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Tory shadow broadcast minister Ed Vaizey has indicated that if the Conservatives win power they will sell off Radio One.In an interview with the Sunday Times, Vaizey said that Radio One’s licence should be put up for auction. “Radio One is not fulfilling its obligation to its audience,” he said.“Its median age is those in… Continue reading Tory minister talks Radio One sell-off

News International has confirmed that the Sunday Times is launching its own website, separate from Timesonline.co.uk.This follows comments from NI that it is pressing ahead with plans for paid content online (see “Too many agencies surviving on share deals to prop up business models”), although it is unknown whether this will feature on the Sunday… Continue reading Sunday Times to get standalone website

Guardian Media Group has reported a pre-tax loss of £89.8 million for the year to the end of March, with turnover down by £96.7 million to £405.4 million.However, once the contribution from Tender Media Group, a joint venture with Emap that was spun off last year, is discounted GMG’s revenue was down just 7.6%,Group turnover… Continue reading Guardian Media Group reports pre-tax loss of £89.8 million

BBC One’s ever-popular New Tricks secured the highest ratings during the Thursday evening peak-hour once again with more than 7.1 million viewers.The third episode in the eight-part series, starring Amanda Redman and Dennis Waterman, attracted over 6.9 million average viewers and a 29.6% share between 9pm and 10pm.At the same time, ITV1’s long-running police drama… Continue reading Overnights: New Tricks secures the top spot

The Daily Mirror is launching a standalone celebrity gossip website based on its 3am column.Previously only available on Mirror.co.uk, the new site will feature 4-hour celebrity news, video and blogs, according to a report on MediaGuardian.3am.co.uk will have a “fun attitude” that keeps in style of the original 3am column, the report said.News of the… Continue reading Trinity Mirror to launch celebrity website

Ofcom has launched a consultation on its plans to relax cross-media ownership and local radio rules.The media regulator wants to change the rules to allow local commercial radio stations in one area to be owned by the same company and media companies to be able to own a combination of TV, radio and newspaper assets… Continue reading Ofcom unveils plans to change local ownership rules

Microsoft is set to integrate Twitter and Facebook applications into the Xbox 360 games console in time for Christmas.The social network apps, which will allow users to access certain features on the sites during game play, can be downloaded from Xbox Live.Facebook members will have the option to look at friends profile updates, browse photos… Continue reading Xbox 360 to add Twitter and Facebook apps

Microsoft and Yahoo!’s new 10 year partnership could put an end to high online ad costs and spur trouble for rival company Google, according to WPP’s head Sir Martin Sorrell.Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, the WPP chief executive said the merger between the two internet companies was likely to make search advertising cheaper as advertisers… Continue reading Sorrell: Microsoft/Yahoo! deal will cut online ad costs

A new report from Anderson Analytics has found that US social networkers utilise sites such as Facebook and Twitter in different ways depending on their age. Generation Z (13-to-14-year-old) social network users were more likely to use MySpace than Facebook. Only 9% of them used Twitter and none used LinkedIn, Anderson found. Generation Y was… Continue reading New study looks at US social network use

BT’s share price went up by more than 10% today after the company released better than expected results for Q1 2009.However, the company’s results also show the affect the ongoing recession has had on its pension fund, which is the largest private sector scheme in the UK.By the end of June, the £30.4 billion pension… Continue reading BT’s results boost shares