Barbie launched in 1959 and for the 65th anniversary of the brand, Mattel has unveiled Barbie: The Exhibition in London's Design Museum.Opening tomorrow (5 July), Campaign's tech editor Lucy Shelley gets an exclusive tour with Krista Berger, senior vice president of Barbie and head of dolls at Mattel. This episode is recorded as they walk round the exhibition through the years and lives of the Barbie brand.Discussing inclusivity, consumerism, sustainability and of course, the Barbie film, the pair talk through how the brand has coped with criticism, handled a change in strategy and the complexities of taking a Barbie doll into space.This episode was edited by Til Owen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tech editor Lucy Shelley and media editor Beau Jackson talk through the biggest news of the week with the view from their news desks.As 4 July looms closer, broadcasters, advertisers and the country are gearing up for the UK general election. Beau discusses why Channel 4 has halted nighttime ads on its channels this week and what the media industry thinks of this. Plus we talk through the broadcaster's "lazy" Channel 4th rebrand encouraging people to vote and BBC's "It's your election" campaign by BBC Creative.In other Channel 4 news, Lynsey Atkin, executive creative director at 4Creative, has moved to McCann London taking the role of chief creative officer.Also in this episode, Lucy walks through Elon Musk onstage at Cannes Lions with WPP's chief executive Mark Read with views from the adland on whether it was right for the holdco to platform the controversial figure.Finally, Beau discusses the shortlist for the Ebay global media pitch, an account worth an estimated £305m ($385m), and gives her view on what the media pitching landscape looks like right now.Further reading:Mother hires ECD from Wieden & Kennedy LondonDentsu Creative parts ways with Caroline Pay and Theo Izzard-BrownM&C Saatchi promotes Jo Bacon to UK group CEO amid further change at the topIPG turns down investor who made approach to buy MullenLoweFormer Dentsu media CEO Hamish Nicklin takes new advisory roleCampaign podcast: behind the scenes of the Cannes Lions Film and Outdoor juriesDetails of our subscriptions are available at campaignlive.co.uk/membership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UK editor Maisie McCabe goes behind the scenes of the Outdoor and Film Lions juries with Franki Goodwin, chief creative officer at Saatchi & Saatchi London and Andre Sallowicz, creative partner at AMV BBDO.Recorded at Curzon Soho on 27 June, this episode of the Campaign podcast features an exclusive interview from Campaign’s first ever Cannes Download event.Work discussed includes:Xbox’s “The everyday tactician", the UK’s most awarded work by McCann London.Outdoor Grand Prix winners Pedigree’s “Adoptable” by Colenso BBDO and Nexus Studios and Magnum’s “Find your summer” by Lola MullenLowe, Madrid.Film Grand Prix winners Orange’s “WoMen’s football” by Marcel and Sydney Opera House’s “Play it safe” by The MonkeysThis episode was introduce by Beau Jackson, media editor at Campaign. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this final episode, we hear from Gideon Spanier, UK editor-in-chief of Campaign, Maisie McCabe, UK editor of Campaign, Alison Weissbrot, editor-in-chief of Campaign US, Rahat Kapur, editor of Campaign Asia, and David Brown, joint editor of Campaign Canada, who review Cannes Lions 2024 and give their verdict on the festival.Cannes Lions 2024 – final UK winners tableWe discuss the final winners, including the Film Lions where two Grand Prix awards went to Orange and Marcel for “WoMen’s football” and the Sydney Opera House and The Monkeys for “Play It Safe”.We also hear from Tor Myhren, the president of the FIlm Lions jury, who called for the industry to focus on making better shorter ads, plus the Campaign editors analyse the winning work from each of their regions.Campaign hosted the daily global podcast for the second year in a row – with a different mix of Campaign editors and journalists who were on the ground in Cannes talking each day.Listen to the whole of the six-part series to find out who won all of the top Lions awards and other big news from the talks and sessions at the Palais.Make sure you follow the Campaign podcast wherever you listen to your podcasts.More:Cannes Lions names agency, network and most creative company of the yearElon Musk on artistic ads, 'foolish' posts and telling advertisers to go fuck