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Agencies
Explained: Dentsu posts $2bn losses and replaces CEO
Yet another global holdco has hit a financial nadir. How did we get here?
Sam Anderson
Intelligence editor, The Drum
Agency Advice
‘A structural shift, not a blip’: Agency leaders on IPA 14% agency job loss findings
Creative Work
From DoorDash to Clash of Clans, these are the Valentine’s Day campaigns we’re loving
Agency Leadership
With birth of WPP Creative, industry expects sunsetting of VML, Ogilvy & AKQA to begin
Social Media
CMO Ellie Norman on why Formula E is putting creators in pole position
Media Owners
Inside Serie A’s transformative five-year internationalization strategy
The Drum Awards
Deadline for The Drum Awards for Commerce Media extended
Commerce Media For Drummies
Kiri Masters: The critical differences in US and EU retail media operations you need to understand
Brand Strategy
Mark Ritson: The Great Stay and the quiet collapse of the marketing job market
Agency Leadership
Publicis has built the best house on the street. Now it needs to move neighborhood
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Agency Performance
Explained: Dentsu posts $2bn losses and replaces CEO
Agency Performance
‘A structural shift, not a blip’: Agency leaders on IPA 14% agency job loss findings
Agency Leadership
With birth of WPP Creative, industry expects sunsetting of VML, Ogilvy & AKQA to begin
Artificial Intelligence
Daniel Hulme: The new agency bench – human judgement, AI agents & Rory Sutherland’s brain
Agency Performance
Publicis has built the best house on the street. Now it needs to move neighborhood
Brand Strategy
Mark Ritson: The Great Stay and the quiet collapse of the marketing job market
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From the Super Bowl to the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics to the Fifa World Cup, we go inside the business of sport to bring you insights, case studies and debate on how brands win.

Sports Marketing
Good bunny: Why the Super Bowl halftime show was a touchdown for inclusive marketing
Sports Marketing
Kim Broadbent: Split-screen Six Nations spots testing brands’ right to interrupt live sports
Sports Marketing
How CeraVe turned Kevin Durant’s dry ankles into earned media gold
Sports Marketing
B2B needs more Super Bowl thinking

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AI doesn’t create differentiation, it exposes whether you had any to begin with.
Paul Frampton-Calero
CEO
Goodway Group
The question isn’t, ‘Will people see our brand?’ It is, ‘Have we earned a right to be seen?’
Kim Broadbent
Managing partner
When ChatGPT handles product discovery and checkout, it intercepts intent before shoppers reach retailer websites.
Kiri Masters
Commerce media columnist
The Drum
The Store is the Media
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The Store is the Media
The store was once the end of the journey. Now it’s where intent peaks. Episode three explores how physical retail is becoming a live media environment - measurable, connected and designed to influence decisions in real time.

Latest creative work

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Tony’s Chocolonely ‘Fight in Every Bite’ by House of Oddities
Manscaped ‘Hair Ballad’ by Quality Meats
Squarespace ‘Unavailable’
Claude ‘A Time and a Place’ by Mother
Commerce Media show all

Commerce Media will be a major focus for The Drum in 2026. You can look forward to our For Drummies guide, the Commerce Media Power List, coverage from leading industry events including ShopTalk and, of course, the newly launched Commerce Media Awards as we explore what’s working, what’s changing and why it matters.

Commerce Media
Key takeaways from The Drum’s All Media is Commerce Media TV series
Commerce Media
Judge of the Day: Why Darren Silverman says diversification will reshape commerce media
Commerce Media
Kiri Masters: The critical differences in US and EU retail media operations you need to understand
Commerce Media
Judge of the Day: Why Bryant Ross says simplification will define commerce media’s next phase

