{"podcast":{"title":"Earned First","slug":"earned-first-7353885","podcast_index_feed_id":7353885,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/earned-first/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.earned-first.com/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/earned-first/20250602_080658_aded3a2d68ee400f7b6880a54d15a4d2.png","author":"Arun Sudhaman","episode_count":34,"summary":"Earned First is a groundbreaking media and events platform dedicated to elevating public relations and communications professionals across Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. Hosted by respected industry journalist Arun Sudhaman, the Earned First podcast delivers crucial insights and intelligence for the global public relations industry.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T18:17:44.245899+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/earned-first-7353885"},"episode":{"title":"Cannes: Jim O'Leary on agency upheaval, AI myths & Cannes' transformation","slug":"cannes-jim-o-leary-on-agency-upheaval-ai-myths-cannes-transformation","published_at":"2026-06-30T06:18:44+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/earned-first-7353885/cannes-jim-o-leary-on-agency-upheaval-ai-myths-cannes-transformation","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/earned-first-7353885","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/earned-first/2953394","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/328453/2953394/earned-first/2026_06_30_06_04_19_bf3fc457-45f7-4b6b-b668-27b9b22712e2.mp3","summary":"Newly-installed Penta gobal CEO Jim O'Leary joins the Earned First podcast at Cannes to argue that legacy agency models are buckling under client demands they weren't built for, and that most firms are far better at marketing AI than deploying it. He traces the disruption to three converging forces — AI transformation, geopolitical risk, and a fracturing media landscape — and explains why private equity is moving into PR just as some legacy networks pull back. The conversation closes on Cannes itself, which O'Leary describes as splitting into two festivals: a fading legacy version built around advertising, and a tech- and creator-economy-driven version steadily taking its place.","meta_description":"Newly-installed Penta gobal CEO Jim O'Leary joins the Earned First podcast at Cannes to argue that legacy agency models are buckling under client demands…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1871,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/earned-first-7353885/episodes/cannes-jim-o-leary-on-agency-upheaval-ai-myths-cannes-transformation/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/earned-first-7353885/cannes-jim-o-leary-on-agency-upheaval-ai-myths-cannes-transformation.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}