Bauer Advertising digital sales director Bruce Daisley has left the company as part of ongoing redundancies at the publisher.Sales director of magazines Jason Trout has also left the company as part of a wider restructuring of the publisher following its purchase of Emap in 2007.Bauer purchased Emap’s magazine and radio divisions for £1.14 billion last… Continue reading Daisley Leaves Bauer

BBC Radio 4 is launching a new weekly media programme presented by journalist and former TV executive Steve Hewlett, to be broadcast from October.The Media Show will be broadcast live all year round from October 1 every Wednesday at 1.30pm and will focus on media in all its forms.Subjects such as creativity, culture and censorship… Continue reading Radio 4 To Launch Weekly Media Show

Orange has launched a new advertising-supported video magazine service on Orange World called Zap!.The new service will offer free video clips to all customers with a video enabled 2G or 3G handset on both Pay As You Go and Pay Monthly contracts.The service allows customers to access video clips for free in exchange for watching… Continue reading Orange Launches Ad-Funded Video Magazine

The Advertising Standards Authority will not be investigating the Heinz Deli Mayo ad which saw two men briefly kissing.The ASA had received a number of complaints about the ad, with some saying it was innapropriate for children or that it led to conversations about same-sex relationships between parents and children.A report on MediaGuardian quotes an… Continue reading ASA Will Not Investigate Heinz Ad

TNS has rejected a third bid from WPP Group valuing the market research company at almost £1.1 billion.TNS, which has already agreed a nil-premium merger with GfK (see TNS And GfK Agree MergerTNS And GfK Agree MergerTNS And GfK Agree MergerTNS And GfK Agree MergerTNS And GfK Agree MergerTNS And GfK Agree Merger www.wpp.com

Bauer Consumer Media has appointed Mic Wright to the newly created post of front section editor at Q magazine.Wright will be responsible for editing and evolving the new front section of the magazine.He previously held the position of news editor at Stuff magazine and has also worked for Pensions World as well as freelance for… Continue reading Wright Appointed Q Magazine Front Editor

Sky News has relaunched its website in an attempt to make it a “dynamic, video-rich site for breaking news and information”.The new look site includes an online community allowing users to set up profiles and blogs from presenters Eamonn Holmes and Dermot Murnaghan.There is also a feature called Choose Your News which allows users to… Continue reading Sky News Relaunches Website

The ability of newspapers to benefit from their online offerings is one of the big challenges facing the industry, and a select panel debated this and other topics at today’s MediaTel Group seminar on the ‘Future of National Newspapers’.Panellist Dominic Carter from News International said: “The reality is that we are learning all the time… Continue reading ‘Future Of National Newspapers’ Seminar Examines Benefits Of Online

The success and future of freesheets was one of the topics debated at today’s MediaTel Group seminar on the ‘Future of National Newspapers’.Looking at whether a national newspaper could move to a free distribution model in the near future, panellist Lawson Muncaster, MD of City AM thought that it could happen. “The cost of distribution… Continue reading Freesheets In Focus At ‘Future of National Newspapers’ Seminar

Last night was the European Championship final on BBC One, with Spain running out worthy 1-0 winners against a pedestrian German side.A peak of 11.2 million adult viewers watched the game, a 45.7% share of the audience, while an average of 8.2 million (a 37.7% share) stayed with the coverage for its full three hour… Continue reading 11.2m Tune In For Football Final