You never know what kind of cinema year you’re going to get - you’re always hopeful for a slew of well-crafted movies, but as the year rolls on - several of those likely candidates fail to stick the landing!

The worst film of last year was the incredibly weird and disjointed Disney Snow White affair - with the really weird, unsettling and out of place dwarves (totally different style of animation to the rest of the film!). I found it entirely unwatchable and gave up after 10 minutes! It’s ...

We seems to have moved well beyond the relatively recent trends of Ampiamo and Soulful House - and we now seemingly live in the era of eclecticism and fusion. My Breakthrough Artists segment is as diverse and varied as ever - and there are no real overarching trends.

There’s interesting things happening in nearly every genre, and artists are mixing up their influences more than ever. Much like my nephew’s playlist - which spans all corners of the world, with a particularly healthy selection...

2025 was a great year for Taylor Swift, Rosalía, Kpop Demon Hunters / Huntrix, Jack Black / Minecraft The Movie, One Battle After Another, Emma Thompson, Timothée Chalamet, and Horror and Sci-Fi Genres in particular.

Taylor Swift was the most popular artist of 2025, with Rosalía the most critically lauded. Kpop Demon Hunters was a major success - including all the music, where Jack Black vehicle Minecraft The Movie proved to be the most popular movie of the year!

One Battle After ...

Key Tips per presenter from InPublishing’s 3rd AI Special :

1. Markus Karlsson, CEO and founder, Affino : “Run safe experiments now. Pilot internally and with trusted clients. The biggest adoption blocker isn’t capability — it’s fear of AI “messing things up”. Swap fear for FOMO: every month you delay is time competitors (or major platforms) gain on you.”
2. Terry Hornsby, chief product and technology officer, Reach : “Don’t do AI for AI’s sake. Instead, ask yourself what the challenge is that

This is ever my largest task of the year - which this year has :

• 24 Images
• 12 Seminar Itinerary Items
• 9 Videos
• 6 PDF Presentations
• 6 Collaboration Forum Threads
• 6 Combined Showcase Articles

You essentially have 4 different bands here to access - the 6 Showcase Articles, The Videos, The PDF Presentations, and the Resources.

You can access and view all on the main Affino Innovation Briefing Page!

For those who could not attend the live event - you can still follow-up and ...

"Publishers that embrace AI have the opportunity to deliver personal, helpful, and truly modern experiences. Markus Karlsson, CEO and founder of Affino, explains how it can be done."

A lot of the talk about AI tends to lean into the negative side of things and so many resources are going into Bot and AI scraping protections and preventions. Hardly anyone is talking about how AI can be honed to deliver the best onsite user experiences.

Markus talks of Enhancing content creation & ...

Charity Digital launched on Affino a good 5 years ago, and so it’s timely that it gets a proper makeover! The main purpose of the updated design is to surface more content above the fold and make it easier to navigate to all the key site resources.

There used to be a large banner up top (which you can see on several of the related articles) - where we now have 5 key articles featured instead - then followed by a lower tier of 3 - all nicely separated by differing prominence of panel sizes. ...

Affino largely took a marketing hiatus last year while we shaped our future AI Strategy - which is now documented in this PPG guide for the first time. Affino also brought about the creation of an entirely new ’Technology / AI Consultancy’ category which well represents our ambitions within that field.

We are featured on Page 33 - and you can read the full text below or else scan through the enlarged screenshot below. Click [Here!] to access the actual guide.

The 5 Segments are titled ...

A recent HoldTheFrontPage article highlights the Paid-for-Titles recorded increases for Wyvex Media titles in weekly sales. This includes the Arran Banner, whose average weekly sales increased by 16.8pc to 2,334, and the Campbeltown Courier and Argyllshire Advertiser, up 10.3pc to 3,477.

The company’s flagship weekly, The Oban Times, also recorded a near flat year-on-year circulation, down just 0.76pc with an average weekly sale of 5,599.

With sales growing by 5.7pc across its portfolio...