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Sam Birchall

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Jamie Laing thinks tomorrow’s Fortune 500 will be built by creators. He might be right

Creator-led brands have been easy to dismiss as novelties built on borrowed fame. But their cultural fluency, agility and proximity to consumers make...

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The women running Europe in 2026

Twenty of the leaders celebrated in Fortune’s Most Powerful Women list are from Europe. Their roles reveal where power is concentrated across the...

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‘Nobody knows what they’re doing’ says Michelle Obama

Never did ‘first lady’ enter Michelle Obama’s aspirational lexicon. Her reflections on resilience, self-doubt, and adapting to the unexpected...

05.06.2026 7

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‘Human creativity is under fire’ says WPP

At Cannes Lions, creativity is now seen as a key driver of growth, but leaders are struggling to protect it as idea production becomes cheaper and...

05.06.2026 6

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Businesses are declaring war on AI slop. They are fighting a losing battle

Efforts to wipe the web of AI slop has sparked a new technological arms race between the tools generating fake content and the tools trying to catch...

05.06.2026 6

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The death of the billboard: Amsterdam’s ad crackdown is part of a much bigger European shift

As cities across Europe take a closer look at the influence advertising has on consumer behavior, brands are having to rethink how they connect with...

05.06.2026 6

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How to save the internet—according to Sam Altman’s all-seeing Orb

Europe’s largest corporations are facing an authenticity crisis, and Silicon Valley thinks biometric identity infrastructure may become part of the...

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