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My Media Week: Laura Whitmore

Mark Banham — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT

This week, MTV and ITV2 presenter Laura Whitmore takes us through her week in the lead-up to 'MTV Presents Titanic Sounds in Belfast', with bed deliveries, show business interviews and a bit of Keith Lemon.

Ex-FHM editor Needham leads football betting mag launch

Staff — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:40:00 GMT

Grand Parade, the agency led by former FHM and Rolling Stone editor Ed Needham, has created a new football betting magazine, Citibet, which will launch this Friday.

Spotify opens up to publishers with Play Button

Daniel Farey-Jones — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:49:00 GMT

Spotify is today (11 April) introducing a 'Play Button' allowing online publishers to play songs in Spotify on their website for free, with initial partners including The Independent, GQ and MSN.

Radio Academy unveils Sony Awards nominations

Maisie McCabe — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:16:00 GMT

Absolute Radio, Global Radio, GMG Radio, Bauer Media and UTV Media are among the nominees in the commercial categories in this year's revamped Sony Radio Academy Awards.

NME partners Jack Daniel's J.D.Roots in search of Britain's Best Small Venue

Nick Batten — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:25:00 GMT

NME has announced a cross-platform partnership with J.D.Roots to support local music and search for Britain's Best Small Venue.

Channel 4 to screen Black Cab Sessions

Ed Owen — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:50:00 GMT

The 'Black Cab Sessions', a series of online films by Just So Films, will make the transition to terrestrial broadcast, when it launches on Channel 4 this week.

My Media Week: Alex Baker

Hayley Pinkerfield — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:25:00 GMT

This week we contacted our Media Week Awards media owner Rising Star, Alex Baker, presenter and commercial programming manager at Kerrang! and Q Radio, who tells us about his newly found exercise regime and why he only drinks station-endorsed drinks on New Year's Eve.

Rupert Murdoch joins Twitter and attracts more than 82,000 followers

Sarah Shearman — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:04:00 GMT

Rupert Murdoch has joined Twitter and has attracted more than 82,000 followers in just three days.

Virgin Media to sponsor 'Britain's Got Talent'

Maisie McCabe — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:27:00 GMT

Virgin Media has signed a multimillion pound deal to be the headline commercial partner of 'Britain's Got Talent' when it returns to ITV in spring 2012.

Digitas global CEO Lord replaces Lang in expanded Vivaki digital role

Mark Banham — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:48:00 GMT

Bob Lord, the global chief executive of Razorfish, has been selected to replace Laura Lang as head of additional Vivaki digital agencies Big Fuel, Denuo, Digitas and Phonevalley.