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Guardian: Interview with Mark Frith, ex-Heat editor
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 3 2008, 2.51pm
Frith admits the sticker on Jordan's son was the 'wrong thing to do' and denies creating a 'monster' of celebrity obsession. (more)

'X Factor' loses 1m to summer heat
From Digital Spy. Posted August 31 2008, 11.31am
Warm weather sees a decline in the TV audience, with The X Factor losing out more than most. (more)

Independent.co.uk: Gossip sites put heat on celeb mags in latest ABCs
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 15 2008, 11.47am
Sales of celebrity magazines have plunged in the latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations - a result of the economic downturn and the rising popularity of online competitors. (more)

TV and theatre actor Terence Rigby dies, aged 71
From Media Guardian. Posted August 11 2008, 11.15pm
Birmingham-born actor passes away at home after battle with lung cancer (more)

OK, Vogue, Heat, Loaded, Vanity Fair, NME in the running to be named best ever magazine cover
From Media Guardian. Posted August 8 2008, 3.13pm
The Periodical Publishers Association is celebrating the diversity of the UK's magazine industry with a poll to find the nation's favourite ever cover. (more)

Bauer puts Andi Peters on Heat
From Radio Today. Posted August 7 2008, 7.45am
Popular television presenter Andi Peters is returning to radio to host a weekly celebrity programme on Heat Radio.Andi will review the latest movie releases, DVDs, books, music and TV shows when he joins to present the weekly Hot or Not show each Monday from August 11th. (more)

BBC fined £400,000 for cheating
From Radio Today. Posted July 30 2008, 10.57am
Instances of deceit and fakery has today cost the BBC a £400,000 fine from Ofcom. (more)

'Dragons' Den' heats up BBC Two ratings
From Digital Spy. Posted July 22 2008, 2.45pm
The sixth season of Dragons' Den made an impressive start in the ratings on BBC Two last night. (more)

Heat Magazine 'Shopkeeper'
From UTalk Marketing. Posted June 30 2008, 3.38pm
Superhero shopkeeper (more)

Interview: Julian Linley, Heat magazine's new editor
From Media Guardian. Posted June 29 2008, 11.03pm
The celebrity magazine's new editor talks to Stephen Brook about his integrated approach to news of the stars, why pictures really matter - and how he didn't need the Rooney wedding to wow his readers (more)

Wheatley to relaunch Jazz FM
From Radio Today. Posted June 29 2008, 1.10am
The Local Radio Company has signed a three-year licensing deal with GMG Radio to re-launch Jazz FM in the UK. (more)

Heat: Julian Linley appointed as editor
From Media Guardian. Posted June 16 2008, 10.30am
Julian Linley is to be the new editor of celebrity magazine Heat, beating what Bauer Consumer Media described as a 'stellar cast of candidates'. By Stephen Brook (more)

Linley is new editor of Heat
From Press Gazette. Posted June 16 2008, 12.00am
Julian Linley has been appointed the editor of Heat magazine. (more)

Hidden charges add 30% to cost of seat for music and theatre fans
From Media Guardian. Posted May 28 2008, 11.10pm
Which? magazine calls for more transparency as report highlights 'sneaky extra' fees on ticket prices (more)

'Apprentice' star caught up in cheating row
From Digital Spy. Posted May 25 2008, 10.33am
An Apprentice candidate is accused of breaking the show's rules. (more)

Boss behind failed TV company to go on trial for cheating
From Daily Telegraph. Posted May 25 2008, 12.01am
Timothy Carron Brown, the company director behind the collapsed television production house Iostar and the £43m dotcom disaster Efdex, is due to go on trial for cheating the public revenue and forgery. (more)

Heather Mills privacy action over leaked divorce docs settled
From Press Gazette. Posted May 14 2008, 12.00am
Heather Mills, the soon-to-be former wife of Sir Paul McCartney, and the publishers of The Sun, the Daily Mail and the Evening Standard have settled libel and privacy actions launched by the former model. (more)

TV ratings - May 10: Talent sizzles as heat hits ratings
From Media Guardian. Posted May 12 2008, 11.25am
ITV1's Britain's Got Talent remained the most popular show on Saturday, pulling in 7.5 million viewers on another day of hot sunshine. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

