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.
Will USA Today sell Newsquest?
USA Today Inc, the largest newspaper publisher in the US (by total daily circulation), may be considering the…
10 April 2026
Who will pay $1.7bn for CloserStill trade shows?
May 1: CloserStill has been acquired by Searchlight Capital (co-owners of Hyve Group) at a valuation of $1.73bn…
3 April 2026
Broadsheet takes London
Just six months after its September 2025 launch in London, the Australia-based Broadsheet claims some 100,000 monthly uniques…
2 April 2026
What now for UK’s Daily Mail?
The Daily Mail Group (DMGT) lost the Telegraph Media Group because the UK’s legacy regulation of press ownership…
27 March 2026
Monetising B2B 2026: selling fast
There are fewer than 10% tickets left for our Monetising B2B Information & Events 2026, in London on…
26 March 2026
What the Gulf might mean to Emerald
Emerald Holdings, the US listed trade show organizer this month reported mixed 2025 financials but reassured investors (notably…
20 March 2026
What next for New York Times?
As Axel Springer prepares to take ownership of the UK's Telegraph Media Group, the Berlin-based company will be…
13 March 2026
Informa keeps up the pace
Informa Plc, the UK listed group, which is the world’s largest B2B events organizer, yesterday announced its 2025…
12 March 2026
Charlie Kerr searches for his next prize
Five months after his $1.8bn sale of With Intelligence data and events business to S&P Global, the former…
12 March 2026
Flashes & Flames is honoured
Flashes & Flames was this week awarded a Warrant for the second consecutive year by the Worshipful Company…
11 March 2026