Ascential officially joined Informa and Philip Thomas announced it with a video
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2024 4:12 am
The global CEO of Ascential and chairman of Cannes Lions posted a video on his social networks of just under three minutes yesterday in which he tells the story of the company —born as EMAP, for East Midland Allied Press, in 1887— and announces what is to come. “Let’s toast to the future!” he concluded.
Ascential officially joined Informa and Philip Thomas announced it with a video“A great day in the century-plus history of EMAP/Ascential. Thank you to all my colleagues over the years – at EMAP Nationals, EMAP Metro, EMAP Australia, EMAP Automotive, EMAP Media, Cannes moj phone number data Lions and Ascential. Cheers to the future!” Thomas wrote on LinkedIn.
Full transcript of Philip Thomas' video can be found below
“Today is a big day for Ascential. Today is the day we join Informa. Ascential PLC has been on quite a journey since it went public in 2016. But we had a long and rich history long before that.
Ascential began as EMAP (*) in 1887, back in the Victorian era, before movies were made, before cars hit the roads, and long before the Internet came along and forever changed the way we consume information.”
“We began as a newspaper company founded by Sir Richard Winfrey, who used the newspapers he produced as a way to influence readers toward his liberal political views. As consumer-interest magazines grew over the decades, some of our publications became at the very heart of popular culture. In the years that followed, the company began to build communities around our trade publications and created events to bring industries together in one place.”
“Ascential has always stayed close to the latest innovations, forecasting trends, charting the rise of e-commerce, and convening businesses to help them navigate the future. And while our offering has evolved and transformed over the years, we’ve always put connection at the heart of what we do. Earlier this year, we revealed our new brand purpose: to bring our customers to the heart of the future. But the truth is, we’ve always been at the heart of what’s next. In all our ways and through all the brands we’ve bought and sold, we’ve brought groundbreaking insights to communities of people and fostered important conversations about the future of their industries.”
“I want to thank every single person who has worked at Ascential in its various forms over many, many decades, who have created such brilliant businesses. Today our incredible teams join the Informa family. With the launch of their new business, Informa Festivals, our brands will continue to deliver unmissable events, intelligence and advisory services.”
“And we will do so as part of this incredible global business, which is deeply aligned with our own values and our own offering. So this is not goodbye – we will continue to do what we do best, putting our customers at the centre of the action and at the heart of the future. And we plan to do it better than ever.”
Ascential officially joined Informa and Philip Thomas announced it with a video“A great day in the century-plus history of EMAP/Ascential. Thank you to all my colleagues over the years – at EMAP Nationals, EMAP Metro, EMAP Australia, EMAP Automotive, EMAP Media, Cannes moj phone number data Lions and Ascential. Cheers to the future!” Thomas wrote on LinkedIn.
Full transcript of Philip Thomas' video can be found below
“Today is a big day for Ascential. Today is the day we join Informa. Ascential PLC has been on quite a journey since it went public in 2016. But we had a long and rich history long before that.
Ascential began as EMAP (*) in 1887, back in the Victorian era, before movies were made, before cars hit the roads, and long before the Internet came along and forever changed the way we consume information.”
“We began as a newspaper company founded by Sir Richard Winfrey, who used the newspapers he produced as a way to influence readers toward his liberal political views. As consumer-interest magazines grew over the decades, some of our publications became at the very heart of popular culture. In the years that followed, the company began to build communities around our trade publications and created events to bring industries together in one place.”
“Ascential has always stayed close to the latest innovations, forecasting trends, charting the rise of e-commerce, and convening businesses to help them navigate the future. And while our offering has evolved and transformed over the years, we’ve always put connection at the heart of what we do. Earlier this year, we revealed our new brand purpose: to bring our customers to the heart of the future. But the truth is, we’ve always been at the heart of what’s next. In all our ways and through all the brands we’ve bought and sold, we’ve brought groundbreaking insights to communities of people and fostered important conversations about the future of their industries.”
“I want to thank every single person who has worked at Ascential in its various forms over many, many decades, who have created such brilliant businesses. Today our incredible teams join the Informa family. With the launch of their new business, Informa Festivals, our brands will continue to deliver unmissable events, intelligence and advisory services.”
“And we will do so as part of this incredible global business, which is deeply aligned with our own values and our own offering. So this is not goodbye – we will continue to do what we do best, putting our customers at the centre of the action and at the heart of the future. And we plan to do it better than ever.”