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…
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…
What now for Business Insider?
Flashback: Last week, Business Insider CEO Barbara Peng announced that more than 20% of the staff were to…
What next for Vox Media?
Vox Media is, perhaps, the only high-profile member of the digital media pack of the 2010s that is…
Why radio + outdoor is safe for ads
As print advertising has declined and digital, in its place ,is eaten up by the likes of Google…
Is this the end of Quartz or not?
I first started writing about Quartz in 2012, shortly after it was founded as a spinoff project by…
Discoverability: the challenge for journalism
The annual International Journalism Festival in Perugia remains, for my money, the best conference about journalism. That isn’t…
How a side-hustle can change everything
You’d think that a Nasdaq-listed US media company valued at over $500mn might be familiar to media watchers.…
Govt tries to control news brand – in Spain
The big story about political interference in the news business has recently been all about America, and the…
How chocolate energises Mr Beast…
Last week, Flashes & Flames looked at MeidasTouch, an activist, anti-Trump media business that has built an impressive…