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2016 predictions: partnerships can change media
It’s a fair bet that 2016 will be the year of ever more ambitious collaborations between traditional media…
4 things Jeff Bezos can teach daily newspapers
Jeff Bezos is the founder of Amazon who defined online shopping and re-wrote the rules of commerce. In…
Why newspapers must dare NOT to be daily
It is almost 200 years since the UK’s pioneering railway network created the opportunity for daily newspapers to…
Heroes & Villains: TED, Future and NY Daily News
Hero Chris Anderson: He is the former magazine publisher, journalist and internet entrepreneur who is the ‘curator’ of TED,…
Nightmare ahead for Murdoch’s Sky TV?
The UK goes to the polls on Thursday (May 7) with Rupert Murdoch’s terrier tabloid The Sun having…
Heroes & Villains: Peretti and Murdoch
Hero Jonah Peretti: He was the least well-known of the four founders of Huffington Post 10 years ago. Jonah…
Heroes & Villains: Clark Gilbert, Leo Laporte + OK!
Heroes Leo Laporte: If you want to see the emerging, low-cost, easy-access future of TV, go 35 miles…
Heroes & Villains: Oprah celebrates, Wenner mis-fires
Heroes Oprah Winfrey: It is 15 years since Oprah Winfrey chose to channel her motivational “you-can-do-it” spirit into a…
How dailies must change to compete in global news
For more than 50 years, newspapers and TV dominated news coverage almost everywhere. Then, the internet created the…
Heroes & Villains: another big week for Vice News
Heroes Shane Smith just keeps moving. Just six months after he raised $500m by selling 20% of Vice shares…