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.
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
Book now for The AI Forum 2026
Mathias Döpfner, CEO of Axel Springer, says “AI is the new digital” and who can doubt it? That’s…
2 July 2026
How Indy double act made it work
Independent Media, the UK-based digital news brand, is believed to have increased profit by 5-6% and EBITDA by…
26 June 2026
Why Paul Miller is CEO of Forge
19 Aug UPDATE: The newly merged Emerald-Questex company has been re-branded as Forge. Paul Miller, the eight-year CEO…
25 June 2026
US science group buys UK-based events
The US-based Life Science Connect (LSC), which was last year acquired by private equity from its long-term family…
23 June 2026
The Lifestyle Media 40
Magazine publishers are still adapting to a world in which they no longer dominate lifestyle content. Large audiences…
19 June 2026