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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.

MEC Manchester wins furniture account

Maisie McCabe — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:37:00 GMT

Furniture retailer Jysk has appointed MEC Manchester, the WPP media agency, to its media planning and buying account after a competitive pitch.

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.

RAB readies 'major customer initiatives' for 20th celebration

Maisie McCabe — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:01:00 GMT

The Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB), the marketing body for commercial radio, is to celebrate its 20th birthday in May with an event at the British Museum presented by David Mellor, the former secretary of state.

Murdoch offers "unofficial estimate" of 3.26m sales for Sunday Sun

Mark Banham — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:41:00 GMT

News Corporation chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch has announced the debut Sunday edition of The Sun sold more than three million copies, tweeting an increased sales figure 3.26 million copies.

Price war breaks out as Sun on Sunday rivals slash cover prices

Mark Banham — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:51:00 GMT

This weekend, a price war will break out across the Sunday tabloid market as all the red-tops, the Sunday Mirror, the Daily Star Sunday and the People, drop their cover prices to just 50p to compete against the launch of the Sun's new Sunday edition.

UTV Media merges three local radio stations

Maisie McCabe — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:40:00 GMT

UTV Media is to merge two local radio stations it bought last week, The Wyre and The Severn, with its Wolverhampton-based The Wolf, to create a single larger station called Signal 107.

KBH signs contracts with London Midland, Southern and Southeastern train operators

Maisie McCabe — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:07:00 GMT

KBH, the traincard outdoor media owner, has bolstered its offer through ad sales contracts with the train operators London Midland, Southern and Southeastern.

Trinity restructures regionals for digital push

John Reynolds — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:01:00 GMT

Trinity Mirror has restructured the management structure across its regional division and is creating 20 new digital positions as it looks to increase its focus on digital publishing and streamline its reporting structure.

My Media Week: Kevin Rolfe

Hayley Pinkerfield — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:51:00 GMT

This week, Kevin Rolfe, commercial director of Ink, has a disaster with a cup of coffee, almost misses his flight due to some very good earphones, and looks forward to the Queen's Jubilee and the Olympic Games.