Colin Morrison
308 posts
Colin Morrison is founder of Flashes & Flames: Global Media Business Weekly, which began as a blog and became a weekly newsletter in 2016.
The Week That Was – 4 Sept
All about priceGoogle will not be forced to sell-off its ad exchange but must make its adtech tools…
4 September 2026
Is this an unlikely B2B success?
Exactly two years ago, Substack newsletter publisher Simon Owens lauded Andrew Curtin, whose then two-year-old startup Construction Wave…
4 September 2026
Why Strong Words mag failed
Strong Words, the independent book review magazine launched by former FHM, Maxim and Rolling Stone editor Ed Needham,…
27 August 2026
Is this how DMGT grows again?
This was going to be a big year for the £1bn-revenue DMGT - and not just because it's…
20 August 2026
Book now for a whole day of AI case studies, strategies and workshops in London on 18 Nov.
Flashes & Flames has gathered an unrivalled group of industry leaders to share their strategies, lessons and learnings…
19 August 2026
The quiet success of hyperlocal
Hyperlocal news is not the only media genre whose declining fortunes, arguably, have more to do with broken…
13 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