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Recently I spoke with Ad Age about all the news, drama, and big takeaways from Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. We all know the weeks after the Festival are the beginning of our New Year. Everyone’s fired up, talking about inspiration, determined to have brave conversations, motivated by being pissed off at not winning a Lion, pouring through copious trend wrap-ups, promising to do work that makes a difference. Then we bring on the ‘big idea’ meetings, the how we win action plans, the hack sessions, the unpack the work workshops. Now, I'm not mad about this. This is a very good thing. We all need this kick in the arse to power us forward BUT... I would stress one big thing as we take our New Year's vigor to the table. Let's save the business before trying to save the world. This year, we saw a healthy body of work awarded Lions that used the power of creativity to transform businesses - AND people's lives, communities, and maybe even the planet. Work where the purpose was real, demonstrated at scale, and delivered tangible outcomes for both business and cause. We finally, hopefully, have gotten over being completely drunk on ‘purpose', and awarding advertisers with Lions simply for paying lip service to causes and social well-being. Let's go make more of this work, please! Happy New Year.

Cannes In Cairns has come to a close! Known as the “Antipodean Festival of Creativity,” the Cannes in Cairns Festival has established itself as one of the premier industry events in Australia. Supported by several partners, including News Corp Australia, some of our News Xtend team had the privilege of participating in this special four-day event. With over 100 speakers and 10 fantastic networking events, the festival brought together experts in advertising, media, marketing, tech, and more. Here were some of the key takeaways: 1. Accessibility in #advertising: Advertisers are potentially missing out on $13 trillion globally by not making ads accessible. Adding captions or using easy-to-read fonts can help businesses engage with a wider audience. 2. "One way in, one way out" approach: Hushidar Kharas, Head of Prime Video Australia and New Zealand, shared this innovative strategy. It involves testing new ideas in teams with calculated risks and quickly moving on if they don't work. Hushidar emphasised that some of Prime Video’s/Amazon’s most significant successes have come from this approach fostering a culture of continuous improvement and minimising resource waste. 3. Inclusivity, diversity, and responsibility: There is a strong emphasis on these values in advertising. It’s important to think about where your brand or business can make the most impact and focus on providing solutions. We can’t wait to attend next year. Thanks, #CannesinCairns for having us! #NewsXtend #NewsCorpAustralia #CannesinCairns2024 Belinda MacPherson Karen Gill Matt Paine Edgardo (Jed) Tallada Amelia Faulkner Lisa Gillman Medha Mittal Mady Mitsoulas Anthony Christian Jacob Hoskins Sophie Madden Tristan Paul C. Andy Reeves Hannah Myers Emily Walker James Comino

Direct-to-audience solutions have revolutionized many industries by enabling creators, businesses, and artists to interact with their audiences directly. Whether through social media, live streaming platforms, or personalized marketing strategies, these solutions empower individuals and organizations to build strong, meaningful connections with their audience while gaining valuable insights and feedback. They often foster creativity, encourage innovation, and democratize access to content and products. What specific innovative solutions have caught your attention these days?

Live events and virtual experiences are transforming the Middle East entertainment industry in the post-pandemic era, reshaping how audiences engage with entertainment content and creating new opportunities for content creators and performers. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the region’s entertainment landscape, prompting a shift towards digital and virtual formats. Here are some ways live events and virtual experiences are driving the transformation of Middle East entertainment: View Full: https://lnkd.in/gtXSeew4 #mediarelations #media #mediaagency #mediastrategy #mediaindustry #mediaandentertainment #medialiteracy #mediatrends #medias #mediacoverage #mediabias

🎬 Excited for the #Oscars? Taboola's data-driven predictions are here to give YOU the inside scoop on our potential winners. 🌟 Our blog reveals which nominees are captivating online audiences and could emerge as winners on Hollywood's biggest night, based on readership! 🏆 Read to see which films are poised to take home the gold: 🎥 https://ow.ly/8Fr150QJVTo #Oscars2024 #OscarPredictions #MarketingInsights #DigitalPublishing #OscarWinners #EntertainmentNews #TrendReporting

Tomorrow at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity check out 'The Extraordinary Cost of Dull: Why Boring Advertising Must Die'. Our founder Adam Morgan along with Jon Evans will uncover why dreary, dull and beige advertising persists across global industries and the escalating cost of it. Backed by brand new IPA (Institute of Practitioners in Advertising), System1, WARC, and MESH data, as well as expert insights, they'll reveal alarming findings and equip you with the tools to challenge this norm. https://lnkd.in/e5p6MiyA #canneslions #thecostofdull #challengermindset

