The patient road to Politico of sports
In an era of under-reliable information sources, much of the future success of media may depend on specialist…
Monetising B2B to focus on events+media
Live in-person events – all the way from trade shows and confexes through conferences to meetups, roundtables and…
How Endeavor B2B is learning the hard way
In 2022, we reported that the four-year-old, Nashville-based Endeavor Business Media (EBM) was flying high in the US…
The Year in Media 2025: 240 pages of holiday reading from Flashes & Flames in an eventful year
It's that time again. For your holiday reading (or re-reading), here's our eBook of the 43 best-read deepdives…
Boats Group 2x value in 4 years
The US-based Boats Group (described as the global marine industry’s largest search engine) was this month acquired by…
Book now for Monetising B2B Information & Events in 2026…
Flashes & Flames is proud to announce the return of Monetising B2B Information & Events in 2026. The…
What next for Questex?
It’s eight months since President Trump declared his Liberation Day wave of tariffs or sanctions on many US…
How AI energizes Independent
Christian Broughton is CEO (and a former editor-in-chief) of The Independent, in London. The former UK broadsheet newspaper…
Future and the tale of two media groups
Stock markets are not always easy to understand. That’s what Kevin Li Ying, CEO of Future Plc, might…
Transformed Nineteen readies 2027 sale
Nineteen Group, the private equity-owned UK-based trade show group which made its first recent profit only in 2023,…