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.
Axel Springer trumps Daily Mail to buy Telegraph Media
Axel Springer, the Berlin-based transatlantic family-owned news group, has reached a surprise agreement with RedBird IMI to acquire…
6 March 2026
New-style investors target science
The US-based Life Science Connect (LSC) was last year acquired by private equity from its longterm family owners…
5 March 2026
UK news tabloids chase subs
Piers North, the one-year CEO of Reach Plc, the UK’s largest newspaper publisher, could be forgiven for feeling…
5 March 2026
DealMakers: US keeps up the pace on events M&A
Another intriguing array of six acquisitions this month with a continuing US focus. US leading the way again …
5 March 2026
Chasing the post-mags business model
It's almost fashionable to assert that print magazines will not completely disappear and that their demise has been…
27 February 2026
Terrapinn soars with solar
The Australian Smart Energy Council and events group Terrapinn this week announced a long-term partnership to organise the…
27 February 2026
The B2B 50
This listing of the most significant and influential leaders in B2B media, information and events is, inevitably, our…
20 February 2026
Why People Inc is struggling for growth
Nobody knows better than Barry Diller how to maximise the returns from digital media. He’s done it repeatedly…
20 February 2026
Monetising B2B to focus on Startup Stories
Participants at our Monetising B2B Information & Events 2026 will include 27 CEOs and industry leaders sharing their…
20 February 2026
Is RELX too good to be true?
RELX, the UK-based information and analytics group which was once a broad-based publisher of newspapers, magazines, directories and…
13 February 2026