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China: a huge shadow over trade shows
The economic upheaval of recent weeks, caused by the US government’s spate of tariffs on international trade, has obvious implications for the world’s trade show operators. China (including…
Discoverability: the challenge for journalism
The annual International Journalism Festival in Perugia remains, for my money, the best conference about journalism. That isn’t just because it takes place in a beautiful hilltop city in Italy…
How vulnerable is GlobalData?
There's nothing like the word 'data' for exciting investors. It triggers thoughts of exclusive content, the very antidote to AI's commoditisation of information. Perfectly good companies feel…
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…
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