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Chambers legal rankings for big sale…
Chambers and Partners, the global legal rankings publisher, is up for sale. The auction process is expected to complete during July-September. The private equity owner believes it can get at…
3 March 2023
5 minute read
Why Axel Springer is emigrating
Axel Springer – the most successful supra-national, print-to-digital news group transformation – is itself seldom out of the news. The Berlin-based company has made a succession of pricey…
2 March 2023
5 minute read
How I do it: Tim McLoughlin, PEI Group
Tim McLoughlin has been CEO of the London-based PEI Group international investment information and events for 15 years. It's not what he had expected to be doing. An applied chemist by…
2 March 2023
10 minute read
RIP: Frank Comerford, of The Stage
Francis Maurice (Frank) Comerford – the longest-serving leader of the 143-year-old The Stage newspaper and digital platform – has died in London aged 95. Comerford, a former…
27 February 2023
3 minute read
How Guardian global is paying off
The Guardian, the 202-year-old London-based, liberal newspaper – which seemed in danger of collapse just six years ago – may become one of the most profitable UK daily news brands. That is…
24 February 2023
9 minute read
How I do it: Rory Brown, co-founder, AgriBriefing
Rory Brown was CEO and a co-founder of the UK-based AgriBriefing which was acquired by food price specialist Mintec last month, almost 13 years after being launched as MediaBriefing. The price…
24 February 2023
13 minute read
AI can change media. But stop and think
As ChatGPT has taken the internet by storm, becoming the fastest-growing consumer app in history with 100m users in January, a small swathe of publishers have either announced their intention…
23 February 2023
5 minute read
A new world for trade shows?
Trade shows have long seemed like the ultimate business for investors. The return on capital has been legendary for events that manage to sell their floor space a year ahead and collect their…
17 February 2023
9 minute read
How I do it: Tim Dyson, CEO, Next15 Comms
Tim Dyson is the US-based, British-born CEO of the UK listed Next15 communications group who joined a predecessor firm straight from university and became CEO of the holding company in 2001.…
16 February 2023
7 minute read
At last: a global marketplace for content
In the 20th century heyday of magazines, international licensing was a significant contributor to the profits of many publishers, especially in the US and UK. It made small companies into…
16 February 2023
6 minute read
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