The Campaign Podcast · 2026-06-25 · 22 min
The Campaign team has been busy in Cannes Lions and reports what's been happening so far at the festival, which runs from 22 to 26 June. Editors from Campaign's sites around the world discuss a 25% drop in award entries, the work that has been winning from their region and some of the key sessions in the Palais and at Campaign House. Gideon Spanier, UK editor-in-chief of Campaign, hosts the podcast, alongside Maisie McCabe, editor of Campaign UK, Jameson Fleming, editorial director of Campaign US, Vinita Bhatia, editor of Campaign India, and Chris Powell, co-editor of Campaign Canada. This is the second of three Cannes global podcast episodes. The third episode will look back on Cannes and be released in the week after the festival. Further reading: Cannes Lions 2026: rolling UK winners table Cannes Lions round-up: UK Grand Prix wins, shortlists & high mane-tenance horses
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