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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

WPP has extended the deadline for its takeover offer of TNS by to 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… Continue reading WPP Extends TNS Offer Deadline

Trinny and Susannah failed to pull in viewers to their last Undress the Nation show last night, which has seen poor ratings throughout the series.The stylish pair only managed to gain a 11% audience share, with just over 2.3 million viewers tuning in to ITV1 between 9pm and 10pm.However, BBC had a good night, attracting… Continue reading Trinny And Susannah Go Out Without A Bang

WPP Digital, the digital investment and operating arm of WPP, is establishing a global digital production arm to distribute work among the group’s digital agencies, with Neal Prescott joining as the new unit’s chief executive officer.Deliver is intended to leverage WPP’s existing production capabilities in Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and South Africa in a… Continue reading WPP Creates New Digital Production Unit

Havas reported a 3.6% year on year rise in revenue to €755 million (£607 million) in the first half of the year. The company said that the rise in revenue was due in large part to strong business growth in key markets reflecting new account wins and increased market share. Organic growth was up 6.4%… Continue reading Havas Sees Revenue Rise

As gadgets with digital audio capability proliferate, US podcast downloading continues to increase, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Currently, 19% of all US internet users say they have downloaded a podcast so they could listen to it or view it later. This most recent percentage is up from 12% of US… Continue reading US Podcasting Downloads Continue To Increase