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-

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,

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

In this episode, Andrew Webb introduces the Network to Ben and Fiona from Reach  to unpack the build-or-buy dilemma  behind the creation...

In this episode, Sue Macmillan, CEO of Mumsnet, shares her journey from politics to leading one of the UK’s most influential parenting...

In our latest episode of the Emerging Tech Network podcast, I had the absolute pleasure of chatting with Linda Broughton , co-founder and...

In an era of disruption, how do you pace change, set development priorities, and choose the technologies that deliver impact? Join us for...

For technology companies to successfully navigate the path from MVP to RFP and adoption, it's essential to understand the key figures...

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...