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Solving the Ascential puzzle
Ascential Plc, the UK-based B2B information and events group, is expected to announce the buyer for its WGSN trend forecasting platform before the end of this month. The company plans to…
How I do it: Gert Ysebaert, Mediahuis
Gert Ysebaert is the founding CEO of the privately-owned Mediahuis Group, formed in 2013 as a joint venture between the Belgian publishers Corelio and Concentra. It has developed into a…
Has Nat Geo saved its future or sold it?
National Geographic is the 135-year-old US magazine that started life as a dull, text-only publication for the 165 serious-minded, charter members and famous explorers of the National…
How I do it: Michael Dell, Lloyd’s List
Michael Dell is CEO of Lloyd's List Intelligence, the £50mn-revenue global maritime news and data company last year acquired from Informa by Montagu private equity for a valuation of £385mn.…
All change at UK mag groups
Immediate Media, the UK subsidiary of the €3bn-revenue Burda, has appointed Sean Cornwell as CEO. He succeeds Tom Bureau, chairman (and also CEO of Burda International) who had been CEO…
How I do it: Amanda Barnes, Faversham House
Amanda Barnes is CEO and owner of Faversham House (FH), the 62-year-old B2B media, information and events company. She joined FH (which had been founded by her father) in 1989 after an initial…
How I do it: Stephen Dunbar-Johnson, The New York Times
Stephen Dunbar-Johnson has been president, international, at The New York Times for 10 years. Previously, he had been publisher of the International Herald Tribune (IHT), the 136-year-old…
How I do it: Lee Newton, Media 10
Lee Newton is founder-CEO of Media 10, the £30mn-revenue owner of 30 live events and 13 B2B publications attracting some 1mn visitors annually. Leaving school without pausing to think about…
How LADbible can beat BuzzFeed + Vice
In the week when BuzzFeed finally closed its investigative News operation, it is just too easy to critique the digital news provider that was built on "sharing" content on social media. The…
How I do it: Neil Vogel, Dotdash Meredith
Neil Vogel is CEO of Dotdash Meredith, the largest digital and print publisher in the US, whose 40+ brands include: People, Better Homes & Gardens, Verywell, Food & Wine, The Spruce,…
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