Does January feel like a week ago or five years? The past 12 months have brought with them a lot – a mega-deal, cyber attacks, agencies renamed, new chief executives, trends fading in and out, redundancies and, of course, AI.
In the final podcast episode of the year, Campaign takes a look back over 2025 at some of the most memorable moments of the year, revisiting the top stories, reviewing who was the most talked about and picking out those moments that would be better forgotten.
Tech and multimedia editor Lucy Shelley hosts the episode and is joined by Campaign UK media editor Beau Jackson, reporter Eszter Gurbicz and editor Maisie McCabe.
Further reading:
Lucky Generals: ‘A creative company for people on a mission: that is still our north star’
White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood will no longer appear in M&S Christmas ad
Santander appoints Publicis to global creative and media business
WPP recruits Microsoft exec Cindy Rose to replace Mark Read as CEO
Campaign's top 10 most read stories:
Group M tells staff about redundancies as restructure hits UK
WPP mandates four days per week in office
Omnicom reveals huge agency shake-up, unveils new leadership, cuts 4000 jobs
Agency pay revealed: a squeezed middle and a boost for bosses
WPP employees push back on return-to-office policy with petition
Revealed: Latest hybrid working policies across 'big six' agency groups
WPP Media unveils new UK leadership structure under Brian Lesser overhaul
Group M axes global agency CEO roles in major centralisation push
WPP set to drop Group M brand in media shake-up