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Podcast: How creator news amplifies ‘Global South’ voices
Ismael Akwei is the editor of Global South World, a news brand founded in 2023 to build a more informed and nuanced understanding of the Global South. Its mission is to ‘counter parachute…
“B2B is a fantastic industry, a great place to be. AI is an opportunity”
Our Monetising B2B Information & Events 2026, at London's historic Stationers' Hall this week was a sellout, with more than 30 industry-leading speakers and 210 delegates from three…
How Hyve became a new company
CloserStill Media, of the UK, was acquired by funds of the private equity firms which also own Hyve Group. That deal and last week’s pe bid for both Emerald and Questex, in the US, had a total…
Book now for The Publisher Summit & Awards 2026
The agenda is building for The Publisher Summit 2026, on Wednesday 8 July at HUCKSTER, in Paddington, London. The MediaVoices event has some brilliant sessions and Masterclasses, to help…
Emerald $1.5bn US trade show merger with Questex
US investment fund Apollo today (11 May) has agreed to acquire both the listed trade show group Emerald Holding, Inc. and also the pe-owned Questex, LLC, in an all-cash transaction valued at…
How Vogue thrives on the Devil’s satire
When Prada took over the 153-year-old Church's shoes, in the UK, it immediately stopped displaying prices on the merchandise in its shop window. That was a pretty efficient way of…
Publisher Podcast Awards shortlist
MediaVoices has revealed the shortlist for the seventh year of The Publisher Podcast Awards, in the UK. From hundreds of entries, this shortlist of 130+ shows represents the very best in…
PODCAST: Turning Variety into a B2B2C brand
More than a century old, Variety has transformed from a B2B pure play to a hybrid business and consumer publication. Publisher and co-president Dea Lawrence explains how this shift has helped…
CloserStill sold for 13-16x EBITDA
After a year of industry disappointment at the apparent failure of the world’s fourth largest trade show organizer, Clarion Events, to find a buyer, this week’s sale of the 18-year-old…
RELX superstar Mark Kelsey bows out
Mark Kelsey, CEO of what is now the largest and most profitable division of RELX, is retiring after 43 years. For the past 14 years, he has been leader of what had successively been the…
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