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Loaded rescued by Katwoman 'porn star'

Nick Batten — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:59:00 GMT

Loaded, the original lad's mag, is believed to have been snapped up from administrators by multi-millionaire businessman Paul Baxendale-Walker for an undisclosed sum.

Lads' mag Loaded on the block as Vitality falls into administration

Nick Batten — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:36:00 GMT

Lads' mag Loaded is up for sale for the second time in two years after its owner, Vitality Publishing, fell into administration last week.

BBC Academy partners with Sound Women to launch mentor scheme

Emma Powell — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:24:00 GMT

BBC Academy has teamed up with Sound Women to launch a mentoring scheme aimed at helping women already working in the radio industry to progress their careers.

Trend report: Can media help save the high street?

Mark Banham — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:36:00 GMT

We are just over a month into the year and have already seen the stores La Senza and Peacocks fall into the hands of the administrators. Mark Banham talks to the media industry to gauge how it is planning to address retail challenges to help rescue the high street.

MediaCom pledges no job losses at Brilliant Media

Mark Banham — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:07:00 GMT

MediaCom has said it will protect the jobs of all employees of Brilliant Media following its acquisition of the company that will allow the WPP media agency to "expand further into the regions."

Attic Brand Media falls into administration after 22 years

Sophie Maden — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:38:00 GMT

Attic Brand Media, the customer and consumer magazine publisher behind Kick and National Geographic Kids, has fallen into administration after 22 years, according to sources.

The Sun outperforms the ad market after phone hacking scandal

Arif Durrani — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:50:00 GMT

News International's remaining tabloid The Sun has avoided any commercial backlash from the phone hacking scandal which engulfed its Sunday counterpart News of the World this summer, to outperform the ad market.

Sport magazine in redesign for fifth birthday

Sophie Maden — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:41:00 GMT

Sport magazine, UTV Media's free weekly men's magazine, has unveiled a print redesign to coincide with its fifth birthday, ahead of plans to launch its first iPad edition.

Absolute Radio stems losses despite 2.5% revenue decline

Maisie McCabe — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:48:00 GMT

Absolute Radio reported a 2.5% year-on-year decline in revenue, but reduced its pre-tax losses by 0.7% in 2010, according to documents filed with Companies House.

Northcliffe Media to adopt MediaEquals sales platform

Maisie McCabe — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT

Northcliffe Media, the regional arm of Daily Mail & General Trust, is to adopt online media marketplace MediaEquals as a transaction platform from the first quarter of 2011.