"In recent days, there has been a renewed push to ban TikTok in the US, the BBC is considering adding ads to podcasts when they are accessed on commercial sites, the government has disallowed newspapers to be purchased by foreign governments and Michael Kassan’s departure from MediaLink may be signalling an end of the “media power broker”. Meanwhile, Ofcom has once again found GB News in breach of its broadcasting code, but has not doled out a punishment."

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"Kemp, who is Editorial Director of Creativebrief, warns if we want to stop women from being edited out of the media industry, we must be honest about addressing burnout and “fake flexibility”.

What advice does she have for women in media and what more can leaders do?"

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Media industry professionals have been in something of a crisis.

So, how should we unpack all of these challenges? Columnist and Creativebrief editorial director Nicola Kemp returns to the podcast to discuss, alongside reporters Jack Benjamin and Ella Sagar.

“The Covid pandemic has created a toxic storm of stress,” says Kemp. “And I think that is really having a huge impact on the workplace right now. We might have stopped writing those headlines on the Great Resignation and moved on to the Great Regret, but the reality is a lot of people are still planning to leave the roles they’re in in the next 12 months.”

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Host Jack Benjamin is joined by editor-in-chief Omar Oakes and columnist Nicola Kemp to discuss NABS’ All Ears consultation results, hybrid working pressures, and the latest AA/WARC figures, which found that TV experienced a sharp summer decline.

“There is a really big ‘say-do gap, particularly in media, it’s really important that we have leaders sharing thought leadership articles on mental health… but is it having an impact on the lived experiences of employees? This All Ears research suggests that no, it isn’t."

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