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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 £350mn…
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 after…
22 February 2024
12 minute read
Can RX become a digital ‘hold’?
RELX, the self-described “global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools” last week reported a sparkling set of financials for 2023. Again. Revenue was up 8% to £9.2bn and…
22 February 2024
5 minute read
What next for public broadcasters?
Public service broadcasters (PSB) come in various shapes and sizes, but pretty much all of them are now dealing with tightened budgets and threats to their funding from politicians and…
22 February 2024
5 minute read
How Puck is changing the news
Puck News is a three-year-old digital media company self-consciously focused on the four centres of power in the United States: Silicon Valley, Hollywood, Washington DC,…
16 February 2024
8 minute read
What next for UK’s legendary B2B?
William Reed Ltd, the 162-year-old B2B media group has rebounded from the pandemic with record revenues. In the 12 months ending 31 March, 2024, the UK family-owned specialist in the food and…
15 February 2024
4 minute read
How I do it: Duncan Kirk, ROAR B2B
Duncan Kirk is CEO of the UK-based, private equity-backed trade show organiser ROAR B2B. The company was formed in 2019 with the acquisition of healthcare, environmental and marketing tech…
15 February 2024
4 minute read
How I do it: Stephen Carter, Informa
Stephen Carter is CEO of Informa, the UK-listed B2B group which is the world's largest organiser of trade shows. He is a former telecoms-advertising-media executive and political adviser – who…
9 February 2024
14 minute read
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