TV ratings - May 6: Eastenders in Dead heat
From Media Guardian. Posted May 7 2008, 12.01pm
BBC1 drama Waking the Dead pulled in the same audience as EastEnders and 300,000 more viewers than Emmerdale on a night when the soaps cancelled each other. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Four Shaftas for Star papers - and Heat named worst magazine
From Media Guardian. Posted May 7 2008, 10.12am
The Daily Star and its sister Sunday paper had the dubious honour of winning four prizes at the Shafta awards, with Heat named worst magazine of the year. By John Plunkett (more)

Heat re-launch pays off
From Radio Today. Posted May 1 2008, 9.04am
Bauer Radio's all digital station Heat has recorded its best ever listening figures today, almost doubling its reach and more than doubling its hours since this time last year. (more)

Allister Heath: 'Youth is just what the founders of 'City AM' were looking for'
From The Independent. Posted April 21 2008, 12.00am
In the editor's office of City AM there's an Alsatian – wearing fashionably rimless spectacles and a Raymond Weil Swiss watch. Allister Heath, who has recently taken the helm at the world's first free daily financial newspaper, speaks with just the tiniest hint of a French accent, which hardly makes him unusual in London's business quarter, where Nicolas Sarkozy comes to hold political rallies. (more)

Future of TV5 Monde causes heated debate in Paris
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 20 2008, 12.53pm
The future of the station TV5 Monde continues to generate intense debate between the various partners. At a meeting in Paris last Wednesday, a new holding company was announced, which is intended to be the umbrella organisation for France 24, Radio France Internationale and TV5.  Alain de Pouzilhac, former boss of France 24, who is responsible for the creation [...] (more)

Ptaszynski joins Spacey in calls for more BBC theatre coverage
From The Stage. Posted April 8 2008, 1.50pm
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Heather Mills in bid to make secret divorce judgment public
From Press Gazette. Posted April 1 2008, 12.00am
Heather Mills is considering a new legal battle to try to force the publication of court papers detailing her marriage to Sir Paul McCartney, her lawyer said today. (more)

Standard criticised for 'alarmist' Heathrow story
From Media Guardian. Posted March 19 2008, 11.02am
The Press Complaints Commission has condemned the London Evening Standard for an 'inaccurate' story about climate change groups targeting Heathrow airport. By Stephen Brook (more)

PCC raps Evening Standard over climate camp Heathrow threat story
From Press Gazette. Posted March 19 2008, 12.00am
The London Evening Standard was today criticised for a “serious breach” of the Press Complaints Commission’s Code of Practice over a story that warned protesters were to bring Heathrow airport to a standstill. (more)

Reporters feel the heat over climate change
From The Independent. Posted March 10 2008, 12.00am
It is now just over a year since the controversial programme The Great Global Warming Swindle was broadcast on Channel 4, but there has been no cooling in the relationship between scientists and the media. Ofcom is deliberating on whether the programme breached its code, and its upcoming verdict could have far-reaching implications for the media's coverage of climate change and other scientific issues. (more)

Reckett 'cheated the NHS'
From BBC News. Posted March 7 2008, 5.10am
The makers of Gaviscon kept an effective monopoly for years after the stomach medicine came off patent, Newsnight has been told. (more)

Reckitt 'cheated the NHS'
From BBC News. Posted March 7 2008, 5.10am
The makers of Gaviscon kept an effective monopoly for years after the stomach medicine came off patent, Newsnight has been told. (more)

BBC Arabic countdown generates heat
From Rapid TV News. Posted March 6 2008, 1.54pm
Rivals are already grumbling about BBC Arabic’s launch across the Mid-East on Tuesday March 11. (more)

Did the Standard tell the truth about the Heathrow climate change camp?
From Media Guardian. Posted March 4 2008, 12.06am
George Monbiot: The press watchdog mostly looks the other way when complaints are made, but it mustn't brush this one under the carpet (more)

'Heat' editor quits as circulation falls
From The Independent. Posted February 29 2008, 12.00am
With celebrity magazines continuing to fall sharply in popularity, Mark Frith, editor-in-chief of the weekly Heat, is resigning. It was reported that he is leaving to write a book. (more)

