A coalition of media businesses, including broadcasters, audio producers and news publishers, have written a letter to the Culture Secretary to outline the impact this would have on the wider audio industry.

The latest Rajar figures found a majority of the UK’s national stations’ weekly reach declined year on year.

KISS Breakfast saw a huge 40% year-on-year growth in Q2 following a major rebrand and continued draw of new presenters Tyler West and Chloe Burrows.

The latest Rajar figures found commercial radio’s audience surpassed 40m to stand at 40.2m listeners each week.

Total digital listening makes up 75.5% of radio listening, up 2.1 percentage points year on year, while AM/FM has fallen to 24.5%. 

Channel 4’s Black in Business initiative, in partnership with Lloyds, was launched in 2023 to champion Black representation on screen and across the wider television and media industry.

The UK was the second fastest growing market for the media owner.

Speaking at an IAB UK event on 28 July, the panellists said that brands and agencies need to be upskilled on programmatic for the channel to continue to grow.

In the second of a three-part mini-series on the future of podcasting, The Media Leader asked industry leaders whether measurement remains a barrier to growth and what AI means for the medium’s next chapter.

The Alliance of Measurement in Podcasting (AMP) released the AMP Accords whitepaper on 23 July, and defines a podcast as a medium that “works with your eyes closed”.