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Ofcom invites bids for regional radio licence

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:15:00 GMT

LONDON - Ofcom has invited declarations of intent to apply for the local commercial radio licence for Fife in Scotland. The broadcasting regulator has also awarded the South East Staffordshire licence and is finalising two further regions.

Radio veteran Van Pooss loses battle with cancer

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:14:00 GMT

LONDON - Radio industry veteran Rob Van Pooss died in the early hours of Tuesday morning (30 June) after losing his battle with cancer, aged 60.

EC revises rules on public funding of broadcasters

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:50:00 GMT

LONDON - The European Commission has adopted new rules on the public funding of broadcasters, to ensure commercial broadcasters are not disadvantaged from such state aid.

Chris Anderson launches Free to UK media industry

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:25:00 GMT

LONDON - The Long Tail author Chris Anderson launched his new book Free to the UK media industry last night at London's Royal College of Physicians.

Thomas to lead UK development of Rubicon Project

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:15:00 GMT

LONDON - The Rubicon Project, the ad technology outfit led by former MySpace UK co-founder Jay Stevens, has appointed Justin Thomas as its first director of UK publisher development.

Online radio listeners hits 17 million, Rajar research reveals

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:15:00 GMT

LONDON - More people are accessing radio through the internet and listening to personalised online music services such as Spotify, according to research revealed today.

APA launches new initiative for customer publishers

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:55:00 GMT

LONDON - The Association of Publishing Agencies, the trade body for the customer publishing industry, has launched a new planning initiative as it looks to inprove communication with media agencies and lure more business to the industry.

Mindshare on 'high alert' as Unilever calls £3bn media review

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:20:00 GMT

LONDON - Unilever has called a review of its £150m UK media planning and buying requirements, as part of an estimated £3bn global review of its key media markets.

IN&M sells stake in Indian media group

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT

LONDON - Independent News & Media (IN&M) has raised €22m after selling 22 million shares of its stake in Indian media giant Jagran Prakashan, as the company looks to pay down its debt.

IPC to sell ads around its YouTube channels

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:59:00 GMT

LONDOn - IPC is the latest media owner to sign a deal with YouTube to sell advertising across its own content on the video-sharing website.

£1bn investment fund launched to boost UK digital industry

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:03:00 GMT

LONDON - The Government has launched a fund aimed at technology start-ups, which it hopes will provide £1bn to develop the UK's digital industry over the next 10 years.

MEC Interaction makes two senior hires

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:00:00 GMT

LONDON - Mediaedge:cia's specialist digital, search and direct response business, MEC Interaction, has boosted its offering with two senior appointments.

DMGT launches hyper-local community websites

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:39:00 GMT

LONDON - Daily Mail & General Trust's digital division, Associated Northcliffe Digital, has launched a pilot network of hyper-local community websites in the South West of England.

Economist launches first film ad in eight years

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:27:00 GMT

LONDON - The Economist is launching a new branding campaign tomorrow with its first film ad since 2001.

Rival Irish freesheets set for merger

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:25:00 GMT

LONDON - Associated Newspapers, The Irish Times and Independent News & Media, owners of rival Irish freesheets Metro Ireland and Herald AM, have agreed to merge the two titles into a new offering, Metro Herald.

Nintendo strikes debut AFP deal with Five

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:05:00 GMT

LONDON - Gaming giant Nintendo has struck its first advertiser-funded programming deal with Five to back a new prime-time TV show, Britain's Best Brain.

Global's acquisition of GCap Media cleared by OFT

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:30:00 GMT

LONDON - Global Radio's £375m acquisition of GCap Media has cleared its last regulatory hurdle, with the Office of Fair Trading accepting its disposal of several Midlands stations as a means of clearing competition concerns over the deal.

118 jobs to go as Trinity Mirror axes a swathe of its Midlands' papers

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:45:00 GMT

LONDON - Publisher Trinity Mirror has announced plans to close nine newspapers and two niche publications, and merge two other papers, making 118 staff, including about 25 commercial staff, in its Midlands division redundant.

New-look Pick Me Up launches

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:10:00 GMT

LONDON - IPC is set to unveil a new look to its women's real life weekly magazine Pick Me Up tomorrow (2 July), including a new cover design and more sections.

Muzu.tv hires Web TV Enterprise to handle video ad sales

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT

LONDON - Premium video ad specialist The Web TV Enterprise has been appointed by music video site Muzu.tv to handle its pre-roll sales across its content network.

TMG relaunches Telegraphjobs website

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT

LONDON - Telegraph Media Group has relaunched its jobs site with a host of new features that include work advice from BBC Dragons' Den stars James Caan and Duncan Bannatyne, and the shoe and watch specialist John Timpson.