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Q&A: Zillah Byng-Thorne – “We love magazines”
Zillah Byng-Thorne has been CEO of the UK listed Future Plc for seven years. Previously she had been CFO of Future, AutoTrader Plc, and Fitness First, having qualified as an accountant at…
The media lessons from science
Tucked away in a tiny English village a few miles outside Bath, in the UK’s south west, is a brilliant little media company which captivates millions of the world’s scientists. You…
Q&A: Sir Martin Sorrell – “We want to be Agency of Decade”
Sir Martin Sorrell is founder and Executive Chairman of the London-based listed company S4 Capital plc, which is building a global digital advertising and marketing services business. He had…
Informa back on the road…
Informa Plc, which became the world’s largest exhibitions organiser less than two years before the industry was paralysed by the pandemic, recently reassured investors that the worst is…
Will Newsquest be sold?
Twenty-five years ago, regional newspapers were still hotter than the internet. But, in the UK, large companies were baling out. EMAP sold its £100m-revenue newspapers for 2 x revenue (16 x…
‘Shelter’ media for dreamers
A whole generation is growing up with little expectation of ever owning their own home, especially in those countries where home ownership had been booming for decades. According to Bloomberg,…
The Brit who changed Bauer
Paul Keenan, president of Bauer Media Audio, has been appointed chief operating officer of Europe’s Bauer Media Group (effectively deputy to owner Yvonne Bauer), succeeding Veit Dengler…
Q&A: Sean Griffey, – “I didn’t expect to love media”
Sean Griffey is CEO and co-founder, of B2B newsletter publisher Industry Dive. The Washington DC-based company became majority owned by Falfurrias private equity two years ago. It now…
Why is Dotdash buying Meredith?
Ever since the perennially lossmaking AOL merged with the highly-profitable Time Warner, at the dawn of the internet, dealmakers have been trying to combine traditional media with digital…
Q&A: Kevin Costello – “leaders must understand the numbers”
Kevin Costello is CEO of the Haymarket Media Group (£143m revenue/ £8m EBITDA in 2019-20) which he joined 28 years ago. The 65-year-old Haymarket – which is owned by the family of…
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