns.

In media, everybody feels compelled to say that they have the technology and data to deliver ‘the answer’ – without actually saying what that answer is, writes UKOM’s Ian Dowds.

Channel 4 has staked £1 million of its commercial airtime to encourage brands and agencies to feature disability and disabled talent in their advertising campaigns.

On International Women’s Day, AOL UK’s Isobel Sita-Lumsden analyses five video advertising campaigns that have represented women in a positive and empowering way over the last year.

BAME employees account for just 13.1% of media agency staff.

Will machines ever be able to match – or outperform – human intelligence? David Brennan gets philosophical.

The People’s History Museum of Manchester was host to Shift North on Tuesday 13 October, an event on a mission to explain what makes newsbrands tick, for readers and advertisers. By Research the Media’s Richard Marks.