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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…
The changing face of gaming events
Gaming is the most lucrative entertainment medium in the world, valued at over $330bn in 2025, with forecasts…
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…
DealMakers: biggest events boom since 2019
Welcome to the first DealMakers in Flashes & Flames of 2026. With the exception of the well-telegraphed acquisitions…
Have you booked Monetising B2B yet?
After last year’s sellout debut of our Monetising B2B Information & Events, companies and individuals are booking quickly…
Using AI for efficiency AND integrity
At the heart of publishing’s AI conundrum lies the tension between maintaining public trust and the opportunity to…
Hoffmann rescues US news group
We farewell 2025 as the year when Hearst, the US veteran news publisher, paid a cool $88mn (a…
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…