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Could there be a surprise Clarion deal?
It's almost five months since we reported that Blackstone's planned auction of its UK-based Clarion Events, the world's third largest trade show organiser, would be impacted by fears of a US…
How Meredith ‘saved’ Dotdash
It's almost four years since the livewire digital publisher Dotdash made a big splash by persuading its listed parent IAC to pay $2.7bn for Meredith, the largest magazine publisher in the US…
RIP: Derk Sauer media pioneer in Russia
Derk Sauer, the Dutch-born journalist, publisher, and entrepreneur who shaped modern Russian media with Western-style newspapers and magazines during the economic chaos of the post-Soviet…
Why AI is just more opportunity for RELX
RELX is the 10-year name of a company whose origins as Reed and Elsevier date back to the nineteenth century. It's one of the UK's largest and oldest companies but few Brits beyond the…
Skift bounces back
It's five years since we described Skift as "one of the world's sexiest B2B media brands". It seemed an appropriate descriptor for the travel information and events group that is as energetic…
Condé Nast: ‘a rich man’s indulgence’
In "Empire of the Elite" – on the rise and fall of SI Newhouse’s Condé Nast whose titles Vogue and Vanity Fair persuaded the late 20th century world of the fulfilment to be gained from…
Is AI disclosure really an imperative?
Generative AI (GenAI) is upending news content creation and consumption. A recent study demonstrated that GenAI summaries are having a tangible negative impact on clickthrough rates for news…
One year after Preqin, who’s next?
A year ago, the founders of the 21-year-old data provider Preqin were celebrating their £2.6bn ($3.2bn) acquisition by BlackRock for a stunning 13x revenue. The UK-based company tracks the…
UK news leader starts the fight back
The new CEOs of Future and Reach may be watching each other closely. Not because what are, respectively, the largest UK publishers of magazines and newspapers compete with each other (they…
How Hearst will change
A+E Global Media – the 40-year-old US TV network of Lifetime, History Channel, Biography and Vice TV – is being put up for sale by its owners Hearst and Disney. In a reflection of the way that…
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