The Global Media Business Weekly
PODCAST: How Bauer does bookazines
Lauren Holleyoake is publisher of three of Bauer UK’s most iconic magazines. She is also the lead for the company’s bookazine business, launching titles like Your Definitive Guide to the…
28 May 2026
5 minute read
Another Murdoch takes New York
Fifty years after Rupert Murdoch acquired New York magazine in a fiercely contested deal – and exactly 35 years after he sold it – the 58-year-old magazine is again owned by a Murdoch. It was…
22 May 2026
9 minute read
What’s left for Business Insider?
Axel Springer, the family-owned, transatlantic news group, has reported its financials for 2025, the first full year since the €13bn divestment of its classifieds group to KKR in 2024.…
22 May 2026
3 minute read
Are PRAs threatened by AI?
This interview by Simon Middelboe, Chair, LegalTechTalk, and Flume, is adapted from Monetising B2B Information & Events, in London this month. Sarah Cottle is EVP and General Manager of Dow…
21 May 2026
9 minute read
Shortlist for The Publisher Newsletter Awards 2026
MediaVoices is pleased to reveal the shortlist for the fourth year of The Publisher Newsletter Awards. From hundreds of entries, this shortlist of 160+ newsletters represents the very best,…
21 May 2026
5 minute read
Podcast: How Axios aims to crack local news
Axios Local is one of a growing number of start-ups (especially in the US and UK) trying to create sustainable local news networks. Since bringing Axios’ signature ‘Smart Brevity’ newsletter…
21 May 2026
6 minute read
Podcast: How creator news amplifies ‘Global South’ voices
Ismael Akwei is the editor of Global South World, a news brand founded in 2023 to build a more informed and nuanced understanding of the Global South. Its mission is to ‘counter parachute…
14 May 2026
5 minute read
“B2B is a fantastic industry, a great place to be. AI is an opportunity”
Our Monetising B2B Information & Events 2026, at London's historic Stationers' Hall this week was a sellout, with more than 30 industry-leading speakers and 210 delegates from three…
14 May 2026
10 minute read
How Hyve became a new company
CloserStill Media, of the UK, was acquired by funds of the private equity firms which also own Hyve Group. That deal and last week’s pe bid for both Emerald and Questex, in the US, had a total…
14 May 2026
4 minute read
Book now for The Publisher Summit & Awards 2026
The agenda is building for The Publisher Summit 2026, on Wednesday 8 July at HUCKSTER, in Paddington, London. The MediaVoices event has some brilliant sessions and Masterclasses, to help…
12 May 2026
1 minute read
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