Adspeak

By Adweek

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 ... more

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The podcast currently has 711 episodes available.

Adspeak episodes:

July 22, 2025 The War for the Living Room
Can a single deal between streaming frenemies redraw the streaming power map? Roku’s partnership with Amazon could transform connected TV, shaking up rivals like The Trade Desk, Walmart, Google, and LG. It’s a clear win for Amazon—but is Roku gaining scale at the cost of control?
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33min
July 15, 2025 The Scam Lions
The Cannes Lions wants to honor creativity. But in 2025, it also honored fabrication. We investigate the fallout.
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26min
July 08, 2025 What Really Killed The Mill?
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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27min
July 01, 2025 Why Agency Life Feels Broken
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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30min
June 24, 2025 The Great Cannes Land Grab
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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32min
June 17, 2025 Mark Read Is Out. Now What?
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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30min
June 10, 2025 Adalytics vs. the Industry
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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29min
June 03, 2025 Holding Company Succession
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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32min
May 27, 2025 Every Story’s an Ad Now
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 into a sales channel.
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31min
May 20, 2025 Dark Times at the LA Times
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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39min

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