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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…
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…
MediaVoices: the year’s Top 10
Here’s the top 10 episodes and articles of 2025 from our colleagues at MediaVoices. If you’re new here…
Book now for Monetising B2B Information & Events in 2026…
Flashes & Flames is proud to announce the return of Monetising B2B Information & Events in 2026. The…