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Is this the future for event startups?
It’s almost 20 years since Brit school leaver Toby Duckworth was selling ladders at London’s Ideal Home Show in a job from Gumtree. That was the start of a career in events which progressed…
Can Hearst UK break free?
It's tough being the child of successful parents. It's like that in business too. Take the Hearst Corp which, in addition to being probably the oldest multimedia group, has consistently been…
DealMakers: joining the dots on events M&A
There were six transactions in September, bringing the total for the year so far to 45. Four of these were shows created by entrepreneurs and now being sold to larger organisers. The…
Podcast: Is the website really dying?
Mel McVeigh, of the UK Professional Publishers Association (PPA), is leading the push to help magazine-centric publishers embrace a consumer-first and product-oriented mindset. She argues that…
Emslie racing ahead in trade shows
The onetime Arthur Andersen accountant Douglas (Doug) Emslie spent 25 years building Tarsus into a top 20 trade show group via a London IPO, £700mn Charterhouse-backed MBO and, finally, the…
What next for Metropolis?
Three weeks ago, we reported on the UK Mark Allen Group’s (MAG) success in reviving the 167-year-old Estates Gazette which is expected to make more than £1mn of EBITA in the current financial…
Masterclass line-up for the AI Forum
As part of The Definitive AI Forum for Media, Information & Events, in London on Tuesday 25 November, MediaVoices will be managing a series of Masterclasses to help publishing…
Podcast: Neil Vogel on why Google must change on AI
The publisher formerly known as Dotdash Meredith became People Inc. in July. Neil Vogel, the company’s CEO, likes the new name way more than the old one, not least because it helps position…
How Guardian becomes American
Ole Jacob Sunde, chair of Scott Trust, charity owner of Guardian Media Group (GMG), introduced this year's annual report by reminding his audience (presumably of employees and executives as…
Hanson Wade slows up
Graphite Capital, majority owner of Hanson Wade, the 17-year-old, London-based but US-focused information and events company, is believed to have withdrawn the sale process reportedly underway…
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