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The last indie: Legal 500 heads for exit
There is a moment in every consolidation when the map redraws itself so fast that the survivors barely notice they have become targets. The global legal-information market – the rankings,…
Why Strong Words mag failed
Strong Words, the independent book review magazine launched by former FHM, Maxim and Rolling Stone editor Ed Needham, closed last month after 65 issues. It’s eight years since the Brit…
‘How media must beware of AI monsters’
Lucky Gunasekara is CEO and co-founder of Miso, an AI media lab which partners with more than 50 publishers globally to explore how the shift toward “liquid media” — adaptive, modular, and…
Is this how DMGT grows again?
This was going to be a big year for the £1bn-revenue DMGT – and not just because it's the Daily Mail publisher's 130th anniversary. In 2022, owner Jonathan (Lord) Rothermere had realized a…
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The quiet success of hyperlocal
Hyperlocal news is not the only media genre whose declining fortunes, arguably, have more to do with broken business models than with a real change in audience appetites. After decades during…
Next steps with zero-click: from awareness to action
In MediaVoices’ recent Zero-click report, responses to Woodwing’s survey show that almost 98% of respondents had heard of the zero-click phenomenon, and 54% were very familiar. However,…
How (and why) William Reed is making AI work
William Reed is the 162-year-old, family-owned B2B information and events publisher focused on the food, drink and hospitality industries. Its £80mn revenue has multiplied more than 7x since…
Is this the answer for the UK’s largest news group?
Reach Plc is the UK's largest commercial news group. The listed company publishes the national brands, Daily Mirror, Daily Star, Daily Express, and Scottish Daily Record, and some 24 regional…
DealMakers: trade show boom resumes
Last month’s pause for breath was very temporary, and M&A advisers and lawyers have not had much time off for summer with 13 transactions announced in the last five weeks. This brings the…
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