CNN’s Christina Macfarlane to Host the 2025 World Media Awards
August 15, 2025
We’re delighted to announce that Christina Macfarlane, Anchor and Correspondent for CNN International, will host this year’s World Media Awards. Based in CNN’s London bureau, Macfarlane is a familiar face...
How to Survive (and Thrive) in the Pitch Process
August 1, 2025
Key Takeouts
In the second panel at the World Media Group’s Agency Future Leaders event, Rebecca McKinlay, Managing Director at Oystercatchers, joined Chris O’Neil, Global Brand Partnerships Lead at National Geographic, to share...
Beyond the numbers: How insight makes you a better planner
August 1, 2025
The World Media Group recently held its first Agency Future Leaders event, a new initiative designed to support a cohort of agency planners, hand-picked by their leadership teams for their...
The Power of Storytelling: Transforming B2B marketing
July 16, 2025
In the first of our events in partnership with The Washington Post at Cannes, the WMG hosted a lively panel discussion about how B2B marketing can be transformed by the...
Why Advertising in News Still Matters: Insights from CNN’s Cannes Roundtable
July 14, 2025
Key Takeouts, Thought Leadership, WMG News
While celebrity-studded beach concerts often grab the headlines at Cannes Lions, the real value of the festival is found in its quieter corners—where industry leaders gather to tackle the complex...
Key Takeaways: Maximising the PR Impact of Content Partnerships
July 10, 2025
As part of our Brand Advisory Board meeting this month, World Media Group CEO Jamie Credland invited Raquel Bubar, Managing Director at T Brand Studio International, The New York Times,...
The Editor’s View – A Global Outlook to Shape Your Year Ahead
July 3, 2025
Cannes: 28 years later
July 2, 2025
Media executives arriving in Cannes for the 1997 industry summit had a lot to celebrate. Internet advertising was about to pass a billion dollar run-rate and the whispers coming from...
Global Brands in the Era of Reinvention
June 24, 2025
In the second of our events in partnership with The Washington Post at Cannes, the WMG hosted a thought-provoking panel to explore what reinvention looks like for global brands navigating...
2025 World Media Awards Finalists Announced
June 24, 2025
Awards
Shortlist Shows a Surge in Financial Services and Corporate Influencer Campaigns London, Tuesday 24th June 2025 – The World Media Group unveiled the shortlist for the 2025 World Media Awards...
The Editors’ View: Trade, Tariffs and the Shifting Global Order
June 9, 2025
This week, the World Media Group group hosted The Editors’ View at the FMI Financial Marketing Leaders Summit. WMG CEO Jamie Credland chaired a panel with Faisal Islam, Economics Editor,...
RSF World Press Freedom Index 2025: Economic fragility a leading threat to press freedom
May 2, 2025
The 2025 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) World Press Freedom Index, released in advance of World Press Freedom Day tomorrow, reveals a historic decline in global press freedom, driven primarily by...
Key Takeouts – The Editors’ View – Global business. Political volatility. The battle for attention.
May 1, 2025
As part of FMI’s UAE Financial Marketing Leaders' Summit, World Media Group CEO Jamie Credland chaired a panel with Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East Correspondent at The Economist and Maha El...
World Media Group Joins The News Alliance
March 20, 2025
Cross-industry coalition to promote trusted journalism to advertisers against backdrop of misinformation and fake news • Bountiful Cow, British Society of Magazine Editors, Campaign, DAIVID, Electric Glue, Havas Media Network,...
Trump, Trade and Tariffs: What does it mean for your business?
March 17, 2025
Our first Brand Advisory Board of 2025 started with a timely discussion about the impact of President Trump’s tariffs on the global markets with POLITICO Europe’s Senior Trade Reporter, Graham...
How to Brief a Winning Content Partnership – Briefing Guide
March 12, 2025
The media landscape is constantly changing so it’s no surprise that it’s sometimes difficult to keep up with best practice. This is certainly true of the briefing process. Every year,...
Co-chairs for the 2025 World Media Awards Announced
March 10, 2025
Carat’s Anna Campbell and Investec’s Alison Harbert lead the jury of brands, agencies and media owners; Brand Metrics returns as the official Awards partner. London, Thursday 6th March 2025 –...
The World Media Awards Celebrates its 10th Anniversary
February 20, 2025
2025 entries now open, with two new specialist categories – ‘Brand Event’ and ‘Technology Partner’ London, Thursday 20th February 2025 – The 2025 World Media Awards (WMAs) are open...
The Editors’ Perspective: 2025 – The Year Ahead – Key Takeouts
February 5, 2025
This week, the World Media Group brought together a panel of leading journalists to share their insights from the World Economic Forum in Davos. Katie Palisoul, General Manager UK at...
Storytelling that cuts through the noise
January 21, 2025
We were delighted to have Anne McElvoy, Executive Editor and Head of Audio at POLITICO as our host for the World Media Awards 2024. At the start of the evening,...