In our first podcast since lockdown, we meet up with Amy Kean, Director of Brand and innovation for change consultancy &us, and the anonymous MediaLad, to take another unvarnished look at what's really going on in digital media.

As always, the Love, Truth and Lies in Digital Media podcast digs into the truth behind some of the biggest industry issues. From the Facebook boycott - “what are you spending your money on, get a grip, and own it” - to the dirty truth behind the paeans to remote working and the shoddy reality of creativity during the pandemic, it is as usual a brutally honest conversation.

The issues caused by a lack of understanding of digital media activation by creative agencies, the problem with personalistion and the decline of creativity at publishers are just some of the issues discussed in the latest episode of Love, Truth & Lies in digital media.

The podcast features Amy Kean, who recently departed Starcom to become Director of Brand and innovation for change consultancy &us, and the anonymous MediaLad, two of the most influential personalities on Twitter in the digital media industry.

The discussion is again blisteringly honest on the challenges, frustrations, and opportunities of being on the front line of digital media and marketing.

In the first of a new podcast series going behind the scenes at our industry's most innovative and exciting trade shows, awards, conferences and other flagship industry events we meet the founders of Mad//Fest.

Mad//Fest has rapidly established itself as one of the exciting events in the industry calendar.

Founded by Ian Houghton and Dan Brain, the show now encompasses both the main Mad//Fest show in December and the Mad//Fest Picnic in the summer.

Mad//Fest came crashing into the industry calendar, making an instant impression with its invite-only audience policy, its stellar line up of speakers, and its innovative live pitch sessions.

Love, Truth and Lies in Digital Media: Amy Kean meets Media Lad by Justin Pearse

Love, Truth and Lies in Digital Media: Amy Kean meets Media Lad by Justin Pearse

The Top 5 discusses the biggest challenges and opportunities facing marketers around in digital media today. With guests Jim Brigden and James Briscoe, we discuss transparency, inhousing, voice search, regulation and measurement

Jim Brigden is currently Chairman at digital media auditor Percept, MD at Brainlabs and an investor and advisor at a swathe of digital companies, he previously held founding and senior roles at pivotal digital companies including TradeDoubler, I Spy Marketing and The Search Works.

James Briscoe is a leading figure in the digital marketing world. He has held senior roles at some of the biggest digital agencies in Europe, and now mentors and invests in madtech start-ups including Canton Marketing Solutions and Percept.

The Top 5 discusses the biggest challenges and opportunities facing marketers around in digital media today. With guests Jim Brigden and James Briscoe, we discuss transparency, inhousing, voice search, regulation and measurement

Jim Brigden is currently Chairman at digital media auditor Percept, MD at Brainlabs and an investor and advisor at a swathe of digital companies, he previously held founding and senior roles at pivotal digital companies including TradeDoubler, I Spy Marketing and The Search Works.

James Briscoe is a leading figure in the digital marketing world. He has held senior roles at some of the biggest digital agencies in Europe, and now mentors and invests in madtech start-ups including Canton Marketing Solutions and Percept.

My Digital Hero: Tamara Littleton by Justin Pearse

My Digital Hero: Tamara Littleton by Justin Pearse

50over50 is a series of interviews with our most influential and inspiring industry leaders aged 50 and over.

We think it’s time to recognise and celebrate the true talent in our industry, the creatives, technologists, founders and leaders that are really driving our industry and shaping society, who just happen to be over 50.

Mary Keane Dawson is one of our industry’s most experienced and respected figures. A digital evangelist, entrepreneur and advertising agency boss, she is the founder of How She Made It and is involved with industry organisations from BIMA to Tech London Advocates.

Never mind that this shuns the consumers who are the true influencers when it comes to household spending — 78% of over 50s command the purse-strings in their households, with the age group accounting for half of all consumer spending in the UK — in the digital economy it means the industry in danger of losing out on the knowledge and experience of those who have built the digital industry from the ground up.