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.
The end game: 3 questions for Murdoch
There’s a perfect storm brewing in the $18bn News Corporation. First, there is the Succession-like battle in which…
6 September 2024
Oceans of potential for AI
There are many things about shipping that can be under-estimated. First, more than 90% (and rising) of the…
6 September 2024
ICYMI: Powering UK podcaster eyes US
From 30 August 2024: It’s a long time since consumers became accustomed to the ready availability of print…
30 August 2024
Trade show body CEO steps down
Kai Hattendorf, CEO of UFI, the global association of the exhibition industry, is stepping down at the end…
29 August 2024
University rankings for sale
Times Higher Education (THE), the 53-year-old, UK-based universities ranking business is expected to be marketed early in 2025.…
22 August 2024
Nineteen trade shows profit
The UK-based Nineteen Group trade show organiser last year broke through into EBITDA profit for the first time…
22 August 2024
Why hyperlocal news is for specialists
In a UK news market long dominated by centuries-old national dailies, there is unending criticism of how the…
16 August 2024
Are third-party cookies finished or not?
One lesson many media businesses have learned the hard way over the past couple of decades is that…
16 August 2024
Your (extra) summer reading
For those enjoying the Northern Summer and those not, here are some stories you might have missed or…
15 August 2024
Why trade shows are chasing SXSW
Everyone loves the idea of South by Southwest (SXSW). What started as a music festival in Austin, Texas…
9 August 2024