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In the second of our special ‘An Audience With’ podcasts from Canne 2024, NDA editor sits down to chat with Sir Martin Sorrell, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of S4 Capital. One of the ad industry’s biggest names, Sorrell shares his thoughts on how Cannes has changed over the past two decades, considers whether brands are ready for a first-party future and offers his take on the current marketplace. (“Digital keeps expanding, linear keeps contracting.”)

In the first of our special 'An Audience With' podcasts from Cannes 2024, NDA editor Justin Pearse speaks with Terence 'Terry' Kawaja, founder and CEO of LUMA Partners. One of the most influential people in the industry, Kawaja tells why he still loves Cannes, explains why M&A activity is back with a bang and describes how ad industry has been been transformed from an art to a science...

In this episode of the NDA Meets podcast, New Digital Age Editor Justin Pearse sits down with Theo Theodorou, UK Managing Director at Microsoft Advertising, to discuss the topic of digital transformation.Theodorou, in his second stint at the tech giant, talks about the role of AI in the new era of digital transformation, how the technology is impacting the different stakeholders within the advertising ecosystem, and how Microsoft is empowering businesses through Copilot. Based on his mor...

In the latest episode of the NDA Meets podcast, NDA Editor Justin Pearse is joined in the studio by Hannah Walker, Head of Mid Market UK at Reddit.Reddit has been bolstering its advertising business in recent months to make the platform more attractive and effective for brands to communicate with its highly-engaged and passionate audience.Walker, previously at Snap, discusses how she is driving that ambition for mid-market brands,the power of community,and how Reddit is countering misplaced v...

In the latest It's Always Media Thursday podcast, Editor Justin Pearse and Publisher Andy Oakes are back for another irreverent take on a a week in the digital media and marketing industry.After an unusual departure into a serious discussion on European regulation, it's back to more reliable ground for IAMT including WhatsApp industry communities, Digital Leading Ladies, preparations for Cannes, and Zoe Ball.We're joined this week by special guest Mary Keane-Dawson. Mary was one of the f...

In the latest NDA Meets podcast, NDA Editor Justin Pearse sits down with Jonny Whitehead, Strategy Director at Skyrise, an audience targeting platform powered by mobile network data.The conversation is focussed on how the digital media industry is shifting into a new era of media effectiveness, driven by regulatory shift and the huge issue of signal loss, throwing up challenges to the digital ad industry's approach to digital attribution and tracking ."Moving into the third age of media effec...