Colin Morrison is founder of Flashes & Flames: The Global Media Business Weekly, which began as a blog in 2011 and became a subscription newsletter in 2020. It formed a strategic alliance with PA Media Group (formerly the Press Association) in 2021.

Flashes & Flames is widely read by CEOs, senior executives and entrepreneurs in the media, digital, business information and events industries, principally in the UK/Europe, the US and AsiaPacific.

In 2025, Flashes & Flames was awarded a Warrant by the 600-year-old Worshipful Company of Stationers & Newspaper Makers (the Stationers’ Company, the UK’s historic pioneer of copyright legislation). The Warrant was in recognition of its “excellence” as a media industry commentator.

It is presenting the “Monetising B2B” conference in London on 20 May 2025, with the participation of major companies including RELX, The Economist, Financial Times, Informa, Business of Fashion, and Clarion Events.