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Winners of The Media Leaders Awards 2021 revealed

Hearst's James Wildman, MediaCom's Kate Rowlinson and Spotify's Rak Patel were among the winners of the inaugural awards from Mediatel.

Five questions with Mail Metro Media's Hannah Buitekant

Partner content: Mail Metro Media's executive director of digital talks cookie alternatives, the importance of first party data to publishers, improving cross-industry collaboration and the transparency of the programmatic supply chain.

The top talking points of 2020 at The Year Ahead

What did our Year Ahead panellists select as their highlights (good and bad) from the past 12 months?

Dentsu confirms Vizeum to merge into iProspect

Dentsu will fold media strategy and planning agency Vizeum into digital agency iProspect by the end of March

Donald's downfall and what it means for media

Ray Snoddy picks through the bones of the final days of Trump's presidency in the hope that it leads to change and a better way for media

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Opinion

Agencies must dig deep to guide clients through this year

12 Jan 2021 | James Leonard

If Boris’ announcement of Lockdown 3.0 taught us anything, it’s that we must fully commit to playing the long game, writes tmwi's director of digital activation, James Leonard.

Resolution ads, jabs & ‘Humaning’ part two

11 Jan 2021 | Dominic Mills

Dominic Mills looks at the current batch of ads tempting us into new resolutions for 2021

Age is just a number where these two are concerned

06 Jan 2021 | Raymond Snoddy

Raymond Snoddy looks at the two hottest media deals of the year so far, spearheaded by two older industry statesmen

Industry News

Mortimer and Moorhead take over advisory business

Sky’s former director of media, Andrew Mortimer has teamed up with advisory firm Aperto One founder, Scott Moorhead to launch The Aperto Partnership.

TikTok tightens privacy features for U16 teens

TikTok user accounts will be set to private-by-default if they are under the age of 16, as part of a new privacy update rolled out this week.

Sky Media appoints OMD Group UK CEO to replace Litster

Sky has appointed Tim Pearson as the new managing director of Sky Media UK, replacing John Litster who is stepping down from the role after eight years.

The Guardian hires Rice-Oxley as executive editor, reader revenues

The Guardian has appointed Mark Rice-Oxley as executive editor, reader revenues.

Channel 4 names creative diversity and disability lead

The broadcaster has appointed Ally Castle as its creative diversity and disability lead.

The Ozone Project opens northern hub in Manchester

Premium publisher alliance, The Ozone Project has launched a Manchester-based regional hub to serve agencies and advertisers in the North.

Unilever deems TV 'very cost effective' alongside advanced capabilities

The reach of linear TV and contextual relevance of advanced TV offers a highly cost effective opportunity for advertisers, Unilever’s global media operations director has said.