Trade shows look to 2022
Everything about forecasting trade show business over the next 1-2 years is problematic, of course. But the impending…
MediaFutures on M&A
In our continuing review of MediaFutures International 2020, we focus this week on M&A. In the US survey,…
Sandow buys Metropolis mag
US architecture and design magazine Metropolis has been acquired by Sandow, the privately-owned New York-based media company. Terms not disclosed. Metropolis was…
Cocoa Girl UK mag launch
When the pandemic hit the UK in March, Serlina Boyd (whose plans for a nursery business were lost…
Is this the future of exhibitions?
In the week when a Covid-19 vaccine suddenly became visible, share prices everywhere rebounded. None more so than…
What can we expect in 2021?
In 2009, the UK consultant Jim Bilton started publishing his annual MediaFutures survey. It benchmarked the performance, promise…
What’s behind the Future ‘miracle’?
Meredith is haunted by its acquisition of Time Inc. But Future Plc, which bought Time Inc's UK subsidiary,…
Why Springer is selling off classifieds
Just as Axel Springer completes its $75m deal to acquire a majority share of the Morning Brew newsletter…
Media Futures Survey 2020
The annual Media Futures Survey has, for 11 years, tracked the long-term trends of UK media companies across a…
How Bloomberg inspires B2B
Digital entrepreneurs cannot resist the temptation to claim their business will become the Netflix or Spotify of magazines…