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Where next for Questex?
The evidence of trade show resurgence is everywhere. The UK listed Informa has cheered investors with news that like-for-like events revenue is ahead of 2019, and acquisition multiples are…
27 October 2023
4 minute read
How I do it: Sam Baker, The Shift podcast
Sam Baker is founder-publisher of the podcast "The Shift with Sam Baker". She was in UK-based women's and girls' magazines for 30 years and is a former editor-in-chief of Just17 (EMAP),…
27 October 2023
10 minute read
Join us in Barcelona in 2024 for an unmissable event
Join industry leaders and innovators from Industry Dive, Morning Brew, Her Campus, Spainmedia, Deutsche Welle, Vox Media, Financial Times, Ringier, Future, Questex, The Wrap, RBA, Spice Media,…
26 October 2023
1 minute read
The answer for UK’s largest news group?
Britain's national daily newspapers, which once built huge morning circulations courtesy of the country's pioneering railway network, retain a level of political influence out of proportion to…
20 October 2023
8 minute read
LADbible flexes its muscle in US
LBG Media, the UK listed owner of the self-described "global leader in youth publishing" LADbible Group, has acquired the New York-based Betches Media LLC for upfront cash of $24mn (£19.7mn)…
20 October 2023
5 minute read
How I do it: Tom Broughton, Assemble B2B
Tom Broughton is CEO-owner of the London-based Assemble Media Group, an MBO from UBM in 2018. He had previously been a journalist, editor and board director in B2B media companies, notably…
20 October 2023
7 minute read
Arc Media hits the big time
Arc Media Holdings, the three-year-old, UK-based B2B events and information startup, will have a lot to celebrate in 2024. It will be the 180th anniversary of Farmers Guardian and 30 years of…
13 October 2023
6 minute read
How I do it: Carina Bauer, IMEX
Carina Bauer is CEO of IMEX Exhibitions, the £40mn-revenue annual meetings industry trade shows in Frankfurt and Las Vegas. The European event was launched 20 years ago by her father,…
13 October 2023
6 minute read
The right (and wrong) way for AI and news
US news startup The Messenger has been making waves since it launched in May, but not for all the right reasons. With an initial newsroom of around 150 and a mission to deliver “impartial and…
13 October 2023
5 minute read
What now for Racing Post?
It's just over a year since Racing Post, the UK sports daily, distinctively memorialised Queen Elizabeth as "the world's most recognised, respected and revered supporter of horse racing". The…
6 October 2023
7 minute read
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