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Why podcasts need communities
Discovering and developing a community around podcasts is no longer a nice-to-have. In 2025, a community can be…
Looking back on “An excellent event” and to ‘Monetising B2B’ in 2026
Whether or not you were able to attend the Flashes & Flames Monetising B2B conference in London last…
‘Trust in news’ is stable but X soars
The 2025 edition of the excellent Digital News Report has been published by the Reuters Institute and Oxford…
How UK’s Indy was digitally transformed in 10 years
Ten years ago, Lord (Evgeny) Lebedev’s dreams of owning a successful UK media group seemed to be crashing…
What 1440 means to all media
It’s a never-ending challenge for established news media, seeking to compete with disrupters while defending their still-profitable traditional…
A revival or has print never really gone away?
MediaVoices has produced a sparky new report “Inside the Print Revival”, looking at why print magazines are making headlines…
Flashback to 2023: Haymarket bounces back
https://flashesandflames.com/2023/09/15/how-haymarket-surprised-us-again/... Premium content This content is exclusive to Flashes & Flames members. You can join our membership…
How FT became an events leader
Live events are hot diversification for media companies. Axel Springer’s US-based Business Insider tried to soften the blow…
How lawyer fest is racing to £45mn
Some industry leaders believe that the world's most successful trade shows (having rebounded strongly post-pandemic) may continue (more…
Why price data has never been so pricey
In the opaque world of commodity trading, knowing the price of raw materials is surprisingly difficult. Unlike stocks…