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How Haymarket is stretching again at 70
Early next year, the UK-based, family-owned Haymarket Group will celebrate its 70th anniversary and also the 94th birthday of founder, Michael (Lord) Heseltine. The former UK deputy prime…
Is Puck the future of (more) newsletters?
In an age in which journalism’s traditional models have been stretched to breaking point, those in the industry are always looking for beacons of hope. Puck is surely one. Founded in 2021,…
Who’s winning, with what and how in AI?
Who’s doing what and how with AI? What does AI really mean to media, information and events companies now and in the future? What’s worked and what hasn’t? What are the best AI applications so…
Can Gulf trade shows re-start soon?
With the continuing Iran conflict, trade show operators are approaching what had been scheduled as the August-September resumption of Middle East events, many of which had been deferred from…
Why the law business is so hot
It’s almost six months since the launch of Anthropic’s legal plugins prompted the “Claude crash” which wiped an estimated 18% off the share values of RELX and Thomson Reuters. As RELX this…
PODCAST: How Terrapinn boosts events with agentic AI
This feature has been written in partnership with Bridged Media. Hear more in the Media Briefs podcast episode from MediaVoices, with Sharon Roessen, Chief Operating Officer at Terrapin,…
PODCAST: Bookazines, pop-up newsletters and video podcasts
For 2026’s second season of MediaVoices’ The Publisher Podcast, we spoke to more than a dozen leading media practitioners about their work: where they’ve found success, what they’ve found hard…
Can Nub News make it?
This month, the New York Times launched The Local, a three-times weekly newsletter in Minneapolis and St Paul, in Minnesota, which is intended to be a blueprint for other cities and states…
From Covid to fintech goldmine…
There is a well-worn theory in B2B media that events businesses are sitting on a gold mine they cannot quite reach. The argument goes like this: events generate proprietary relationships,…
The Publisher Podcast & Newsletter Awards 2026: the winners
MediaVoices this week awarded the winners of The Publisher Podcast & Newsletter Awards 2026 at a ceremony in London, following The Publisher Summit. The awards recognize outstanding…
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