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.
How CloserStill will be trade show champion
After a year during which the world’s third largest trade show organiser, Clarion Events, has seemingly tried and…
14 November 2025
Bauer is 40% radio but look what’s coming
It's five years since the Bauer Media Group, of Germany, painfully exited the Australian andNew Zealand magazine markets…
14 November 2025
How RedBird can (still) get the Telegraph
In December, it will be two years since the US private equity firm RedBird - with the United…
7 November 2025
How Messe Munich is going global
The announcement last month that the long-established (but declining) ISPO sports trade show would move from Munich to…
7 November 2025
Haymarket back to health
In May, the Trump Administration's health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr threatened - characteristically during a podcast -…
7 November 2025
When (and where) will Axel Springer swoop?
It’s just over a year since Axel Springer agreed the divestment of its €10bn classified advertising business to…
31 October 2025
AI Forum tickets selling very fast
Those wishing to attend The Definitive AI Forum for Media, Information & Events in London on Tuesday 25…
30 October 2025
Raccoon races to £30mn with Munich sports show deal
In 2018, Mike Seaman launched his Raccoon Media Group, in the UK, with The National Running Show. He…
28 October 2025
Semafor: back-to the-future winner
Semafor this week celebrated its third anniversary with performance stats (and our own estimates) that underline its distinction…
24 October 2025
How Charlie Kerr built a $1.8bn data powerhouse
S&P Global has agreed to acquire the UK-based, financial data provider With Intelligence for $1.8bn (£1.3bn), some 13x…
17 October 2025