Gordon Young

The Drum caught up with the head of the streaming giant’s Creative Lab in Cannes, where it was unveiling a new global Creative Lab Hub and its first Creative Council. But underneath the headlines lies a sharper message – Spotify is becoming as much a video platform as an audio one. And the numbers back it up.

At a raucous Cannes Lions debate hosted by System1, Scott Galloway, Rory Sutherland and e.l.f. Beauty’s Kory Marchisotto tackled one of marketing’s most existential questions: has the era of brand building come to a dramatic end – or is it just evolving? The Drum listened in – and grabbed a few mini-burgers on the way out.

From the Croisette of Cannes Lions, the producer behind the fringe show turned cultural phenomenon talks drag, the salience of story, and where streaming platform Wow Presents Plus is headed next.

At Cannes Lions, Dow Jones CMO Sherry Jones tells The Drum how every brand can (and should) move at the speed of news.

Edelman has released a ‘special report’ updating its Trust Barometer. At Cannes Lions, we catch up with Mr Edelman himself on the growing trust gap, gen Z anger, and why silence is no longer an option.

At Telemundo, Joaquín Duró isn’t just planning for the World Cup. He’s reinventing what TV even means, blending streaming, social and linear into a single production workflow designed to grow audiences, increase efficiency and unlock fresh revenue. Gordon Young caught up with him at Cannes Lions.

The CPG giant’s bold hire of Luiz Sanches earlier this year signaled a shift: creativity isn’t just for ads any more – it’s the company’s new growth engine.

The NYT’s SVP of marketing champions the publisher as a modern, data-driven media powerhouse that now reaches millions beyond the front page.

What can brands learn from the real-life ‘scandal’ fixer? The Drum sits down with the American crisis manager at Cannes Lions.

At Cannes, Paul D’Arcy, the famed CMO of the likes of Indeed, tells The Drum how his new employer is taking on the powerful incumbents of the DSP world (and beyond).