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Believe It or Not Ep. 4: Is AI turning the internet into a sea of slop or has 'churnalism' already made it sloppy?
Episode 5
In a new mini-series, former Media Leader editor-in-chief Omar Oakes is joined by former Dentsu International CEO, now AI strategist Hamish Nicklin t…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Can retail media be a brand channel? With Tesco's Tash Whitmey
Season 5 Episode 89
This week, The Media Leader is embarking on its first ever Retail Media Week in Focus.
The fledgling channel has been having a moment. Investment in r…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Believe It or Not Ep. 3: Is there still room for human creativity in the AI era?
Episode 4
In a new mini-series, former Media Leader editor-in-chief Omar Oakes is joined by former Dentsu International CEO, now AI strategist Hamish Nicklin t…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
What next after the social media addiction trial? With ScrollAware's Jess Butcher
Season 5 Episode 88
In March, Meta and Google were found by a Los Angeles jury to have deliberately designed their platforms to be addictive in a way that was demonstrab…
2 months ago
Believe It or Not Ep. 2: Will humans still touch media plans within five years?
Episode 3
In a new mini-series, former Media Leader editor-in-chief Omar Oakes is joined by former Dentsu International CEO, now AI strategist Hamish Nicklin t…
2 months ago
What does it mean to create 'thumb-stopping' content? With LadBible's LA Ronayne
Season 5 Episode 87
One question that we’ve returned to time and again on this podcast and in our coverage, as media practitioners return to time and again themselves, i…
2 months, 1 week ago
Believe It or Not Ep. 1: Will AI replace most white collar jobs?
Episode 2
In a new mini-series, former Media Leader editor-in-chief Omar Oakes is joined by former Dentsu International CEO, now AI strategist Hamish Nicklin t…
2 months, 1 week ago
Introducing Believe It or Not, a mini-series about AI in media hosted by Omar Oakes and Hamish Nicklin
Episode 1
Most AI podcasts tell you one of two things: either AI is going to save the world, unlock human potential, cure diseases, fix the broken bits of capi…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Why cut-through, not scale, will be the real trick to this year's World Cup - with The Guardian's James Fleetham and Marcus Christenson
Season 5 Episode 86
This episode was produced in partnership with The Guardian.
The World Cup is poised to be the biggest media event of the year in 2026, and media owner…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
What UM has learned from a year of Full Colour Media — with Susan Kingston-Brown
Season 5 Episode 85
Last year, UM unveiled a new global omnichannel media planning proposition: Full Colour Media.
The approach, underpinned by a custom body of research …
2 months, 4 weeks ago