“Award Shows Are Accidentally Publishing Your Media Plan” Every June, the advertising world fixates on the same spectacle: the category breakdowns at Cannes Lions, the Clios, and The One Show. Agencies scrutinize who won. Trade…

The Parallel Meritocracy: Why Performance Ad Networks Are the World’s Largest Unacknowledged Creative Competition Every June, the advertising world gathers in Cannes to hand golden lions to campaigns that moved juries to tears or laughter.…