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Culture & Media

Foresight Friday: Ella Murray, strategic creative

Every Friday, we offer an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about. This week, strategic creative Ella Murray shares her favourite brand activations from Notting Hill Carnival.

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Marketing & Branding

KFC leads with emotion over appetite in new campaign

KFC has launched Surrender to Tender, a UK and Ireland campaign by Mother to introduce its Tenders & Dips range while debuting the brand’s global refresh.

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Marketing & Branding

Foresight Friday: Rodrigo Tobal Pereira, director of marketing

Every Friday, we offer an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about. This week, director of marketing Rodrigo Tobal Pereira explores the cultural relevance of Madonna’s album launch and what it means for the future of discovery.

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Technology

Atonemo and NTS Build a Player for Trusted Taste

Tech company Atonemo and online radio station NTS have launched a pocket-sized radio player designed for ‘omakase listening’ – a curated music experience shaped by ‘someone whose taste you trust’.

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Retail

Audible re-imagines retail as immersive audio discovery space

Audible has opened Audible Story House, a permanent public space in New York dedicated to audio storytelling.

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Culture & Media

Why Columbia’s HikeFest is making healthy hedonism the new wellness

Sportswear brand Columbia’s annual HikeFest returned to the Peak District this month, now in its third year as part of the brand's Columbia Hike Society programme.

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Culture & Media

Stat: Music industry revenues break records as digital dominance and physical…

Worldwide music revenues reached a record £23.4bn ($31.7bn, €26.9bn) in 2025, an increase of 6.4% year-on-year, according to IFPI’s latest State of the Industry report – the 11th consecutive year of growth following nearly two decades of decline.

Photograph by Sabrina Lantos, HBO Max, US
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Marketing & Branding

Why Heated Rivalry is releasing its soundtrack on vinyl and CD

The viral music of Heated Rivalry – a television drama following rival ice hockey players navigating a secret romance – is releasing a physical soundtrack on vinyl and CD, alongside digital formats, via Milan Records.

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Culture & Media

Foresight Friday: Alice Crossley, deputy foresight editor

Every Friday, we offer an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about. This week, deputy foresight editor Alice Crossley reviews a big week of sporting spectacle.