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Trade shows rebound strongly but…
The world’s three largest trade show organisers are expected to achieve aggregate revenues of £3.4bn this year – some 13% ahead of pre-pandemic 2019. Informa, RX and Clarion…
15 March 2024
4 minute read
How I do it: Austin Rief, Morning Brew
Austin Rief is CEO of Morning Brew, the newsletter-centric media business that aims “to empower the modern business leader with engaging and accessible content”. It is nine years…
15 March 2024
11 minute read
How a radio ship and 7 men shook up Britain in 1964
Sixty years ago this month, an aging former Scandinavian passenger ferry was being secretly equipped with a 165-foot radio mast in the privately-owned Irish port of Greenore, in Carlingford…
15 March 2024
30 minute read
A re-start for UK’s news leader?
We have frequently commented on the trials of Reach, the UKs largest news group. Some of the difficulties have been self-inflicted (ie the £450mn acquisition of yet more print newspapers…
8 March 2024
6 minute read
How I do it: Adam White, Front Office Sports
Adam White is CEO and co-founder of Front Office Sports (FOS), the fast-growing US media company covering the business of sports which celebrates its 10th anniversary this month. He started…
8 March 2024
15 minute read
Where’s the profit for Reddit?
Within the next few weeks, the first social media company IPO in half a decade will debut. On 22 February, the 18-year-old, US-based “social news, aggregation, content rating and forum social…
7 March 2024
4 minute read
How Dotdash Meredith is making it work (finally)
These are the pivotal years for magazines, during which legendary print-centric brands will find a new role – or not. For the likes of Condé Nast and Hearst whose very identities, if not their…
1 March 2024
10 minute read
Teach-In: How to make real profit from eCommerce
Matt Smith was managing director of eCommerce at Future Plc, leading their pace-setting global affiliate revenue strategy for six years. He’s led publishing teams that have driven over…
29 February 2024
16 minute read
How I do it: David Audrain, ExpoDevCo
David Audrain is CEO-partner of Exposition Development Company Inc (ExpoDevCo), of Atlanta, in the US, is a trade show development company designed to produce a platform for partnerships with…
29 February 2024
6 minute read
How I do it: Steve Swartz, Hearst
Steve Swartz is CEO and President of Hearst, one of the world’s oldest and largest diversified media companies. He is a former financial journalist who had joined the Wall Street Journal…
22 February 2024
12 minute read
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