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How I do it: Mariana Valle, Insurance Insider
Mariana Valle is CEO of Insurance Insider. She started out as a journalist and became a financial specialist, first for Mergermarket and then as managing editor and head of leveraged finance…
Is this the future of weekend newspapers?
Graydon Carter recently (sort of) confirmed that he was still in talks to sell/ refinance his Air Mail newsletter. But reports of an impending sale first started back in February 2024, so…
What’s next for Haymarket?
Haymarket Media Group, of the UK, shares its one-of-a-kind character with the man who created the family-owned magazines-to-digital business back in 1957. Michael Heseltine was the ambitious…
‘B2B is changing less than you think’
Sean Griffey was the founder and CEO of Industry Dive, the B2B newsletter publisher. An economics graduate with an MBA, Griffey had spent nearly 10 years as a consultant before his start in…
How will UK’s news leader change?
Less than a month after he claimed that 2024 had been "a good year", Jim Mullen, the six-year CEO of the UK's largest news group, was announced to be immediately stepping down "by mutual…
How a side-hustle can change everything
You’d think that a Nasdaq-listed US media company valued at over $500mn might be familiar to media watchers. Yet Daily Journal Corp is one that I would guess many Flashes & Flames readers,…
Time for Future’s big plan?
Jon Steinberg steps down from the board of UK-based magazines-to-digital Future Plc this weekend and Kevin Li Ying takes over as CEO on Monday (31 March). Steinberg's departure, after just two…
Is this the future of trade shows?
Jonathan Weiner is the science graduate who turned down a lucrative first job at his university which – ahead of its time – was creating remote learning programs with videos of classes and…
How to avoid the ‘teenage’ hype about AI
I don’t know about you but, from time to time, I get a little weary of the AI hype train. It's like teenagers exaggerating their romantic experiences, claiming numerous conquests despite…
Govt tries to control news brand – in Spain
The big story about political interference in the news business has recently been all about America, and the actions of Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos and LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong,…
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