194: Campaign Podcast: Agency merger season | Parental leave in adland | Warc Creative 100

<p>The past few weeks in adland have been a busy period for mergers, but luckily in this episode of the Campaign podcast the editorial team has the lowdown to keep you up to speed.</p><br><p>Media editor Beau Jackson, tech editor Lucy Shelley and reporter Charlotte Rawlings cover the latest goings-on at <a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/-partnership-msix-partners-merge-form-full-service-shop/1866137" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The & Partnership and MSix & Partners</a>; <a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/akqa-grey-merge-operations-five-markets-efficiency-drive/1866664" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AKQA and Grey</a> and <a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/forsman-bodenfors-london-studio-merges-cpb-london/1866949" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Forsman & Bodenfors London and CPB London</a>. </p><br><p>The team also dig into Campaign’s deep-dive on the <a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/were-people-business-why-agencies-championing-parental-leave/1845979" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">state of parental leave in adland</a>, and take a look at <a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/uk-adland-concerned-dropping-down-warc-creative-100-rankings/1865960" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">what the industry thought</a> of the UK <a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/warc-creative-100-uk-slips-bronze-2023-listing/1864833" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">slipping down the ranks</a> in the Warc Creative 100. </p><br><p>Further reading:</p><p><a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/will-ai-power-reboot-full-service-agencies/1867237" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Will AI power a reboot of full-service agencies?</a></p><p><a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/brandtech-group-raises-115m-ai-funding/1867214" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Brandtech Group raises $115m in AI funding</a></p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>