B2B

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B2B
B2B needs more Super Bowl thinking
B2B might not always need Super Bowl advertising, writes Cos Mingides, but it does need to rethink how fame, reassurance and visibility actually drive high-stakes buying decisions.
Cos Mingides
Co-Founder & Head of Effectiveness, True Agency
B2B
How AI is fundamentally changing the role of the B2B creative director
B2B
Informatica’s Jim Kruger on why over-dissecting marketing ROI misses the point
B2B
Getting effectiveness wrong has cost B2B marketing its influence
B2B
Why the lead gen playbook is creaking and how to play a better game in 2026
B2B
Healthcare audiences want more from expos

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Mergers and Acquisitions
Dentsu’s stalled exit leaves it with two options: Refocus or reinvent
Agency Models
Agency life after holdcos: Ajaz Ahmed and Tiffany Rolfe in conversation
My Creative Career
Gabriel Schmitt on agency heritage, reinvention and leading Grey into its next chapter
Media Planning and Buying
Ad revenues grew 8.8% in 2025 as analysts grapple with ‘the era of AI advertising’
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Discover the world’s most awarded creative people, companies and campaigns.

The Drum Awards
The Drum Honors class of 2025: This year’s newly Recommended agencies
Agency Models
Farewell FCB: A look back at the creative renaissance of an agency sunsetted at its peak
Creative
World Creative Rankings Mid-Year Leaderboards: the most-awarded networks and holdcos
Creative
World Creative Rankings Mid-Year Leaderboards: the most-awarded agencies of 2025 so far

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Jamloop
Why performance starts in the living room
Microsoft Advertising
The independent agency boom: setting the pace in the era of AI
Teads
Why the connected screen is sports marketing’s new arena
Analytic Partners
CMOs say ‘we’ve gone from being asked to find solutions, to judging them’
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The only place to discover the best work from around the world, entered into The Drum Awards. And the only place to read the success stories behind the winning work.

Awards Case Studies
How Nippon turned matcha from wellness trend into daily ritual
The Drum Awards
How Comcast Business redefined golf experience with a tech-driven game
The Drum Awards
Why SCAD’s immersive brand story redefined campus recruitment
The Drum Awards
How Singapore Tourism Board revitalized Orchard Road with a creative festival

Marketing

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The Drum Awards
Judge of the Day: Why James Haden says accountability must match creativity
The Johnson & Johnson MedTech leader believes bold ideas only matter when they deliver measurable commercial impact.
Margo Waldrop
Content Writer, The Drum
Brand Strategy
Ads of the Week: red flags, reality TV and swipe-right Sliders
The Drum Awards
Judge of the Day: Why Elaine Tai says clarity will outlast the AI hype
Sports Marketing
Good bunny: Why the Super Bowl halftime show was a touchdown for inclusive marketing
Brand Strategy
Kiss, marry, kill… marketing edition (part 2)
The Drum Awards
Judge of the Day: Why Imogen Fox says common sense and human judgment still win

Agencies

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Agency Performance
Explained: Dentsu posts $2bn losses and replaces CEO
Yet another global holdco has hit a financial nadir. How did we get here?
Sam Anderson
Intelligence editor, The Drum
Agency Performance
‘A structural shift, not a blip’: Agency leaders on IPA 14% agency job loss findings
Artificial Intelligence
Agency AI myth-busting: ‘I make it my business to never say “AI will never…”’
Agencies
With birth of WPP Creative, industry expects sunsetting of VML, Ogilvy & AKQA to begin
Artificial Intelligence
Daniel Hulme: The new agency bench – human judgement, AI agents & Rory Sutherland’s brain
Agency Performance
Publicis has built the best house on the street. Now it needs to move neighborhood

Creativity

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Brand Strategy
Ads of the Week: red flags, reality TV and swipe-right Sliders
From cat adoption takeovers to whiskey saves and inbox loyalty confessions, Valentine’s Day marketing ditched roses for scroll-stopping chaos.
Margo Waldrop
Content Writer, The Drum
Creative Work
Burger King OOH ads positions its as the most reliable Valentine
Creative
Tennent’s turns Valentine’s into rugby rivalry between Scotland and England
Ad of the Day
Ad of the Day: Old Spice revives ‘Mom Song’ era with new coming-of-age film
Creative Work
From DoorDash to Clash of Clans, these are the Valentine’s Day campaigns we’re loving
Creative Work
Maruchan slides into DMs with ‘Saucy Noods’ for Valentine’s Day

