News brands
10 winners and losers: 3 things every publisher needs
In the clockwork orange world, UK publishers (and their peers around the world) are trying to get to…
Rupert Murdoch in London and on the edge
The hype runs deep. But Wednesday and Thursday this week really could become the most humbling days of…
Murdoch ‘swan song’ as natives threaten trad media
As the UK’s chatterers await the launch this weekend of The Sun on Sunday, be prepared for a…
How NOT to save newspapers: sad story of UK’s ‘Daily Mirror’
Sixty years ago in June, Axel Springer, Germany’s own Citizen Kane, launched Bild. The new daily unashamedly copied…
Can faded newspaper brands survive in a cut-price world?
Traditional media companies everywhere are in turmoil. Most are caught somewhere between maximising (as best they can) profits…
Will Abu Dhabi be a media capital – or end up in flames?
Abu Dhabi is a country on a mission. To become the oil state that built itself a real,…
Is this ‘secret’ business the world’s smartest media company?
The plight of traditional newspaper businesses is depressing many people in the UK, US, Australia and elsewhere. Journalists…
Can daily newspapers survive?
The media is accustomed to calling ‘time’ on industries. How many (or how few) newspapers ever spoke out…
Stand by for (gulp) the post-Murdoch media world
It’s time to use the past tense. Rupert Murdoch was the original international media mogul. Before him, there…
UK readers will miss Rupert Murdoch (honestly)
As predicted here and variously across the planet, Rupert Murdoch is in the fight of his life with…