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Relive Vox Media’s Magical Feast Under the Stars

By Vox Media

This year at Vox Media’s annual Cannes dinner, A Magical Feast Under the Stars, we encouraged guests to go beyond the shallow conversations we might fall victim in at the Cannes party scene and embrace a deeper, more meaningful experience.

Depth is at the heart of what we do. In an industry stuck scaling thin, we are the only modern media company that has built an iconic house of brands by going deeper, super-serving people obsessed with food, sports, technology, culture, current events and the world around them.

With dinner and dancing provided by London’s The Clove Club (an Essential Eater restaurant), a conversation with Marc Pritchard, Chief Brand Officer at Procter & Gamble and Liz Milonopoulos, Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, and a toast from Vox Media’s CEO and Chairman, Jim Bankoff, we asked guests as they dined under the stars: if you aren't going deep, where are you going?

  • From left, Marc Pritchard (Procter & Gamble, Chief Brand Officier) and Jim Bankoff (Chairman & CEO, Vox Media) discuss brand safety and going deeper with high fidelity advertising.
  • Jim Bankoff (Chairman & CEO, Vox Media) gives a toast to the guests.
  • Jim Bankoff (Chairman & CEO, Vox Media)
  • Marc Pritchard (Procter & Gamble) and Liz Milonopoulos (Goldman Sachs) discuss the importance of brand safety for advertisers.
  • Marc Pritchard (Procter & Gamble) and Liz Milonopoulos (Goldman Sachs) discuss the importance of brand safety for advertisers.
  • From left, Marc Pritchard (P&G), Liz Milonopoulos (Goldman Sachs), Jim Bankoff (Chairman & CEO, Vox Media)
  • From left, Jim Bankoff (Chairman & CEO, Vox Media), Bonita Steward (Google), Laurent Cordier (Google)
  • From left, Ryan Linder (MDC Partners), Marc Pritchard (Procter & Gamble), Scott Kauffman (MDC Partners)
  • From left, Neil Carty (MediaLink), Jen Brown (NBCU), Ralph Pardo (Hearts & Science), Brit Morin (Brit + CO)
  • From left, Russell Wallach (Live Nation), Mike Hadgis (SVP, Head of Global Revenue & Partnerships, Vox Media), Tony Weisman (DigitasLBi)
  • From left, Armando Turco (GM, Vox Creative, Vox Media), Brit Morin (Brit + Co)
  • From left, Jen Brown (NBCU), John Najarian (E! Entertainment Television), Avi Zimak (New York Media), Josh Feller (Outbrain)
  • From left, Ali Rana (Snapchat), Steve Hwang (Snapchat), Marc Pritchard (Procter & Gamble), Jodie Stocker (Snapchat)
  • Michael Bassik (MDC Partners)
  • From left, Vanessa Fontanez (Executive Director, Brand Marketing, Vox Media), Jim Bankoff (Chairman & CEO, Vox Media)
  • From left, Duncan Painter (Ascential), Marcien Jenckes (Comcast), Michael Kassan (MediaLink), and guest
  • From left, Jim Bankoff (Chairman & CEO, Vox Media), Janet Balis (EY), Marcien Jenckes (Comcast)
  • From left, Avi Zimak (New York Media), Jim Bankoff (Chairman & CEO, Vox Media)
  • From left, Armando Turco (GM, Vox Creative), Brit Morin (Brit + CO)
  • From left, Marc Pritchard (Procter & Gamble), Liz Milonopoulos (Goldman Sachs), Lindsay Nelson (CMO, Vox Media), Jim Bankoff (Chairman & CEO, Vox Media)
  • From left, Jim Bankoff (Chairman & CEO, Vox Media), Liz Milonopoulos (Goldman Sachs)
  • From left, Marc Pritchard (Procter & Gamble), Jim Bankoff (Chairman & CEO, Vox Media), Wenda Harris Millard (MediaLink), and Rich Battista (Time Inc.)
  • From left, Sarah Adler (Spoon University), Mackenzie Barth (Spoon University), Scott Stedman (Northside Media Group)
  • From left, Troy Young (Hearst), Bonita Steward (Google), Laurent Cordier (Google)
  • From left, Julia Boorstin (CNBC), Jen Brown (NBCU), Sally Shin (CNBC)
  • From left, Ryan Pauley (GM, Concert & VP, Revenue Operations, Vox Media), Mike Hadgis (SVP, Head of Global Revenue & Partnerships, Vox Media), Kurt Wagner (Senior Editor, Recode)
  • Special guest, Wenda Harris Millard (MediaLink)
  • From left, Marc Pritchard (Procter & Gamble), Lotta Malm-Hallqvist (MDC Partners-Europe)
  • From left, Avi Zimak (New York Media), Lindsay Nelson (CMO, Vox Media), David Brinker (Snapchat)
  • From left, Mike Hadgis (SVP, Head of Global Revenue & Partnerships, Vox Media) and Liz Milonopoulos (Goldman Sachs)
  • From left, Dan Frommer (Editor in Chief, Recode), Kurt Wagner (Senior Editor, Recode), Ryan Pauley (GM, Concert & VP, Revenue Operations, Vox Media), Mike Hadgis (SVP, Head of Global Revenue & Partnerships, Vox Media), Armando Turco (GM, Vox Creative), Vanessa Fontanez (Executive Director, Brand Marketing, Vox Media), Lindsay Nelson (CMO, Vox Media), Adam Coghlan (Eater’s London Editor), Jim Bankoff (Chairman & CEO, Vox Media)
  • From left, Adam Coghlan (Eater's London Editor), Vanessa Fontanez (Executive Director of Brand Marketing, Vox Media), Jim Bankoff (CEO & Chairman, Vox Media)
  • From left, Armando Turco (GM, Vox Creative), Ryan Pauley (GM, Concert & VP, Revenue Operations, Vox Media), Mike Hadgis (SVP, Head of Global Revenue & Partnerships, Vox Media), Josh Feller (Outbrain)
  • From left, Kristen D’arcy (American Eagle Outfitters), Troy Young (Hearst), and Dee Salomon (MediaLink)
  • From left, Greg James (Havas) and Lotta Malm-Hallqvist (MDC Partners - Europe)
  • Lotta Malm-Hallqvist (MDC Partners - Europe) enjoys the Eater gelato cart.

And while your thoughts are still in the French Riviera, catch up on Jim Bankoff’s latest appearances from Cannes, where he discussed the future of advertising and building strong brands on the Digiday Podcast, CNBC, and in a personal note to the industry.

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