Media

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Media Owners
Meet Caliber, the social-first news org with an agency at its commercial core
Media Owners
Inside Serie A’s transformative five-year internationalization strategy
Media Planning and Buying
Media impartiality isn’t optional - it’s the foundation of trust
Media Owners
Kim Broadbent: Split-screen Six Nations spots testing brands’ right to interrupt live sports
Commerce Media
Key takeaways from The Drum’s All Media is Commerce Media TV series
Media
The only thing bigger than a Super Bowl budget are some of the egos involved
Media Owners
How the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is rewriting the local media playbook
Media Planning and Buying
Adapting to a world in motion: the media imperatives defining 2026

The Drum TV

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Web Summit

Tomorrow’s media, today

Predictions 2026

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Sian Conway-Wood on consumer behavior in 2026

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How brands can win at the World Cup

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Tech

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The Drum Awards
Judge of the Day: Mascha Driessen on making AI-driven experiences feel human
Artificial Intelligence
From guesswork to intelligence: how AI Is reshaping marketing
Artificial Intelligence
Snowflake’s Dennis Buchheim on what AI means for media, data and adtech
Artificial Intelligence
How Prudential is balancing 150 years of tradition and trust with AI, creators and change
Artificial Intelligence
Why Meta thinks wearables, not phones, are the next great interface
Social Media
Tech for Palestine founder: Upscrolled’s boom shows a way forward for ethical tech
Artificial Intelligence
To make AI video look real, we have to make it look less perfect
Artificial Intelligence
When intelligence becomes infrastructure, brands have to decide what they really are

Open Mic

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Experts share their insights on our fast-changing industry.

PrettyGreen
‘PR moves at the speed of emotion’ – why fame is being rewritten in culture
Fame is changing. In a climate defined by economic uncertainty, cultural volatility, and low consumer trust, Mona Parmar of PrettyGreen chats with colleague Louise Ali to find out why PR has moved from a supporting channel to the engine of modern brand fame, and why the brands winning today are the ones that know how to feel culture, not just buy into it.
Mona Parmar
Marketing Manager, PrettyGreen
JACK RYAN
Media impartiality isn’t optional - it’s the foundation of trust
Code and Theory
Your brand wasn’t built for machine speed
The Future Laboratory
The great beauty blur: how digital culture is changing the trajectory of human appearance
Nano Interactive
Why intent-based targeting is a game-changer for CPG brands (and publishers too)
Hassell Inclusion
From agentic AI to the EAA: 5 accessibility trends to watch in 2026
PMG
Advertiser expectations for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics
Emota
Moving beyond the backdrop: what it takes to deliver truly immersive experiences

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Creative Work
A love letter to the advertising industry… and you
Worry can easily cloud optimism. This Valentine’s Day, Marcus Foley of Tommy says it’s important to remember how amazing this industry is, and you are too.
Marcus Foley
Co-founder, Tommy
Brand Strategy
Belonging is the human feeling that AI can’t replicate
Brand Strategy
MMM is a powerful tool, if used correctly. Here’s how to get the most from it
Brand Strategy
Can we talk? How intimacy coaching can benefit client relationships
Brand Strategy
From billboards to scoreboards: why OOH is the perfect match for sports
Brand Strategy
Brands want agencies built like speedboats, not cruise ships
Commerce Media
Commerce media is set to be a big driver of growth this year
Brand Strategy
Healthcare audiences want more from expos
Brand Strategy
CES and beyond: tech’s new era of cultural power

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Measurement & ROI
Behind Ocado’s ‘fundamental rethink’ of digital marketing amid LHF regulations
Measurement & ROI
2025 was the year marketing reclaimed its value, and 2026 will be about protecting it
Measurement & ROI
Does your brand measure up? 4 key insights from Google’s Measurement Awards
Measurement & ROI
Why Deliveroo is putting incrementality testing back on the menu