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A re-start for UK’s news leader?
We have frequently commented on the trials of Reach, the UKs largest news group. Some of the difficulties have been self-inflicted (ie the £450mn acquisition of yet more print newspapers…
8 March 2024
6 minute read
How I do it: Adam White, Front Office Sports
Adam White is CEO and co-founder of Front Office Sports (FOS), the fast-growing US media company covering the business of sports which celebrates its 10th anniversary this month. He started…
8 March 2024
15 minute read
Where’s the profit for Reddit?
Within the next few weeks, the first social media company IPO in half a decade will debut. On 22 February, the 18-year-old, US-based “social news, aggregation, content rating and forum social…
7 March 2024
4 minute read
How Dotdash Meredith is making it work (finally)
These are the pivotal years for magazines, during which legendary print-centric brands will find a new role – or not. For the likes of Condé Nast and Hearst whose very identities, if not their…
1 March 2024
10 minute read
Teach-In: How to make real profit from eCommerce
Matt Smith was managing director of eCommerce at Future Plc, leading their pace-setting global affiliate revenue strategy for six years. He's led publishing teams that have driven over £350mn…
29 February 2024
16 minute read
How I do it: David Audrain, ExpoDevCo
David Audrain is CEO-partner of Exposition Development Company Inc (ExpoDevCo), of Atlanta, in the US, is a trade show development company designed to produce a platform for partnerships with…
29 February 2024
6 minute read
How I do it: Steve Swartz, Hearst
Steve Swartz is CEO and President of Hearst, one of the world's oldest and largest diversified media companies. He is a former financial journalist who had joined the Wall Street Journal after…
22 February 2024
12 minute read
Can RX become a digital ‘hold’?
RELX, the self-described “global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools” last week reported a sparkling set of financials for 2023. Again. Revenue was up 8% to £9.2bn and…
22 February 2024
5 minute read
What next for public broadcasters?
Public service broadcasters (PSB) come in various shapes and sizes, but pretty much all of them are now dealing with tightened budgets and threats to their funding from politicians and…
22 February 2024
5 minute read
How Puck is changing the news
Puck News is a three-year-old digital media company self-consciously focused on the four centres of power in the United States: Silicon Valley, Hollywood, Washington DC,…
16 February 2024
8 minute read
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