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Live blogs
Campaign – Reporters
Cannes Lions 2026 live blog: all the award winners and festival news
Performance Marketing World – Robin Langford
Cannes Lions Live Day 3: What happens when we can measure everything?
The Media Leader – James Longhurst
Postcards from Cannes 2026 – The Media Leader Live from Cannes
24th June – Cannes highlights
AdExchanger – Allison Schiff, 24th June 2026
Cannes-terview: Why Audio Ad Spend Still Lags, According To Spotify’s CPO
A lot of the conversations folks have in Cannes are the same ones they’re having at home, the only difference being that both parties are wearing sunglasses and linen shorts.
Adweek – Eva Kis, 24th June 2026
Cannes Lions 2026 Gallery Day 2: The Beach Is Hot But the Action Is Hotter
Welcome to Day 2 of Cannes Lions 2026. It’s still early enough to hydrate your way back to top form, so please take care of yourself while taking care of business.
Affiliate Leaders – Ellen Jennings-Trace, 24th June 2026
Cannes Lions day 2: Google adds new tools to YouTube as TikTok expands
From OpenAI doubling down on advertising to Google, TikTok, and Criteo expand their advertising ecosystems – all the latest from day two at Cannes Lions.
Digiday – Seb Joseph & Krystal Scanlon, 24th June 2026
For two decades, Cannes Lions has been the advertising industry’s high church of the campaign — the ad, the stunt and the killer creative idea. This year, the conversations actually happening in the villas and the beach cabanas aren’t about creative execution at all. They’re about something closer to brand infrastructure: how brands get discovered, trusted, and recommended by AI systems that don’t care about a media plan. That’s a quieter, less glamorous story than the one Cannes normally embodies, but it’s the one playing out behind the closed doors.
Digiday – Michael Bürgi, 24th June 2026
Omnicom Media and Paramount+ partner on dynamic fixed ad units in the streamer’s premieres
You sit down to watch the premiere of Landman or Tulsa King on Paramount+, and enjoy the show but feel aggravated at seeing the same sponsor spots through several episodes. According to research from Omnicom Media, that aggravation can lead to a negative opinion of that sponsor.
ExchangeWire – Sheila Obeng-King, 24th June 2026
Digest: AppsFlyer Raises $1bn; Walmart Buys Vibe.co; Cannes Day Two
In today’s Digest, we cover AppsFlyer raising USD$1bn with backing from major advertising industry players, plus the biggest announcements, deals, and talking points emerging from Cannes.
Marketing Brew – Kelsey Sutton, 24th June 2026
Gen Z is the target audience for many consumer-facing brands at Cannes Lions.
Performance Marketing World – Joseph Arthur, 24th June 2026
‘Scale plus AI does not equal client value’: dentsu CEO Takeshi Sano reveals fresh playbook
Newly appointed dentsu Global CEO Takeshi Sano reveals the holding company’s plans to get back on top, embracing agility, people intelligence, and sharing the company’s story with confidence.
Performance Marketing World – Joseph Arthur, 24th June 2026
What is a problem you wish Cannes would solve?
PMW spent ‘Super Tuesday’ of Cannes Lions running up and down the Croisette searching for answers to some of Cannes’ most burning questions.
