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What NY dotcom couple tells us about the future
These are get-real times for traditional newspaper and magazine publishers. The winners will be those who recognise 5 basic…
Is this the Future for specialist magazines?
Future Plc is one of Europe’s best-known magazine publishers. It is neither the most successful, nor the largest,…
Springer-Mail ‘merger’ would create 2 world-beaters
The tectonic plates of newspaper-land are shifting. First, comes Rupert Murdoch’s brought-forward demerger of News Corp from what…
Will the UK’s last Press baron ditch newspapers?
After a deal this week to divest his regional newspapers, the last of Britain’s press barons is wrestling…
What will Peter Rigby do next?
Peter Rigby is one of the great survivors among European media company chiefs. He became CEO of what…
How newspapers, magazines must get radical…
Newspapers and magazines are the frontline of traditional media tormented by changing times. New and not-so-new competition has…
Can magazines really compete as online retailers?
Magazines are perfect for ecommerce. Or are they? Well, the major online women’s retailers – like Net-a-Porter, ASOS,…
3 steps to seismic change in media
Life is confusing for incumbents. Ask any business school student. It’s not meant to be easy for traditional…
How Richard Desmond became a media billionaire
Richard Desmond is the rags-to-riches, pleased-with-himself Brit who has made a billion by upstaging established media leaders. Across…
Is he the world’s smartest magazine publisher?
The twentieth century was “The Magazine Century”. Times when great people did great things with magazines, whose births…