**New Video style Alert** Are agencies missing out by leaving Creatives at home instead of taking them to Cannes? I have been speaking with very senior creative directors at various agencies and I was amazed to learn that they weren't being invited to Cannes. Hell, it's even called Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Instead it was the account directors sent to schmooze existing clients and meet new clients. I was shocked by this. I learned many years ago from Damien Marchi the importance of creatives when looking to build better gaming campaigns. How they create emotions with clients and sell dreams and outcomes. They don't just think outside the box, they don't recognize the box's authority. That they are often the people that can illustrate the need for better investment in both creative and media. So why leave them out of one of the biggest events in the media calendar? Next year let's see more creatives out in Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and watch how your business grows 🤑 To all you creatives, I hear you and I've got your back ✊🏽 Love ❤️, Peace ✌🏽 and Chicken Grease 🐔🍗 Seika Media #cannes2024 #toomuchrose #whathappensincannesstaysincannes #media

Having let the train take the strain, Stuart Button, our Executive Creative Director, shares his first impressions of Cannes 2024: “Cannes is here again . . . as adland's hopefuls descend on southern #France for some much-needed vitamin D. “The commercialisation of this 70 year old creative festival continues with more brands showing up than ever before. “Judging by the fringe event talks, AI is still top of the agenda - only this time, it's less: 'We're all doomed!' and more 'we're all going to be rich!'. “As well as AI and D&I, sports is sticking its hand in the air for some much-needed attention (Stagwell's awesome sports beach by Cheerful Twentyfirst is now double the size). “What with the #Euros and #Olympics coming to #France (although you wouldn't know it - it's pretty mute from what I've seen), they’re even parading the old torch thingy down La Croisette tomorrow. “The other topic that's still going strong, is that dirty word 'effectiveness'. The thing that all clients want and creatives struggle to care about. “With stuff like ‘advertising value chain’, ‘digital waste’ and ‘closed-loop attribution’ being thrown around . . . If I didn't know any better, I'd say marketeers were making up stuff just to sell more things. Sneaky little buggers. “Is it any wonder that advertising has only just dropped off the top spot of the UK's LEAST trusted industry for the first time in a decade. “According to Simon Stone, of LoopMe GM International: ‘There is no point in creating the next Guinness Surfer if fragmented viewing habits, skippable ads, and decreasing attention spans prevent it from being seen. Creative remains essential to branding, but only when supercharged with data-driven media placement.' “I mean, I'd love to write the next Guinness Surfer ad - effectiveness be damned! “But then, what's the point in doing what we're doing if absolutely no one cares? And, according to Mark Ritson, no one does. “Hey ho - off to my first event I go.” #cannes2024 #canneslions #events #festivalofcreativity

Being on the ground at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, here’s my initial dispatch: In 2010, Cannes Lions dropped the word “advertising.” It made sense at the time because there were starting to be so many new forms of advertising that didn’t fit the old mold. Branding-wise, I believe it was a great positioning move. Since then, the festival has grown tremendously. It now attracts so many people from so many different job functions and companies, not just agencies and production companies. So many new categories have been added also. Naturally, I thought there would be way more creative work entered into the show. Not so. Almost 40% less creative work. Does that mean this industry is now less about the work and creativity? Creatives used to own the word creativity. That may have been true in the context of advertising. However, in a borderless, always-on world where anyone can create, creativity no longer belongs to creatives only. I made this point to a strategist friend of mine near the Croisette today. He said candidly. It never did. #CannesLions #creativity #advertising

🚀🚀... great perspectives on the mega-announcement that (we first thought) took us by surprise, and (yet) did not really... The writing was on the wall for some time: we have reached a tipping point, whereby fragmentation has opportunity costs that exceed potential income leakage due to consolidation. As we recently published in our 2023 Global Sports Survey, 59% of fan struggle to access the content they love, and 56% would spend significantly more time watching sports if it was accessible… Now the question is: what will be the face of reconsolidation? The market suggests aggregation by a few platforms such as Disney, WBD and Fox is the way … I still believe that technology will eventually bring us to a softening of exclusivity through multi-platform licensing, where rights owners and media outlets collectively cooperate to serve (at scale) their communities and their unique preferences… the jury is out ! 2023 Altman Solon Global Sports Survey: https://lnkd.in/eA9pt_6T Christoph Sommer Matt Del Percio Robin Fasel Matteo Tiranti Pascal Stefan Livio Baumli Alessandro Oehy Davide Tesoro-Tess Ioannis Meletiadis Madeline Taylor Kate Fagan