Cannes Daily Global Podcast ep. 4: Elon Musk puts free speech before advertisers

<p>Beau Jackson, media editor of Campaign UK, Lucy Shelley, tech editor of Campaign UK, David Brown, joint editor of&nbsp;Campaign Canada,&nbsp;and Alison Weissbrot, editor-in-chief of Campaign US, join Gideon Spanier, UK editor-in-chief of&nbsp;Campaign, to discuss the third night of awards.</p><br><p>The big talking-point of day three was&nbsp;<a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/elon-musk-artistic-ads-foolish-posts-telling-advertisers-go-fuck-themselves/1877666" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Elon Musk, owner of X and boss of Tesla, who came to talk to advertisers</a>&nbsp;but he was defiant about the concerns of some brands, insisting he will "choose free speech rather than agreeing to be censored for money".</p><br><p>At the awards, retailer Mercado Libre and GUT Sao Paolo won the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/guts-handshake-hunt-takes-home-media-lions-grand-prix-mercado-libre/1877680" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Media Lions Grand Prix</a>&nbsp;for Handshake Hunt and skin care brand Serave and Ogilvy PR New York won the Social and Influencer Lion for Michael Cera-Ve.</p><br><p>Plus two UK-based brands have won their second Grand Prix of the week – in each case for the same piece of work.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/golin-london-wins-cannes-lions-pr-grand-prix/1877748" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Specsavers and Golin won the PR Lions</a>&nbsp;for The Mishearing Test and Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass and McCann London&nbsp;<a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/mccann-london-wins-direct-grand-prix-xboxs-the-everyday-tactician/1877694" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">won the Direct Lion for The Everyday Tactician.</a></p><br><p>More:</p><br><p><a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/cannes-daily-global-podcast-episode-3-craft-entertainment-winners/1877568" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cannes daily global podcast episode 3: Craft and entertainment winners</a></p><p><a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/1877376/cannes-daily-global-podcast-episode-2-big-wins-audio-health-outdoor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cannes daily global podcast episode 2: Big wins in audio, health and outdoor</a></p><p><a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/cannes-daily-global-podcast-episode-1-awards-preview-new-humour-category/1877204" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cannes daily global podcast episode 1: Awards preview and new humour category</a></p><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><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><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><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>