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How a legendary B2B brand just died
In an era of diversifying B2B brands, UK media people were stunned by the announcement last week that…
Can Trump ‘help’ newspapers again?
The first Trump administration was largely seen as a boon for the US news media. The so-called “Trump…
Centaur Media breakup
This week's departure of Swag Mukerji, the CEO of Centaur Media for the past eight years, signals the…
Informa on Nasdaq. What’s next?
Informa this week completed its acquisition of a 57% shareholding in the Nasdaq-listed TechTarget. The deal involved the…
Will Future do it?
Future Plc, the UK-based, lifestyle media group, yesterday received a welcome boost from investors as its shares jumped…
UK media wins reach but loses ‘time spent’
UK regulator Ofcom does an especially good job of producing detailed research into media consumption, and its annual…
What Dotdash Meredith got wrong and right
Three years ago this week, the digital media group Dotdash acquired America’s largest magazines group Meredith for $2.7bn.…
How London can be a hot market for newsletters
It’s all happening in London. In the month when the 197-year-old, perennially-lossmaking Evening Standard became a weekly (yes),…
Capital Opportunity: Industry Insights Group
This is an occasional series of profiles of companies in search of investment and/ or development support. It’s…
Is this the future of Hearst UK?
It's two years since Katie Vanneck-Smith became CEO of Hearst UK. She was the sixth leader of the…