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How I do it: Sharon Waxman, The Wrap
Sharon Waxman is the founder, CEO and editor-in-chief of The Wrap, the Hollywood and media business news site. She had been a foreign correspondent in Europe and the Middle East,…
21 April 2023
6 minute read
How chess is beating video games
There is, perhaps, nothing more arcane than the process by which new sports are added to the Olympic Games. In Paris next year, there will be Olympians in skateboarding, breakdancing and…
14 April 2023
8 minute read
How I do it: Richard Charkin, book publisher
Richard Charkin is a British book publisher who has been an executive of Reed Elsevier, Pergamon Press, Oxford University Press, Macmillan, Holtzbrinck and – during 2007-18 – the fast-growing…
14 April 2023
9 minute read
Future sells shooting mags for £200k
The Scotland-based specpub Fieldsports Press has acquired from Future Plc the 141-year-old weekly Shooting Times and the associated brands Sporting Gun, ShootingUK.co.uk and YouTube channel…
14 April 2023
1 minute read
Why (and how) UK publishers are suing Google
At the end of last month, the latest in a string of legal cases against Google over its relationship with the UK publishing industry was launched. The suit, with former Guardian Technology…
13 April 2023
5 minute read
The real Succession is just beginning…
Rupert Murdoch watchers everywhere may be captivated by the final TV series of Succession. It's loosely based on his family and has, naturally, prompted a slew of stories about what will…
7 April 2023
6 minute read
How I do it: Les Hinton, ex News Corp
Les Hinton is a British-born former journalist who spent his 52-year career with News Corporation, latterly as CEO of its UK operations, and of Dow Jones. He was born in Bootle, in the…
7 April 2023
8 minute read
Why membership is the future
Many publishers of quality daily newspapers (once universally described as broadsheets) are feeling more confident than they have in 20 years. It’s an optimism based on the shift from casual…
7 April 2023
3 minute read
DC Thomson offloads Aceville
Seven weeks after UK newspaper group DC Thomson announced it was closing the Essex-based Aceville Magazines, the brands of the lossmaking company have been acquired by the Enthuse Group. The…
2 April 2023
3 minute read
How eLearning changed Centaur
The UK-based Centaur Media Plc reported its third consecutive year of revenue, profit and margin growth in 2022. While its £70mn market cap is 50% of the IPO price in 2004, the results mark…
31 March 2023
8 minute read
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