Editor-in-chief Mark Frith leaves Heat
From Media Guardian. Posted February 28 2008, 1.06pm
Heat editor-in-chief Mark Frith is leaving Bauer Consumer Media after more than 10 years developing and overseeing the celebrity magazine phenomenon. By Jason Deans (more)

Heat editor Mark Frith quits
From Press Gazette. Posted February 28 2008, 12.00am
Mark Frith, editor-in-chief of celebrity weekly Heat, is leaving the title after ten years to write a book. (more)

Heather Mills 'to host cookery show'
From Digital Spy. Posted February 24 2008, 10.57am
Heather Mills is approached to host her own TV cookery programme, according to a report. (more)

Football magazine market heats up
From Media Guardian. Posted February 21 2008, 7.23am
The football magazine market is about to get much more competitive, as the BBC resurrects Match of the Day in print and IPC turns monthly title Shoot into a weekly. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

‘Asian Heat’ Ikonz on hold as editor quits
From Press Gazette. Posted February 18 2008, 12.00am
Ikonz, a monthly glossy magazine that earned the nickname “Asian Heat”, has suspended publication following the abrupt departure of its founding editor. (more)

Heat on celebrity magazines as gossip goes mainstream
From Media Guardian. Posted February 15 2008, 8.46am
ABC figures show big falls in likes of Hello! and Now (more)

Heat is on celebrity magazines as gossip goes mainstream
From Media Guardian. Posted February 15 2008, 12.17am
Celebrity magazines sales suffering from saturation, reader fatigue and competition from other media (more)

Allister Heath to edit City AM
From Media Guardian. Posted February 11 2008, 4.34pm
London business freesheet City AM has appointed Allister Heath as its new editor. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

City AM announces The Business's Allister Heath as editor
From Press Gazette. Posted February 11 2008, 12.00am
Allister Heath, editor of weekly magazine The Business, has been appointed editor of the finance and business free newspaper City AM, after the departure of David Parsley last year. (more)

Attenborough heats up BBC1 ratings
From Media Guardian. Posted February 5 2008, 11.38am
BBC1's Life in Cold Blood launched with more than double the audience of its nearest opposition. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Commercial rivals feel the heat as BBC reasserts grip on radio sector
From Financial Times. Posted February 1 2008, 2.00am
The BBC reasserted its grip over the radio sector in the fourth quarter of 2007, putting pressure on commercial rivals as it claimed its second-highest share of the... (more)

Speaking up for audible theatre ... and real arts on TV
From Media Guardian. Posted January 26 2008, 12.25am
Letters: The actor's struggle to be heard and understood goes back well over a century, but the answer to the problem is more than simply 'speaking up', as the headline on your leader (January 23) might suggest (more)

Emap magazines feel the heat
From The Scotsman. Posted January 26 2008, 12.00am
WEAK demand for bumper Christmas issues has led to media group Emap revealing a fresh slump in magazine sales in the run-up to its planned break-up. (more)

TV reality shows pack theatres
From Media Guardian. Posted January 18 2008, 12.40am
London's West End theatres have had a record year, boosted by TV viewers venturing into live theatre for the first time, seduced by following the fortunes week after week of the tearful hopefuls who vied for stardom in reality television shows such as Any Dream Will Do (more)

Reality TV shows create boom in theatre attendance
From The Independent. Posted January 18 2008, 12.30am
The popularity of television reality shows such as How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? and Any Dream Will Do has led to record ticket sales and attendances in London's theatreland. (more)

Rio Tinto's record results put heat on Billiton's bid
From Daily Telegraph. Posted January 17 2008, 12.01am
Rio Tinto has kept the pressure on its stalker, BHP Billiton, to increase the value of its takeover offer with the announcement of the company's strongest-ever annual production levels. (more)

Theroux wants Heather Mills documentary
From Digital Spy. Posted January 14 2008, 11.48am
Louis Theroux wants to create a documentary on the life of Heather Mills. (more)

Northern and Shell sues Heat over Jamie Lynn Spears pregnancy story
From Press Gazette. Posted January 9 2008, 12.00am
OK! magazine's publishers, Northern and Shell, have claimed breach of copyright against Heat magazine over its coverage of news that pop singer Britney Spears' 16-year-old sister is pregnant. (more)

