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Campaign Cannes Global Podcast Episode 2: Live from Campaign House
Campaign’s editors from around the world come together at Campaign House at the Lions festival for the second episode of the Campaign Cannes global podcast in partnership with Ocean Outdoor.
Gideon Spanier, the UK editor-in-chief of Campaign, hosts the podcast and is joined by Maisie McCabe, editor of Campaign UK, Nikita Mishra, editor of Campaign Asia, Chris Powell, co-editor of Campaign Canada, and Luz Corona, editor of Campaign US.
We talk about the buzz at the midway point during the festival, including the first Grand Prix winners, how the awards juries reach their decision and speculation about the search for a new WPP chief executive, plus we discuss some of our favourite sessions at Campaign House, our dedicated venue at Canopy by Hilton.
Further reading about the work and stories on the podcast:
Arthur Sadoun: Agencies should be ‘optimistic’ not ‘scared’ about future
Scrutiny over media trading will be a top story in next year, Campaign editors say
Vaseline’s “Vaseline Verified” by Ogilvy Singapore wins Health & Wellness Lions Grand Prix
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