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The world of sports media is complex and rapidly changing. New sporting franchises and formats are popping up all around the globe, while VR and AI are threatening to change the way we watch sports forever. To understand what's going on, we spoke with Peter Hutton, former Sports Business Person of the Year. Peter has enjoyed a stellar sports media career, from starting out as a Sky Sports presenter at the dawn of the Premier League to being a Board Member of the Saudi Pro League today (via creating India's first national football league from scratch, directing the biggest Bollywood movie awards show and becoming CEO of Eurosport.) This is a good episode for any sports-fan marketers, with particular relevance for those in sports media, marketing or broadcasting.
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On 14th January 2020 the Royal Caribbean share price was $133. Eight weeks later it was down 80% as the global pandemic took hold and ships around the world stopped sailing. Jo Vaughton was at the centre of the storm as Director of Marketing & PR. We caught up with Jo to hear how the cruise industry steered its way through the crisis, as well as delving into audience insight and hearing some of the marketing strategies that drive this fascinating sector.


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Josh Higgins' career history reads like something out of a novel. He began his working life touring the USA in a van with rock band Fluf, going on to release seven albums with MCA Universal. And that's before the chapters where he becomes Design Director for President Obama and builds a 200 strong team at Facebook. Josh is now VP Global Creative at Atlassian, the software business with a multi-billion dollar market-cap. It's a fascinating story and a particularly good episode for anyone interested in political advertising, the rhythm of an election campaign or for designers wondering what life might look like beyond the walls of their creative agency.
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The UK greetings card industry has traditionally been dominated by brick-and-mortar retail chains. But now anyone with a creative streak can take a slice of this two billion pound market. Pip Heywood, Managing Director of Thortful, explains how uploading a hit card could pay off your mortgage, tells us how Thortful is disrupting the card market and reveals what she's learnt from moving out of the CMO role and into the management hot seat. This is a good episode for marketers with ambitions to one day run a business - and for creatives who think they could upload a million selling greetings card design.
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The marketing and advertising industries can be stressful places to work, as David Meikle discovered to his personal cost. But then a life-changing moment gave David a new perspective, allowing him to manage his stress and get his work-life back under control. In his new book, Tuning Up, David explains his insight and introduces The Meikle Matrix - a powerful tool to help others reduce stress in their own lives. The book makes particular reference to the marketing and advertising industries and is a good episode for anyone who's ever had a sleepless night because of a stressful work situation. "What took me three decades and a series of panic attacks to understand, David's book will teach you in a few hours." - Rory Sutherland
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Barbenheimer is the movie-marketing phenomenon that blew up the box office. But its origins are surprising and it left some unexpected winners and losers in its wake. Who better to give us the inside track on all this than Karen Stacey, CEO of DCM (Digital Cinema Media) and Media Leader of the Year at the 2022 Media Week and 2023 Media Leaders Awards.
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