themselvesCannes daily global podcast episode 5: Campaign beach party, plus latest winsUK takes Grand Prix for Audio and Radio at Cannes LionsMagnum work by Lola MullenLowe wins Outdoor Grand Prix at Cannes'Wear comfy shoes!' What’s your one piece of advice for Cannes freshers?Publicis unveils 'BSBot' to help people at Cannes decide 'what's AI or BS'Find all of Campaign's Cannes Lions coverage in one place here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Campaign's editors and journalists from around the world are hosting a daily podcast during the five-day Lions festival. In episode five, we discuss the big award wins from the fourth night.Lucy Shelley, tech editor of Campaign UK, Kate Magee, global intelligence editor of Campaign, and Steve Barrett, editorial director of PR Week US and Campaign US, join Gideon Spanier, UK editor-in-chief of Campaign, to discuss the fourth night of awards.Cannes Lions 2024 – final UK shortlists tableA double win for Canada: Heinz Ketchup and Rethink Toronto win the Creative Effectiveness Grand Prix for It has To Be Heinz and DIabetes Diagnostics Solution and Klick Health Toronto win the Innovation Grand Prix for Voice 2 Diabetes.PR agencies are doing well this year at Cannes, as Pop Tarts and Weber Shandwick win the Brand Experience Activation Grand Prix for the First Edible Mascot.Plus there was a lot of dancing at the Campaign party at Carlton Beach and we have interviews with some of the guests.More:Cannes daily global podcast episode 4: Elon Musk puts free speech before advertisersCannes daily global podcast episode 3: Craft and entertainment winnersCannes daily global podcast episode 2: Big wins in audio, health and outdoorCannes daily global podcast episode 1: Awards preview and new humour category'Wear comfy shoes!' What’s your one piece of advice for Cannes freshers?Publicis unveils 'BSBot' to help people at Cannes decide 'what's AI or BS'Find all of Campaign's Cannes Lions coverage in one place here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Beau Jackson, media editor of Campaign UK, Lucy Shelley, tech editor of Campaign UK, David Brown, joint editor of Campaign Canada, and Alison Weissbrot, editor-in-chief of Campaign US, join Gideon Spanier, UK editor-in-chief of Campaign, to discuss the third night of awards.The big talking-point of day three was Elon Musk, owner of X and boss of Tesla, who came to talk to advertisers but he was defiant about the concerns of some brands, insisting he will "choose free speech rather than agreeing to be censored for money".At the awards, retailer Mercado Libre and GUT Sao Paolo won the Media Lions Grand Prix for Handshake Hunt and skin care brand Serave and Ogilvy PR New York won the Social and Influencer Lion for Michael Cera-Ve.Plus two UK-based brands have won their second Grand Prix of the week – in each case for the same piece of work. Specsavers and Golin won the PR Lions for The Mishearing Test and Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass and McCann London won the Direct Lion for The Everyday Tactician.More:Cannes daily global podcast episode 3: Craft and entertainment winnersCannes daily global podcast episode 2: Big wins in audio, health and outdoorCannes daily global podcast episode 1: Awards preview and new humour category'Wear comfy shoes!' What’s your one piece of advice for Cannes freshers?Publicis unveils 'BSBot' to help people at Cannes decide 'what's AI or BS'Find all of Campaign's Cannes Lions coverage in one place here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Campaign's editors and journalists from around the world are hosting a daily podcast during the five-day Lions festival. In this third episode, we discuss the big award wins from the second night.Charlotte Rawlings, roving reporter for Campaign in the UK, Maisie McCabe, editor of Campaign UK, Rahat Kapur, editor of Campaign Asia, and Alison Weissbrot, editor-in-chief of Campaign US, join Gideon Spanier, UK editor-in-chief of Campaign, to discuss the second night of awards.The Grand Prix Lions wins included German DIY-store chain Hornbach and Heimat\TBWA for the Square Metre in film craft and Spotify Advertising and FCB New York in digital craft for Spreadbeats.Plus French telecom group Orange and Marcel won the Grand Prix in Entertainment for Sport for “Women’s Football” and we report on how the Olympic torch came to Cannes Lions on Tuesday.We are hosting the daily podcast all this week – with a different mix of Campaign editors and journalists