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What now for ‘world’s biggest’ magazine?
Twenty-one years ago, the world’s most successful magazine editor stepped down. In a dazzling 32-year reign, Helen Gurley…
Forget Oscars, here are ‘The Dinkies’
Welcome to the first ‘digital-from-ink’ awards (“The Dinkies”), to recognise the successful transformation of primarily consumer print-centric companies.…
Is this how streaming will kill TV networks?
‘Media disruption’ is a gentle description of the way that technology expands the choice for consumers and marketers…
Who will buy Time Inc UK?
April 2018 Update: London-based Epiris private equity is buying Time Inc UK for a reported £125m. The chair will…
What now for UK’s Telegraph Media Group?
Daily newspapers remain the most vulnerable of traditional media. The business model has been broken not so much…
How the spirit of Felix Dennis lives on
Digital disruption is full of contradictions for legacy media. Condé Nast splashed more than $100m on its trumpeted…
How newspaper brands survive the meltdown
Daily newspapers were the original ‘media industry’. That’s why executives are so tormented by the shredding of the…
How Ascential is changing shape of B2B media
Eighteen months ago, Michael Kassan, the owner of US advertising consultancy MediaLink, was interviewing WPP’s Martin Sorrell at…
How can ‘The Guardian’ survive?
More than 100 years ago, Britain’s pioneering railway network enabled its national daily newspapers to reach all parts…
So who will win the media food fight?
It’s not just the time of year: the hottest media is food. Recipes, menus, cookery competitions, entertaining and…