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Boats Group 2x value in 4 years
The US-based Boats Group (described as the global marine industry’s largest search engine) was this month acquired by private equity firm General Atlantic and the Canada Pension Fund…
What next for Questex?
It’s eight months since President Trump declared his Liberation Day wave of tariffs or sanctions on many US trading partners including China, Canada and the EU. The potential disruption had a…
How AI energizes Independent
Christian Broughton is CEO (and a former editor-in-chief) of The Independent, in London. The former UK broadsheet newspaper was launched in 1986 and, since 2015, has been a…
100 unusual years of The New Yorker
The documentary maker has not been born who is able to resist the temptation to begin a behind-the-scenes look at a magazine without a shot of hundreds of copies of the latest issue emerging…
Future and the tale of two media groups
Stock markets are not always easy to understand. That’s what Kevin Li Ying, CEO of Future Plc, might feel as he reflects on the reception of his company’s 2025 results for the 12 months ended…
Transformed Nineteen readies 2027 sale
Nineteen Group, the private equity-owned UK-based trade show group which made its first recent profit only in 2023, is expected to increase its revenue and EBITDA by almost 50% this year. Our…
‘AI just part of disruption’: FT’s Jon Slade
Jon Slade was appointed CEO of the Nikkei-owned Financial Times in July this year, succeeding John Ridding, after more than 20 years at the group. Previously, as B2C managing director and Chef…
Charlie Kerr gets back to work
S & P Global this week completed its $1.8bn acquisition of London-based financial data provider With Intelligence. The deal, priced at some 30x EBITDA, reflected the growth of alternative…
What I have learned about AI (so far)
By Amir Malik Artificial intelligence has become the most important and the least understood force in modern media. For all the noise surrounding it, few leaders have paused long…
AI turbulence can be springboard
Let’s be honest: for many publishers 2025 has been tough. The early impact of AI has largely been as a ruthless disruptor, with LLM’s hoovering up vast swathes of copyrighted content and…
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