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Mar 6, 2024 | 
mediacatmagazine.co.uk | Natasha Randhawa |David Juul Ledstrup |Steve Hastings |Seoyoung Lee
The Little Secret Agency (TLSA) entered Singapore’s creative scene in 2009, founded by then 19-year-old college student, Nicholas Ye. Almost two decades later, the agency’s real address and contact number remain unlisted, and one hundred per cent of its business results from word-of-mouth. TLSA now spans across four continents, and is the only creative agency in Singapore to be named both Independent and Creative Agency of the Year multiple times in the last ten years.
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Nov 2, 2023 | 
mediacatmagazine.co.uk | Seoyoung Lee |Andrea Buzzi |Amy Ramage |Jinan Younis
Accelerate to Excel, the latest annual report from the Female Founders Forum has revealed just 3.5% of equity investment for H1 2023 went to female-led businesses, compared to 85% going to male-led firms. 11.4% went to startups co-led by women and men.
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Oct 10, 2023 | 
mediacatmagazine.co.uk | Sharon Flaherty |Chris Jefford |Seoyoung Lee |Imogen Kemp-Hunt
I live and work in Wales and I’m proud it was Welshman Aneurin Bevan who helped introduce the NHS. But as we know, right now, the NHS is struggling with record waiting lists, and social care is in crisis too. We’re also living in a chaotic world going through a cost of living crisis, climate catastrophe and more, and we’ve just come through a traumatic pandemic, with millions fighting long Covid-19.
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Oct 9, 2023 | 
mediacatmagazine.co.uk | Emily Rich |Mike Chivers |Seoyoung Lee |Andrea Buzzi
I introduced my 8-year-old daughter to ChatGPT the other month…After exhausting writing silly poems about her grandad she turned her attention to her current obsession, Keeper of the Lost Cities, a ten-book extravaganza. If I tell you it involves elves, empaths and first kisses, you’ll get the picture.
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Oct 5, 2023 | 
mediacatmagazine.co.uk | Nazli Selin Ozkan |Jon Williams |Seoyoung Lee |Andrea Buzzi
dentsu released its annual media trends report, The Pace of Progress: dentsu 2024 Media Trends. The report, which was created with input from Carat, dentsu X and iProspect globally, defines the technological and behavioural changes that will shape the media industry in the upcoming year. The continued rise of AIThe report predicts that generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) will increase in importance next year, with 91% of CMOs stating they believe the underlying technology is here to stay.
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Sep 11, 2023 | 
mediacatmagazine.co.uk | Seoyoung Lee |Arnt Eriksen |Chris Jefford |Simon Akers
Creative change agency Born Ugly has appointed Simon Bailey as its new non-executive Chair. Bringing with him a wealth of experience, Simon’s strategic appointment will be central to Born Ugly’s ambitious growth plans to expand its capabilities in creative problem-solving and delivering disruptive ideas, strategies and creative globally.
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Sep 4, 2023 | 
mediacatmagazine.co.uk | Seoyoung Lee |Antoinette Hoes |Becca Shanks |Anna Brent
Corporate hazing, addiction, sexism and misogyny are just a few of the toxic and intoxicating elements that drive the drama in Agency (2023). A Korean series that follows a self-made creative director as she battles her way to the top of a Korean Ad agency. Now available with subtitles, Agency brings to life Korean ‘chaebol-owned’ ad agency culture for the English-speaking world. ‘Chaebol-owned’ can be simply explained as owned by a massively rich family.
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Aug 18, 2023 | 
mediacatmagazine.co.uk | Seoyoung Lee |Andrea Buzzi |Luca Della Dora |Nazli Selin Ozkan
Wavemaker today unveiled a collaboration with artificial intelligence artist, Kris Kashtanova, which explored using Generative AI to create new concepts, styles and aesthetics for its visualbrand identity. The media agency already uses the orange dot in its logo as a visual representation of the Wavemaker attitude of Positive Provocation; how the Wavemaker teams are always pushing for better ways to grow brands.
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Jul 27, 2023 | 
mediacatmagazine.co.uk | Steven Watson |Mike Piggott |Seoyoung Lee |Simran Gill
MediaCat Magazine PodcastHumble pie and beautiful magazines: we talk to Steven WatsonPlay EpisodePause EpisodeMute/Unmute EpisodeRewind 10 Seconds1xFast Forward 30 seconds00:00/36mSubscribeShareFor this podcast our Editor Mike Piggott spoke to Steven Watson, Director at Stack Magazines. We start this pod in a slightly unusual fashion, with Mike and Steven immediately talking about moustaches, naked men and subverting the male gaze. They eventually get around to discussing magazines.
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Jul 18, 2023 | 
mediacatmagazine.co.uk | Seoyoung Lee |Antoinette Hoes |Jason Snyder |Sean Hamilton
The concept of ‘AI hallucination’ — an AI getting it wrong without any clear grounds — made us wonder whether it can help us human strategists be more insightful and creative. An AI hallucination traverses the fine line between reality and fiction by generating synthetic data. Some perceive these so-called hallucinations as a deceptive and dangerous quality of AI. But we also all see artists everywhere playing around with AI generated hallucinations to great visual effects, right?