who are on the ground in Cannes talking each day.Look out for the Cannes evening bulletin email at about 10pm French time every evening and make sure you follow the Campaign podcast wherever you listen to your podcasts.More:Cannes daily global podcast episode 2: Big wins in audio, health and outdoorCannes daily global podcast episode 1: Awards preview and new humour category'Wear comfy shoes!' What’s your one piece of advice for Cannes freshers?Publicis unveils 'BSBot' to help people at Cannes decide 'what's AI or BS'Find all of Campaign's Cannes Lions coverage in one place here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Campaign's editors and journalists from around the world are hosting a daily podcast during the five-day Lions festival. In this second episode, we discuss the big award wins from the first night.Nicola Merrifield, premium content editor of Campaign in the UK, David Brown, joint editor of Campaign Canada, and Kate Magee, global intelligence editor of Campaign, join Gideon Spanier, UK editor-in-chief of Campaign, to discuss the first night of awards.The Grand Prix Lions wins included Specsavers and Golin for Mishearing Test in radio and audio for the UK and Dramamine and FCB Chicago for The Last Barf Bag in Health & Wellness for the US.There were two Grand Prix wins in outdoor for Pedigree and Colenso BBDO Auckland for Adoptable by Pedigree and for Unilever’s Magnum and Lola Mullen Lowe Madrid for Stairs.We are hosting the daily podcast all this week – with a different mix of Campaign editors and journalists who are on the ground in Cannes talking each day.Look out for the Cannes evening bulletin email at about 10pm French time every evening and make sure you follow the Campaign podcast wherever you listen to your podcasts.More:Cannes daily global podcast episode 1: Awards preview and new humour category'Wear comfy shoes!' What’s your one piece of advice for Cannes freshers?Publicis unveils 'BSBot' to help people at Cannes decide 'what's AI or BS'Cannes Contenders: The V&ACannes Contenders: McDonald'sCannes Contenders: Channel 4Find all of Campaign's Cannes Lions coverage in one place here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Cannes Lions 2024 kicks off on 17 June, Campaign's editors and journalists from around the world are again taking part in a daily podcast during the five-day festival.In this first episode, we hear from Gideon Spanier, UK editor-in-chief of Campaign, Maisie McCabe, UK editor of Campaign, Alison Weissbrot, editor-in-chief of Campaign US, Rahat Kapur, editor of Campaign Asia, and David Brown, joint editor of Campaign Canada, who come together to make their predictions for Cannes Lions 2024.We discuss our Cannes Contenders — the creative work that we hope will do well in the Lions awards —and look forward to the new humour category, plus we offer practical tips for getting through the “marathon” week.Campaign also speaks to festival CEO Simon Cook as award entries are “broadly flat” on a year earlier and the Olympic Torch comes to Cannes on the Tuesday of the festival.Each of these shows will follow a similar format as we are going to record each episode at the end of the day. We will tell you about who’s won all of the top Lions awards – the Grands Prix – and we will report all the big news from the talks and sessions at the Palais and the evening parties.Look out for a Campaign Cannes email bulletin at about 10pm French time every evening and make sure you follow the Campaign podcast wherever you listen to your podcasts.You can watch the Cannes Contender ad from Sammakorn, which is mentioned in this episode, here.More:'Wear comfy shoes!' What’s your one piece of advice for Cannes freshers?Publicis unveils 'BSBot' to help people at Cannes decide 'what's AI or BS'Cannes Contenders: The V&ACannes Contenders: McDonald'sCannes Contenders: Channel 4Find all of Campaign's Cannes Lions coverage in one place here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Campaign features editor Matt Barker is joined by UK editor Maisie McCabe and tech editor Lucy Shelley ahead of next week's Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.The trio look forward to another busy week along la Croisette and discuss the various pieces of pre-Cannes content now up on the Campaign Live site.Chat then turns to favourite memories and experiences of the festival.Further reading:https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/cannes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.