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Natpe, Realscreen Summit, Kidscreen Summit and World Screen closures reflect a dramatically changing business
(Published in Perspective)
01-04-2026
If you needed further proof that the international entertainment business is changing beyond recognition, then look no further than the news that four legacy brands are set to close on the same day.
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It’s time to get macro on our micro
(Published in Perspective)
02-12-2025
If, as Marshall McLuhan proposed, the medium is the message, what should the entertainment business do to ensure the message makes things better, not worse?
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We get the markets we deserve… and parasites are killing them
(Published in Perspective)
23-10-2025
C21Media’s editor-in-chief & managing director on an issue that affects all industry events but remains something of a taboo subject.
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We get the markets we deserve… and parasites are killing them
(Published in Perspective)
23-10-2025
C21Media’s editor-in-chief & managing director on an issue that affects all industry events but remains something of a taboo subject.
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Transformational thinking
(Published in Perspective, The AI Channel)
28-11-2023
C21 founder David Jenkinson reflects on how digital technology has changed the content business over the past 60 years and, as we sleepwalk towards Singularity – the moment when the machines take control – how it will redefine the industry’s future.
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The age of anxiety
(Published in Perspective)
29-11-2022
David Jenkinson, editor-in-chief & managing director of C21, considers the fate of humanity and the role of the content business in finding solutions.
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Making the most of the new normal at Content London
(Published in Perspective)
30-11-2021
As the content business takes its first faltering steps towards something approaching normality at C21's Content London event this week, David Jenkinson asks what lessons have been learned during the pandemic and how they can be used to build back better.
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Climate change
(Published in Perspective)
18-11-2019
C21's editor-in-chief and managing director peers through the gloom of TV’s uncertain future and glimpses new opportunities.
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Drama’s next big challenge
(Published in Perspective)
28-11-2018
As all eyes turn to C21's International Drama Summit in London, what major issues now facing the business are likely to be in the spotlight?
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Forces of nature
(Published in Perspective)
15-10-2017
September saw Annie Wegelius and David Lyle lose their battles with cancer. C21's editor-in-chief and managing director reflects on the impact they had on the entertainment business.
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