OK! sues Heat over Jamie Lynn Spears pregnancy story
From Press Gazette. Posted January 9 2008, 12.00am
OK! magazine's publishers, Northern and Shell, have claimed breach of copyright against Heat magazine over its coverage of news that pop singer Britney Spears' 16-year-old sister is pregnant. (more)

NYC theater group uses shortwave radio as inspiration for comedy show
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 2 2008, 11.05am
30,000 Kilohertz of Sound is improvised theater that takes place in the dark, utilizing shortwave radio transmissions as inspiration. 30,000 Kilohertz of Sound is a dark show. The audience sits in the theatre with the lights out and listens to comedians improvise scenes based on suggestions via a shortwave radio. The idea of the show came [...] (more)

NYC Theater Group Uses Shortwave Radio as Inspiration
From radio.about.com. Posted January 2 2008, 12.00am
30,000 Kilohertz of Sound is a theater group which creates improvised shows inspired by shortwave radio. Its website, www.30000khz.com, says shows "...takes place in the dark, utilizing shortwave radio transmissions... (more)

Competition Heats Up For Leadership Awards Ceremony At Telecom Finance 2008
From Press Release, via webitpr. Posted December 17 2007, 4.23pm
London, December 17 2007 ? Awards for leading players who specialise in financing and professionally advising telecoms, media and technology companies, and the runners-up, are now being prepared and will be announced at the forthcoming Telecom Finance 2008. The award organisers and researchers, TelecomFinance and BroadGroup have also announced that the Awards ceremony and dinner will be presided over by TV personality and comedian Dara O?Briain, which takes place at London?s Renaissance Chancery Court on... (more)

Arqiva goes to theatre
From Rapid TV News. Posted December 10 2007, 7.36pm
UK facilities and TV transmission specialists Arqiva has been contracted to record four London theatrical shows for museum viewing. (more)

Emap sells Heat and FHM to Bauer for £1.14bn
From Daily Telegraph. Posted December 7 2007, 8.45am
German media group H Bauer has entered into exclusive talks to buy Emap's magazine and radio divisions for £1.14bn. (more)

Jordan withdraws Heat complaint after magazine makes charity donation
From Media Guardian. Posted December 4 2007, 1.12pm
Katie Price – aka Jordan - has withdrawn her complaint about a Heat sticker mocking her disabled son Harvey after the magazine apologised. By Chris Tryhorn and Stephen Brook (more)

Heat pays out in Jordan row
From Media Guardian. Posted December 4 2007, 1.12pm
Katie Price - aka Jordan - has withdrawn her complaint about a Heat sticker mocking her disabled son Harvey after the magazine apologised. By Chris Tryhorn and Stephen Brook (more)

Dawn Airey set to turn up quiz show heat on BBC
From The Times. Posted December 4 2007, 7.50am
ITV is expected today to complete a deal to buy independent production company, 12 Yard, for £35 million in what is a tactical play to secure the first look at new programme ideas before its rival, the BBC. (more)

Heat settles sticker controversy with charity donation
From Press Gazette. Posted December 4 2007, 12.00am
Katie Price has halted her complaint against Heat magazine for making fun of her disabled son after it apologised and paid a donation to a children’s charity. (more)

Charlie Brooker: Celebrities on TV are fair game - but Heat was wrong to turn a disabled child into a figure of fun
From Media Guardian. Posted December 3 2007, 9.57am
Charlie Brooker: In my limited experience, the more unpalatable you find someone's TV persona, the nicer they turn out to be in real life (more)

PCC received more than 100 complaints over Heat sticker
From Press Gazette. Posted December 3 2007, 12.00am
The Press Complaints Commission is investigating Heat magazine after its sticker making fun of celebrity Jordan’s severely disabled child received over 100 complaints. (more)

Heathrow to Paris at 186mph
From The Times. Posted December 2 2007, 12.00am
AN ambitious plan to build a high-speed rail line north of London via Heathrow – relieving the pressure for a third runway at the airport – is being drawn up by Arup, the influential engineering firm. (more)

