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What I have learned about AI (so far)
By Amir Malik Artificial intelligence has become the most important and the least understood force in modern media. For all the noise surrounding it, few leaders have paused long…
AI turbulence can be springboard
Let’s be honest: for many publishers 2025 has been tough. The early impact of AI has largely been as a ruthless disruptor, with LLM’s hoovering up vast swathes of copyrighted content and…
PODCAST: Mediahuis monetises GenZ
Gen Z will pay for games, entertainment and travel. “So how can we make our news so interesting, or so relevant, or so representative for them that they want to pay for it?” asks Liesbeth…
Aussie trade show creator x3 in four years
The Australian trade show group National Media was this month named as the 62nd fastest growing company in Australia, with a compound annual growth rate of 42% during 2023-5. The placing among…
Daily Mail Group agrees to buy Telegraph
The Daily Mail publisher, the privately-owned Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT), has signed an agreement with RedBird IMI to acquire Telegraph Media Group for £500mn, which is assumed to…
Podcast: Where The Atlantic goes for subs growth
“We’re not going to be thinking any more about easily getting tens of millions of people who just stumble upon us,” The Atlantic’s Chief Growth Officer Megha Garibaldi said. “We are expecting…
How CloserStill will be trade show champion
After a year during which the world’s third largest trade show organiser, Clarion Events, has seemingly tried and failed to attract sufficient bids, owner Blackstone is thought to be…
Bauer is 40% radio but look what’s coming
It's five years since the Bauer Media Group, of Germany, painfully exited the Australian andNew Zealand magazine markets and, more smoothly, sold its US publishing. In this, the fifth…
PODCAST: Kyiv Independent’s fight for the future
Launched on 11 November 2021, just three months before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Kyiv Independent (KI) is four years old this week. The award-winning English-language media outlet…
How RedBird can (still) get the Telegraph
In December, it will be two years since the US private equity firm RedBird – with the United Arab Emirates-controlled IMI – tried to seize control of the UK's Telegraph Media Group…
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