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Virgin Radio is to be rebranded as Absolute, with the station due to reveal its new name on air earlier this morning at 7.45am.Featuring a new presenter line-up, Absolute will use the campaign line “Discover real music” and be putting into place two key initiatives, the open OneGoldenSquare.com blog, and a new approach to playlist… Continue reading Virgin Radio To Become Absolute

NME Radio has secured a major cross-platform deal with whiskey label Jack Daniel’s to celebrate the birthday of its founder with a series of gigs throughout September.The integrated campaign, brokered by Universal McCann, will see NME Radio host Jack Daniel’s Birthday Sessions every Tuesday and Thursday during September from 4-5pm.The sessions will be filmed along… Continue reading NME Radio In Jack Daniel’s Cross-Platform Deal

The Daily Telegraph has relaunched in full colour after a deal was reached with News International to use its printing division.The paper now features colour coded bars at the top of each page, a redesigned sports section, expanded comment and features and a new look business section.The Telegraph said in today’s edition: “From today, for… Continue reading Daily Telegraph Goes Full Colour

New figures show that commercial radio revenue in the UK was down more than 10% in the 12 months to the end of June.Total UK radio revenue for April to the end of June 2008 – including national and local advertising and sponsorship and promotion – was £134.2 million, said a report on MediaGuardian.co.uk.National advertising… Continue reading Commercial Radio’s Revenue Falls

It was another winning performance for The X Factor on Saturday night, with a peak of 8.5 million viewers tuning in to see the latest batch of weirdos and dreamers giving their all for the judges.The star-hunting reality show had an average of 8.2 million viewers – a 44% share viewing share – in its… Continue reading Another Winning Performance For The X Factor

The BBC has promoted Kerstin Mogull, the BBC’s deputy director for policy and strategy, to the newly created role of chief operating officer for the future media and technology department.Mogull will report to Eric Huggers, who was recently appointed director of the future media & technology department, replacing Ashley Highfield (see BBC Appoints Erik Huggers… Continue reading BBC Promotes Mogull To Senior Role In Future Media Department

Sport magazine is set to offer video highlights from the Barclays Premier League and other sporting events on its website.Sport-magazine.co.uk will show video content by embedding Perform’s e-player, which was launched earlier this week and is expected to be used by other major publishers including Virgin Media and ITV Sport (see Virgin Media Develops Sports… Continue reading Sport Magazine To Show Video Highlights Online

The Times has raised its cover price by 10p to 80p in a bid to match its rival quality papers.The News International paper’s new price sees it match the cost of the Daily Telegraph, the Independent and the Guardian.However, the price of The Saturday Times will stay at £1.40.The Times changed to a tabloid format… Continue reading The Times Ups Its Cover Price

WPP has extended the deadline for its takeover offer of TNS by two weeks to 3pm on September 12.The move comes after just 8.6% of TNS shareholders decided to accept the group’s £1.1 billion offer before last Friday’s deadline.TNS has put out a statement today noting the “low level” of acceptances of the WPP offer,… Continue reading WPP Extends TNS Offer Deadline

Presenters JK and Joel are leaving Virgin Radio after less than a year at the station, to be replaced by Trent FM’s Jo Russell.JK and Joel were hired by Virgin’s former programme chief David Lloyd. They have previously presented the Sunday afternoon chart show and early breakfast slots on Radio 1.Russell, one half of the… Continue reading JK And Joel To Leave Virgin Radio