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Bauer axes Q TV after nearly 12 years to make way for Heat TV

Daniel Farey-Jones — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:20:00 GMT

Bauer Media is set to pull the plug on Q TV after nearly 12 years to make way for the launch of celebrity-led stablemate Heat TV.

Bauer Media, Keys and Gray and Classic FM wins at Sonys

Maisie McCabe — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:13:00 GMT

Bauer Media won three gold awards at the Sony Radio Academy Awards last night, while TalkSport's rehabilitated duo Richard Keys and Andy Gray went home with Best Sports Programme and Global Radio's Classic FM won the Special Award.

Turner Media Innovations appoints Ian Davis as business development director

Maisie McCabe — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:05:00 GMT

Turner Media Innovations, the ad sales arm of Turner Broadcasting, has appointed Ian Davis, formerly managing director of Optimal Media Sales, to the new role of business development director.

Expedia's senior marketing director joins Media360 client panel

Jeremy King — Fri, 11 May 2012 08:44:00 GMT

Andrew Warner, senior marketing director at Expedia, has joined the client panel that is taking place at Media360 on Thursday 17 May in the Hilton at T5.

Publishing's leaders set to explore multi-platform future at PPA Conference

Nick Batten — Fri, 04 May 2012 11:20:00 GMT

Leaders from the world of magazine publishing are set to tackle the industry's multiplatform future on Wednesday (9 May) at Publishing+, the PPA's conference at the Hilton Metropole.

Standard and Independent 'not out of the woods' says Mullins

Sarah Johnson — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:00:00 GMT

ABC Interaction 2012: Andrew Mullins, managing director of the London Evening Standard and The Independent, said the process of consolidating the paper's editorial and commercial teams is working but admitted that neither title was "out of the woods" commercially.

UKTV rapped over sponsor credits

Maisie McCabe — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:05:00 GMT

UKTV has been rapped by Ofcom after sponsorship idents from Find My Past, Brightsolid's online genealogy service, were found to have included advertising messages

Media Bitch's Diary 12 April

Media Bitch — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT

This week Bitch uncovers the face behind Mr Blobby at the recent Channel 5 ski trip, discovers Uncle Euphoria at Clear Channel as he hands out the bacon rolls and jigs with Tony Regan's Pogue Traders.

Hyundai to give away Euro 2012 tickets with Absolute Radio

Maisie McCabe — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:05:00 GMT

Hyundai, the car marque, is to offer Absolute Radio listeners the chance to win tickets to the Uefa Euro 2012 championship in Poland and Ukraine, as part of its support for its sponsorship of the tournament .

My Media Week: Sean King

Mike Fletcher — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:23:00 GMT

This week Sean King, chief executive of publisher Seven, is driven mad by his teenage daughters' taste in music, works his way through the new battleground of content and takes some old school time out at L'Escargot.