As SpaceX and Anthropic eye public listings, index providers brace for major market dislocations. When mega-cap companies go public, index providers and investors will see it as dropping battleships into the old fishing pond. The resulting waves are going to soak everyone. Privately held artificial intelligence (AI) vendor Anthropic announced its filing of a draft…
“Dutch youth is suffering from news poverty – and not in the sense that there’s too little news. There’s actually an overload of information. The poverty is that overall information doesn’t land with that generation.” When Christopher Kenis, publisher of Spilnews, opened his session at our ongoing World News Media Congress in Marseille, he wasn’t…
Just a few years ago, Ben Shapiro was the defining voice of right-wing media. His podcast sat near the top of the charts. Posts from the Daily Wire, his media company, routinely dominated the competition on Facebook. His team was even coming for Hollywood, putting out “anti-woke” comedies and an epic fantasy series that cost…
The artificial intelligence investment surge is squeezing funding across America’s startup economy, leaving hundreds of former billion-dollar companies struggling to attract capital and raising fresh concerns about jobs, business growth and investment across the technology sector. New data from PitchBook shows nearly half of America’s 857 unicorn startups have not raised fresh funding in three…
Delivered at the World News Media Congress, Marseille, 1 June 2026 Speakers: Mohammed Abed (AFP), Fatima Shbair (AP), Mohammed Salem (Reuters) Mohammed Abed (AFP) “Distinguished guests, WAN-IFRA and World Editors’ Forum members, colleagues, and friends — Thank you. On behalf of AFP, AP, and Reuters, and on behalf of every professional visual journalist who has…
11 min read · May 24, 2026Press enter or click to view image in full size Companies increasingly adopt forward-deployed engineering (FDE) teams to accelerate development while staying aligned with internal workflows. But what actually happens when an external engineering team integrates into an organization? Bringing in an external engineering team does more than add…
Global corporate finance leaders are entering the second half of 2026 facing the most complex operating environment of the post-pandemic era, requiring them to balance cost discipline, technology investment, and capital deployment against a backdrop of geopolitical volatility and renewed energy uncertainty. At the center of that uncertainty is the Strait of Hormuz. Normally a…
Just like CMA – CMA Media is WAN-IFRA’s Congress partner in Marseille – created this center to foster innovation and shape the future of sustainable transport and logistics, C-Day was created to foster frank exchange on the burning issues reshaping journalism, audiences, and revenue. More than 60 CEOs as well as a stellar lineup of…
Central bankers and policymakers are pushing through unpopular anti-inflation measures after rising oil prices linked to the war in Iran triggered a fresh inflation shock. The move is forcing many central banks to delay expected interest-rate cuts and increasing the risk that households and businesses will face higher borrowing costs for longer. For many households,…
The man financing Britain’s clean energy future on doubt, policy risk, and the things no CFO can control. As CFO of one of Britain’s most ambitious clean energy projects, EnergyPathways’ Max Williams has learned that securing capital is only half the job. Since joining the firm in April 2025, Williams has been overseeing the finances…