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DealMakers: trade show boom resumes
Last month’s pause for breath was very temporary, and M&A advisers and lawyers have not had much time off for summer with 13 transactions announced in the last five weeks. This brings the…
How Haymarket is stretching again at 70
Early next year, the UK-based, family-owned Haymarket Group will celebrate its 70th anniversary and also the 94th birthday of founder, Michael (Lord) Heseltine. The former UK deputy prime…
Is Puck the future of (more) newsletters?
In an age in which journalism’s traditional models have been stretched to breaking point, those in the industry are always looking for beacons of hope. Puck is surely one. Founded in 2021,…
Can Gulf trade shows re-start soon?
With the continuing Iran conflict, trade show operators are approaching what had been scheduled as the August-September resumption of Middle East events, many of which had been deferred from…
Why the law business is so hot
It’s almost six months since the launch of Anthropic’s legal plugins prompted the “Claude crash” which wiped an estimated 18% off the share values of RELX and Thomson Reuters. As RELX this…
Can Nub News make it?
This month, the New York Times launched The Local, a three-times weekly newsletter in Minneapolis and St Paul, in Minnesota, which is intended to be a blueprint for other cities and states…
From Covid to fintech goldmine…
There is a well-worn theory in B2B media that events businesses are sitting on a gold mine they cannot quite reach. The argument goes like this: events generate proprietary relationships,…
How Hyve bought LegalTechTalk
Hyve Group, which is itself currently being acquired by Hellman & Friedman private equity, has bought the three-year-old LegalTechTalk event for an estimated £27-28mn (9x EBITDA) upfront. It…
How Springer will transform Telegraph
Axel Springer, the $3bn family-owned news group, this week completed its £575mn (€660mn) acquisition of the UK's Telegraph Media Group. The deal marked the end of the Telegraph's three years…
How Indy double act made it work
Independent Media, the UK-based digital news brand, is believed to have increased profit by 5-6% and EBITDA by at least 40% in 2025. Some £14mn (25%) of the revenue is generated in the US, an…
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