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Emap Advertising has announced the appointment of Steve Payne to the newly-created post of strategic planning director for magazines, underlining the company’s focus on strategy and the increasing recognition of planning and buying departments as separate entities.The new position is the first of its kind in the publishing industry, with Emap claiming it marks an… Continue reading Emap Appoints Payne As Magazine Director

The Wireless Group (TWG) has announced the first managerial appointments for its new all speech radio station, Talk 107, due to launch in Edinburgh next year.Peter Gillespie has been appointed as station director, bringing extensive experience with him after working at various radio stations, including working on the launch of Classic FM and Scotland’s first… Continue reading TWG Announces Management Roles For Talk 107

Virgin Radio’s station manager, Steve Taylor, has been appointed creative commercial director for Emap Radio, leaving Virgin to help Emap reinforce its commitment to generating creative solutions for clients.Taylor will lead the award-winning teams delivering to national, regional and local customers across all of Emap Radio’s brands. The focus will be on compelling ideas, engaging… Continue reading Emap Radio Poaches Taylor From Virgin

Reports in American newspapers over the weekend have claimed that a rift between Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan was behind his surprise decision to leave News Corp, announced last week.The Wall Street Journal and New York Times both published claims by un-named sources that Murdoch’s eldest son and heir had felt uncomfortable in recent… Continue reading Murdoch Departure Was Due To Family Rift

The BBC has revealed record online audiences for its coverage of the Live 8 concerts last month, with an unprecedented 14.6 million page impressions over the course of three days marking the largest ever volume of traffic to a BBC Radio and Music website.The Live 8 WAP site for mobile phones was also well received,… Continue reading BBC Sees Record Online Audiences For Live 8

June saw a new record for text messages, with a total of 86.7 million messages sent on average per day throughout the month, topping 2.6 billion messages in total, according to new figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA).The MDA showed person to person texts sent across the UK GSM network operators last month to… Continue reading Text Usage Continues To Rise Throughout June

The UK is expected to lead Western Europe in terms of digital television penetration, according to a new preport by Informa Telecoms & Media, with the nation predicted to account for almost 35% of Europe’s digital total by the end of the year.Western Europe as a whole is expected to see digital TV penetration rise… Continue reading UK To Lead Europe In Digital Penetration

Digital radio broadcaster and programme producer, UBC Media Group, has announced an increase of 39% in advertising revenues year on year for the first six months of 2005. The company’s fortunes have been boosted by a strong first quarter with trading “significantly” higher than last year.Speaking at the group’s annual meeting, John Hodson, chairman of… Continue reading UBC Sees Strong Growth In Ad Revenues

The future leadership of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation was being debated today, after the iconic media mogul’s son, Lachlan, announced his resignation from the family firm.Lachlan will leave his position as deputy chief operating officer by 31 August, although he will retain his role as a director, continuing to advise the company in several areas.Explaining… Continue reading Lachlan Murdoch Steps Down From News Corp

IPC’s film and music magazine, Uncut is celebrating its one hundredth issue and its highest circulation ever, with a star studded party over a three night residency at London’s 100 Club next month.Music acts involved include, Sons & Daughters, Adem, James Yorkston and Kaythryn Williams, with the gigs kicking off celebrations on the Wednesday, Thursday… Continue reading Uncut Celebrates 100th Issue And Circulation Success