Interview with Katya Ionova, Creative Director, UK & EMEA, Business Insider
November 21, 2019
Awards, Interview
Belinda - What's the biggest change you've seen in content marketing since the awards began five years ago?" Katya - Tempting to say the rise of audio; however, the rise of...
60 seconds with Cathy Boxall, SVP Brand Entertainment, Story Lab
November 21, 2019
Awards, Interview
Belinda - What's the biggest change you've seen in content marketing since the awards began five years ago?" Cathy - More and more brands are investing in brand entertainment as a...
Interview with Robbie McCalwey, Director Global Marketing Strategy, EA
November 14, 2019
Awards, Interview
Belinda - What particular challenges are there in the Media & Entertainment sector? Robbie - Advertising campaigns within Media & Entertainment are seeing an increasing over reliance on personalisation that is...
New survey suggests brand activism is on the rise
November 6, 2019
Awards, Research
Content-led advertising continues to grow as brands address social and environmental challenges A new survey from the World Media Group (a strategic alliance of the world’s leading media brands) into...
Marketing ‘truth’ vs content reality – has creativity moved down the food-chain?
October 14, 2019
Awards, Thought Leadership
Recent research by The World Media Awards suggested that creativity has been usurped by storytelling and authenticity. Belinda Barker, Director of the World Media Group, asks whether creativity has truly...
Moat Analytics Reveal that Quality Journalism Eclipses Industry Benchmarks for Attention
July 18, 2019
Research
Moat Analytics Reveal that Quality Journalism Eclipses Industry Benchmarks for Attention Analysis released today by the World Media Group (WMG), a strategic alliance of the world’s premium media brands, confirms...
WMG Cannes Wrap 2019 – 25th June 2019
June 27, 2019
Key Takeouts
WMG hosted our Cannes Wrap 2019 this week. It was a hugely enlightening and insightful panel discussion about the key themes and ideas that arose from Cannes Lions 2019. Our...
Masterclass in Storytelling 16th May 2019
May 20, 2019
Awards, Key Takeouts
A fantastic, insightful event hosted by The World Media Group last week - our Masterclass in Storytelling. An expert panel presented winning case studies from our recent 2019 World Media...
World Media Awards 2019 – Grand Prix Shortlist
April 24, 2019
Awards
The World Media Group had some really innovative entries for their recent World Media Awards. Take a look at this video to see all those entries who were shortlisted for...
DEEP STATE Outfoxes the Competition to Win the Top Prize at the 2019 World Media Awards
April 5, 2019
Awards
The Impact of Voice & Sound: The Audio Web is still in the 90s
March 29, 2019
Key Takeouts
The Impact of Voice & Sound : the audio web is still in the 90s The audio internet, whether that’s voice-activated devices powered by machine learning AI or journalistic...
More Than Just an Ego Boost: Awards Can Be a Serious Benchmark for the Industry
March 15, 2019
Awards, Thought Leadership
It’s awards season again and as the headlines from the Golden Globes, Oscars and Brits begin to fade, the spotlight is on an array of awards across the marketing industry....
The Adaptation and Reinvention of Journalism
February 28, 2019
Key Takeouts
Alex Delamain, President of the World Media Group (WMG) and SVP, Head of Client Sales and Services at The Economist, reports back on the key themes from the WMG ‘Journalism...
What do you think your next job will be? If you’re aged over 40 and work in media or advertising then it might be safer to be thinking about your next career, writes Arif Durrani
February 28, 2019
Thought Leadership
“Having a diverse, more representative workforce is one of the biggest challenges we face, as we need an industry that will reflect the UK in the future,” says Karen Fraser,...
International advertising is dead, long live international advertising
January 28, 2019
Thought Leadership
Once upon a time, international advertising could fairly be accused of being unexciting, needing to appeal to a broad target market and so lacking the great ideas that local campaigns...
Interview with Isabelle Lefebvre
January 22, 2019
Awards, Interview
We asked Isabelle Lefebvre, Managing Director Global Clients for Zenith Paris, what she considered to be the key factors for success in an international content-led marketing campaign. Isabelle will join...
The World Media Group announces the appointment of its Non-Executive Chair, Alex Altman, President, Global Client Operations at Wavemaker
January 21, 2019
WMG News
The World Media Group are pleased to welcome Alex Altman, President, Global Client Operations of Wavemaker as the first Non-Executive Chair, commencing January 2019. This is an exciting new step...
Interview with Alison Tyrrell
January 16, 2019
Awards, Interview
We caught up with Alison Tyrrell, Head of Content (Marketing & Media) for Spark Foundry, and one of the jurors for the World Media Awards, to discuss what she was...
Five success factors for brand-media owner partnerships in content marketing
January 15, 2019
Awards, Thought Leadership, Top Tips
Choosing the right media owner platform for your content-led advertising campaign is key to success - respondents to our recent “future of global content marketing” survey cited it as the...
New Survey into Content-driven Marketing Shows Engagement Metrics are Still Viewed as Less Important than Traditional Brand Measures
January 8, 2019
Awards, Research
A new survey from the World Media Group (a strategic alliance of the world’s leading media brands) into content-led marketing shows that, although marketers are most likely to be using...