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UK news leader starts the fight back
The new CEOs of Future and Reach may be watching each other closely. Not because what are, respectively, the largest UK publishers of magazines and newspapers compete with each other (they…
How Hearst will change
A+E Global Media – the 40-year-old US TV network of Lifetime, History Channel, Biography and Vice TV – is being put up for sale by its owners Hearst and Disney. In a reflection of the way that…
How to build a £100mn data business
It's 13 years since Tom Seaman, a former B2B journalist who had been writing about the commercial fishing industry, decided to launch his own startup in the UK. As a fledgling reporter, he had…
Can betting really be the future of news?
It’s a facile question but one, perhaps, worth asking in light of recent events concerning Polymarket, the cryptocurrency-based online betting marketplace where users predict the outcome of…
What next for Emerald et al?
You might be forgiven for wondering why private equity investors favour trade shows much more than their counterparts in listed companies. These events, lest we forget, had – until the…
The crowded legacy of Felix Dennis
It’s 11 years since the premature death of Felix Dennis, one of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs in the heyday of magazines. The boistrous publisher, who made a billion dollars on…
How social networks can propel B2B
Thirteen years ago, the launch of Industry Dive helped to reverse the reputation and revenue shrinkage of B2B media. The startup's fast-growing portfolio of newsletters for industry verticals…
Beware the threat of AI and ‘post search’
Arguably, the biggest challenge facing media businesses over the next few years is grappling with the opportunities and threats created by AI. AI tools offer huge opportunities for improving…
Why The Economist is a role model
The Economist is a diferent kind of weekly magazine. Not just because its own editors insist on calling it a “newspaper” but because it really does justify the descriptor “legendary”. Its…
Why podcasts need communities
Discovering and developing a community around podcasts is no longer a nice-to-have. In 2025, a community can be a real differentiator and a source of direct and indirect revenue. It can,…
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