Adspeak

Adspeak

Love it or hate it, the advertising and marketing industry is the ultimate broker of power and influence in the world today. Adspeak, hosted by ADWEEK editor in chief Ryan Joe, brings to life stories from our top reporters, delving into the people, brands, ad agencies, and adtech giants that shape how we view the world, the products we buy, and the entertainment we enjoy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

The Scam Lions

July 15, 2025 • 25 mins
The Cannes Lions wants to honor creativity. But in 2025, it also honored fabrication. We investigate the fallout.

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What Really Killed The Mill?

July 8, 2025 • 26 mins
Thousands of jobs gone. Decades of prestige, erased. What really killed The Mill? We go inside parent company Technicolor’s mismanagement and hidden debt, and the talent drain behind one of the production and VFX industry’s most shocking implosions. Plus: what it all means for the future of VFX and ad production.

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Why Agency Life Feels Broken

July 1, 2025 • 29 mins
Holdcos promise prestige, but are they killing creativity? We unpack ADWEEK’s exclusive survey about staffer satisfaction at big agencies, and hear from ex-employees who’ve gone indie for good.

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The Great Cannes Land Grab

June 24, 2025 • 31 mins
Behind the rosé and rooftops, Cannes 2025 laid bare a deep anxiety in advertising. With AI unease and retail media consolidation looming, Cannes became ground zero for creative one-upmanship. We break down the land grab, the ad tech wars, and the award season drama.

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Mark Read Is Out. Now What?

June 17, 2025 • 29 mins
WPP’s CEO is on his way out, with no clear successor in place. Mark Read inherited a holding company in crisis, and the company is still in crisis. We unpack his legacy and what the future holds for the ad giant.

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Adalytics vs. the Industry

June 10, 2025 • 28 mins

Adalytics has become the industry's most polarizing watchdog, praised for its transparency crusade—and sued for it. We unpack how its research is shaking up ad tech and whether the company can survive its own impact.


Guest: Kendra Barnett, ADWEEK senior tech reporter

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Holding Company Succession

June 3, 2025 • 31 mins
The power struggle among ad giants has never been fiercer. Publicis has surged ahead, WPP is wobbling, and Omnicom is making a massive play by plotting a historic merger with IPG. Ryan Joe and Alison Weissbrot unpack the drama behind the consolidation frenzy reshaping Madison Avenue.

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Every Story’s an Ad Now

May 27, 2025 • 30 mins
Batman’s selling insurance. Sally is unreasonably excited about mayonnaise. Morpheus has more than a few chip flavors to offer. Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery’s Storyverse – where your favorite characters become the face of your household products. On this episode of Adspeak, Editor in Chief Ryan Joe and Deputy Editor Bill Bradley unpack the strategy, risks, and ripple effects of turning every story and every beloved character i...

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Dark Times at the LA Times

May 20, 2025 • 38 mins
Can billionaires save journalism—or are they accelerating its collapse? ADWEEK’s Mark Stenberg reports on how Patrick Soon-Shiong’s hands-on management of the Los Angeles Times sparked internal chaos, subscriber losses, and advertiser backlash. With insights from Janice Min, we explore what this case says about the future of legacy media.

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Women's Sports Is Rewriting the Playbook

May 13, 2025 • 30 mins
Women’s sports aren’t “having a moment” – they are the moment. Sue Bird saw it coming. Now, with NIL deals, $2 billion media rights contracts, and brands pumping in sponsorship dollars, the playbook is changing fast. This episode features trailblazers who've helped turn women's sports into an audience magnet, including WNBA legend Bird, Ally Financial CMO Andrea Brimmer, and Google global marketing director Kate Johnson. We'll unpa...

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Miami Nice

May 6, 2025 • 23 mins
Possible began as an upstart industry event with yachts, sun, and a surprise Elon Musk cameo. But in just three years, it’s become a legitimate power center for senior marketers. In this episode, host Ryan Joe speaks with industry veteran Lou Paskalis and ADWEEK senior reporter Kendra Barnett about the Miami-based conference's rapid expansion, the business done in hotel hallways, and how Possible might reshape the global event cale...

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Antitrust and Google’s Adtech Alphabet Soup

April 29, 2025 • 21 mins
Google comfortably controls over 25% of the $303 billion ad market in the U.S. That will probably look very different in five year's time. This episode unpacks Google's adtech antitrust violations, explaining the tangled path that led us here and what it means for the industry, plus Google itself as it faces looming threats of a break up. Experts join us to make sense of the acronyms and intrigue behind digital advertising’s bigges...

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Walmart: Always Low Prices, Except on Ads

April 22, 2025 • 19 mins
Retail media is a major growth area for digital marketing, and retailers like Walmart, Target, and Instacart and making huge investments to grow their ad selling businesses. But with that growth comes outsized expectations. This year, Walmart in particular has been clawing for bigger ad commitments from the companies that sell in its stores — up to 25% more from the previous year. And that’s a problem because it’s not always clear ...

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Madwell CEO Chris Sojka’s Mad Salvation Plan

April 16, 2025 • 32 mins
In this exclusive 1:1, Madwell CEO Chris Sojka speaks with ADWEEK editor in chief Ryan Joe about the controversial investments he’s made, the investments he’s making, and how he hopes it’ll all bring Madwell back. From the $17.5 million private jet to a mysterious theme park “exercise” in Texas, Sojka reveals how he hopes to bring Madwell back after two turbulent years.

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Inside Madwell's Mayhem

April 15, 2025 • 34 mins

Madwell, a Brooklyn-based indie agency, once was known for punching above its weight. Its impressive client roster includes big brands like Verizon Visible, e.l.f. Cosmetics, and Branca.

But in 2023, the agency became embroiled in financial and cultural trouble under the leadership of CEO Chris Sojka, and staffers tell ADWEEK they’ve struggled with “dictatorial” leadership and severely delayed paychecks.

In this debut episode of our ...

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Introducing Adspeak from ADWEEK

April 14, 2025 • 1 min
Love it or hate it, advertising is the ultimate broker of power and influence in the world today. Adspeak, hosted by Adweek editor in chief Ryan Joe, brings to life stories from our top reporters, delving into the people and companies that shape how we view the world, the products we buy, and the entertainment we enjoy.

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