Colin Morrison
295 posts
Colin Morrison is founder of Flashes & Flames: Global Media Business Weekly, which began as a blog and became a weekly newsletter in 2016.
How (and why) William Reed is making AI work
William Reed is the 162-year-old, family-owned B2B information and events publisher focused on the food, drink and hospitality…
6 August 2026
Is this the answer for the UK’s largest news group?
Reach Plc is the UK's largest commercial news group. The listed company publishes the national brands, Daily Mirror,…
6 August 2026
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…
31 July 2026
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…
30 July 2026
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…
24 July 2026
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…
23 July 2026
Can Nub News make it?
This month, the New York Times launched The Local, a three-times weekly newsletter in Minneapolis and St Paul,…
17 July 2026
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…
9 July 2026
How Hyve bought LegalTechTalk
Hyve Group, which is itself currently being acquired by Hellman & Friedman private equity, has bought the three-year-old…
6 July 2026
How Springer will transform Telegraph
Axel Springer, the $3bn family-owned news group, this week completed its £575mn (€660mn) acquisition of the UK's Telegraph…
3 July 2026