{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61543e348f80b9001378a427/66ab41aac6ff02525d5e756c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Campaign podcast: Ascential, The Guardian, mishaps","description":"<p>Campaign features editor Matt Barker is joined by media editor Beau Jackson in the studio to chew over some recent news stories.</p><p><br></p><p>The pair first chat about TV coverage of the Paris Olympics, before discussing the future of Ascential, set to be acquired by publisher and events group Informa&nbsp;for £1.2bn.</p><p><br></p><p>Talk then turns to the controversy over The Guardian's placement of a watch advert (with the tagline \"Watch porn\") next to a feature about men watching videos of child abuse. They then recall some of the year's other big mishaps, including Apple, Calvin Klein and WH Smiths.</p><p><br></p><p>Further reading:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/cannes-lions-warc-owner-ascential-acquired-12bn/1881935\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Cannes Lions and Warc owner Ascential to be acquired for £1.2bn</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/cannes-lions-warc-owner-ascential-acquired-12bn/1881935\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian apologises over ‘watch porn’ ad placed next to child abuse article</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Campaign"}