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UK Telegraph sale agreed – at last
The UK’s Telegraph Media Group (TMG) is being sold to a consortium led by RedBird Capital Partners (a onetime partner of the UAE-funded consortium whose acquisition of the news brand in 2023…
How events are changing – fast
At Monetising B2B in London this week, a number of the sessions focused on events and variously featured the CEOs of RX (Reed Exhibitions), Clarion Events, Terrapinn, Questex and Cannes Lions.…
What next for Vox Media?
Vox Media is, perhaps, the only high-profile member of the digital media pack of the 2010s that is still going strong (relatively). While BuzzFeed, Vice and Quartz have all crumbled, Vox and…
Takeaways from the conference
Over the next few weeks, we will be sharing more of the insights and discussion from Monetising B2B. But here are some key takeaways from this week’s conference. For Flashes & Flames…
Monetising B2B: ‘Excellent content, amazing audience’
It was (literally) standing room only at our Monetising B2B conference. It took place this week at London’s historic Stationers’ Hall, birthplace of copyright, which this year had…
Future has a tough first-half but…
The UK-based Future Plc today (16 May) reported first-half revenues 3% down at £378.4mn (HY 2024: £391.5mn), with a 1% organic decline, combined with adverse foreign exchange and…
How AI really can boost media content
Let’s face it, Artificial Intelligence means very many different things to different people – in media as everywhere else. We should, arguably, avoid discussion about whether media content…
BraveBison swoops on Centaur
The long-awaited breakup of Centaur Media, the UK-based listed B2B, is about to begin. During the next four weeks, the company's best performing business, the MiniMBA eLearning, will be sold…
Why The Economist is getting up close and personal
The Economist has an unrivalled global reputation and a 1.4mn circulation (30% in print). What it doesn’t necessarily have, though, is a personal relationship between its journalists and…
Message Matrix: messaging for events
The Flashes & Flames Monetising B2B conference in London next week is using the new Message Matrix to provide attendees with an AI-powered messaging assistant integrated into WhatsApp. No…
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