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Emerging Tech Network # 15 - The New News Generation
In our recent Emerging Tech Network session, we were joined by Monica Sarkar to explore one of the most pressing questions facing modern newsrooms: how do you earn the attention and trust of the next generation of news consumers? Sarkar, who leads audience strategy work at CNN, shared insight into how news consumption is rapidly shifting away from traditional destinations such as homepages and towards off-platform environments including social media, messaging apps and short-
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Emerging Tech Network #14 - Home Coming or Home Truths, how will we feel about AI in 2026
An interview with Fergus Bell, CEO of Fathm, for the Emerging Tech Network As 2026 unfolds, AI in newsrooms is shifting from shiny experiment to quietly essential infrastructure. In this wide-ranging conversation, Fergus maps how publishers are moving past prompts and pilots towards real integration, harder ROI questions, and uncomfortable business-model truths. Efficiency gains matter, but they’re no longer the endgame. The real opportunity lies in trust, original reporting,
andrew821951
Feb 51 min read
Emerging Tech Network #13 - The Centre for Attention - A Mail Metro Media Case Study
In episode 13, the Emerging Tech Network explores the fast moving world of data, attention, and audience insight with Samantha Eales, Head of Commercial Audience Data and Insight at Mail Metro Media. Sam talks openly about managing insight across more than 60 advertising channels from print to digital to a rapidly growing social ecosystem and why truly understanding reader behavior now sits at the heart of modern media. She explains how engagement builds attention, how attent
andrew821951
Nov 21, 20251 min read
Emerging Tech Network #12 - The Big Build, A Reach Plc Case Study
In this episode, Andrew Webb introduces the Network to Ben and Fiona from Reach to unpack the build-or-buy dilemma behind the creation...
andrew821951
Oct 12, 20251 min read
Emerging Tech Network Session #11 - Planning for the Future - Change, Tech and What's Next
In this episode, Sue Macmillan, CEO of Mumsnet, shares her journey from politics to leading one of the UK’s most influential parenting...
andrew821951
Sep 10, 20251 min read


From ideas to MVP - The Contribly Journey - Linda Broughton, Engineer, CTO and Co-founder
In our latest episode of the Emerging Tech Network podcast, I had the absolute pleasure of chatting with Linda Broughton , co-founder and...
andrew821951
Jul 22, 20251 min read


Emerging Tech Network session #10 - Tech Stack Transformation - A premium publishers case study - Mark Beard, CEO Prospect Publishing
In an era of disruption, how do you pace change, set development priorities, and choose the technologies that deliver impact? Join us for...
andrew821951
Jul 15, 20251 min read


Emerging Tech Network #9 - Inside the Mind of a Publisher CEO - Chris Duncan
For technology companies to successfully navigate the path from MVP to RFP and adoption, it's essential to understand the key figures...
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Jun 9, 20251 min read


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May 21, 20250 min read


Emerging Tech Network #8 - Getting ahead of the game with editorial innovation - Nadine Forshaw - The Sun
What does it mean to lead editorial innovation for one of the UK's biggest news brands. In this age of unprecedented disruption of the...
andrew821951
May 16, 20251 min read


Power Up the Generalist - Alex Powell - Pixels AI
Startups in UK publishing are constantly figuring out how to build the right mix of talent—balancing the adaptability of generalists with...
andrew821951
Apr 22, 20251 min read


The Emerging Tech Network #7 - The intersecting world of content and revenue
In an era of digital disruption, National World's Joe Cawthorn and Jade Power are rewriting the playbook for modern journalism. Bridging...
andrew821951
Apr 16, 20251 min read


How Poool created The Audience's to educate its market
In this video podcast interview Madeleine White, Editor in Chief of The Audiencers and VP of Marketing for Poool.

Andew Webb
Oct 7, 20241 min read


Tech, are you eyeing up the UK media market?
The UK media market is big, dynamic, exciting, and innovative. It’s up there with the best! Expanding your business here can be a very...

Andew Webb
Aug 16, 20243 min read


Cannes Lions 2024 - A place for emerging tech?
I became ever more determined to uncover the emerging solutions to support the industry.

Andew Webb
Jul 23, 20246 min read


The funnel and the Web
The importance of traditional publishers in the purchasing funnel

Andew Webb
Jul 23, 20244 min read


The Return to Sovereignty
No, this is not a tenuous link to the Coronation, or Brexit for that matter. This is a story about publishers.

Andew Webb
Jul 23, 20243 min read
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