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From Covid to fintech goldmine…
There is a well-worn theory in B2B media that events businesses are sitting on a gold mine they cannot quite reach. The argument goes like this: events generate proprietary relationships,…
The Publisher Podcast & Newsletter Awards 2026: the winners
MediaVoices this week awarded the winners of The Publisher Podcast & Newsletter Awards 2026 at a ceremony in London, following The Publisher Summit. The awards recognize outstanding…
How Hyve bought LegalTechTalk
Hyve Group, which is itself currently being acquired by Hellman & Friedman private equity, has bought the three-year-old LegalTechTalk event for an estimated £27-28mn (9x EBITDA) upfront.…
How Springer will transform Telegraph
Axel Springer, the $3bn family-owned news group, this week completed its £575mn (€660mn) acquisition of the UK's Telegraph Media Group. The deal marked the end of the Telegraph's three years…
DealMakers: pausing for breath
After the hyperactivity of the last few months, a sense of normality has returned to events M&A although, after committing $5.5bn to the acquisitions of CloserStill Media, Hyve, Emerald…
PODCAST: Immediate food success
When Lily Barclay joined Good Food Magazine, in the UK, as a digital assistant, print dominated the title’s output. Now, she’s content director for Immediate Media’s Food Group (part of…
PODCAST: ‘the magic of apps’
In this special Conversations episode of The Publisher Podcast, sponsored by Pugpig, we hear from CEO and founder Jonny Kaldor about the data that proves apps are engagement and retention…
Book now for The AI Forum 2026
Mathias Döpfner, CEO of Axel Springer, says “AI is the new digital” and who can doubt it? That’s why the first edition of our Definitive AI Forum for Media, Information &…
How Indy double act made it work
Independent Media, the UK-based digital news brand, is believed to have increased profit by 5-6% and EBITDA by at least 40% in 2025. Some £14mn (25%) of the revenue is generated in the US, an…
Why Paul Miller is CEO of ‘new’ Emerald
Paul Miller, the eight-year CEO of Questex, will be CEO of the combination with Emerald when the two US businesses are soon acquired by Apollo private equity funds. Herve Sedky, the outgoing…
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