Cannes Daily Global Podcast ep. 1: Awards preview & new humour category

<p>As Cannes Lions 2024 kicks off on 17 June, Campaign's editors and journalists from around the world are again taking part in a daily podcast during the five-day festival.</p><br><p>In this first episode, we hear from&nbsp;Gideon Spanier, UK editor-in-chief of&nbsp;Campaign,&nbsp;Maisie McCabe, UK editor of&nbsp;Campaign,&nbsp;Alison Weissbrot, editor-in-chief of&nbsp;Campaign US, Rahat Kapur, editor of Campaign Asia, and David Brown, joint editor of Campaign Canada, who come together&nbsp;to make their predictions for Cannes Lions 2024.</p><br><p>We discuss our Cannes Contenders&nbsp;— the creative work that we hope will do well in the Lions awards&nbsp;—and look forward to&nbsp;the new humour category, plus we&nbsp;offer practical tips for getting through the “marathon” week.</p><br><p>Campaign also speaks to festival CEO Simon Cook as award <a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/cannes-lions-entries-drop-slightly-new-humour-category-attracts-798-submissions/1877202" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">entries are “broadly flat” on a year earlier</a> and the Olympic Torch comes to Cannes on the Tuesday of the festival.</p><br><p>Each of these shows will follow a similar format as we are going to record each episode at the end of the day.&nbsp;We will tell you about who’s won all of the top Lions awards – the Grands Prix – and we will report all the big news from the talks and sessions at the Palais and the evening parties.</p><br><p>Look out for a Campaign Cannes email bulletin at about 10pm French time every evening and make sure you follow the&nbsp;Campaign&nbsp;podcast wherever you listen to your podcasts.</p><br><p>You can watch the Cannes Contender ad from Sammakorn, which is mentioned in this episode,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/cannes-contenders-sammakorn/1876070" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here.</a></p><br><p>More:</p><br><p><a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/whats-one-piece-advice-cannes-freshers/1876851" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">'Wear comfy shoes!' What’s your one piece of advice for Cannes freshers?</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/publicis-unveils-bsbot-help-people-cannes-decide-whats-ai-bs/1876652" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Publicis unveils 'BSBot' to help people at Cannes decide 'what's AI or BS'</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/cannes-contenders-v-a/1876474" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cannes Contenders: The V&A</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/cannes-contenders-mcdonalds/1876370" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cannes Contenders: McDonald's</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/cannes-contenders-channel-4/1876075" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cannes Contenders: Channel 4</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/cannes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Find all of Campaign's Cannes Lions coverage in one place here</strong></a></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>