'Heat' sorry for ridiculing Jordan's disabled son
From The Independent. Posted November 30 2007, 12.45am
The celebrity gossip magazine Heat was forced to publish an embarrassing apology on its website yesterday after a row with the former glamour model Katie Price over a sticker the magazine printed which poked fun at her disabled son, Harvey. (more)

Ikonz backs Jordan’s complaint against Heat
From Biz Asia. Posted November 29 2007, 3.46pm
Brit Asian magazine Ikonz has backed a complaint made by glamour model Jordan to the Press Complains Commission. (more)

Jordan to complain over Heat sticker mocking her disabled son
From Media Guardian. Posted November 28 2007, 4.35pm
Katie Price, aka Jordan, is set to complain to the Press Complaints Commission over a sticker given away with Heat magazine mocking her disabled son Harvey. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Benefit cheat rumbled after featuring himself in press during official probe
From Hold the Front Page. Posted November 23 2007, 12.00am
Fraudster who illegally claimed �65,000 of benefits was caught out when he appeared in his local weekly (more)

Barbara Ellen: Don't be too quick to damn Heather
From Media Guardian. Posted November 3 2007, 11.55pm
Barbara Ellen: Despite the TV hysteria and her claims to be just as much a victim as Princess Diana and Kate McCann, Mills still deserves a fair hearing. (more)

Peter Preston on press and broadcasting: Heather may not have won any friends, but she's got a point | It's midnight, BBC3 viewers - time for bed | Wall Street: a road to nowhere
From Media Guardian. Posted November 3 2007, 11.48pm
Heather may not have won any friends, but she's got a point | It's midnight, BBC3 viewers - time for bed | Wall Street: a road to nowhere (more)

Cowell bows out of future musical theatre TV talent hunts
From The Stage. Posted November 1 2007, 5.10pm
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Fireworks, explosions, everything under the Sun: Heather Mills tears into media in GMTV interview
From Media Guardian. Posted October 31 2007, 11.49pm
Mr Brown came to the studio with points to prove. Heather Mills arrived with scores to settle. The only sadness was that they didn't appear together. (more)

Heather Mills splits with PR adviser Phil Hall
From Media Guardian. Posted October 31 2007, 6.20pm
Phil Hall has stepped down as Heather Mills' PR adviser over her outburst against the media. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Heather Mills hits out against the media
From Media Guardian. Posted October 31 2007, 11.45am
Heather Mills has attacked the media for portraying her as 'a whore, a gold digger, a fantasist and a liar'. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Arculus raises heat in Emap chairman bid
From Financial Times. Posted October 23 2007, 3.10am
Sir David says that although the company has a strong management team at the divisional level, its board has 'lost its way' and does not understand media (more)

ITV to back theatre training scheme for young directors
From The Stage. Posted October 12 2007, 2.30pm
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Libel payout for Big Brother Danielle over cheating claim
From Press Gazette. Posted October 10 2007, 12.00am
Big Brother star Danielle Lloyd, who was stripped of her Miss Great Britain title in 2006, today saw her name cleared at London’s High Court, where the pageant organisers accepted she did not cheat her way to the title. (more)

Big Brother Danielle in libel settlement over cheating claim
From Press Gazette. Posted October 10 2007, 12.00am
Big Brother star Danielle Lloyd, who was stripped of her Miss Great Britain title in 2006, today saw her name cleared at London’s High Court, where the pageant organisers accepted she did not cheat her way to the title. (more)

Heat is on as Emap plans B2B sell-off
From Daily Telegraph. Posted September 28 2007, 12.01am
Emap cheered the market yesterday despite revealing tumbling first-half revenues at its flagship consumer magazines business. (more)

The Heat is on at new station
From Radio Today. Posted September 27 2007, 3.51pm
Just 21 hours in to the launch of Emap's new digital station, Heat, a celebrity reporter has been caught with her microphone on, recording a series of swear words. Sophie Davidson pre-recorded a showbiz round-up but failed to edit out the warm-up. The audio clip can now be found online, including on our sister site RadioAudio.co.uk (more)

Gossip radio station turns up the Heat
From Press Gazette. Posted September 26 2007, 12.00am
Heat Radio, an extension of Emap’s weekly celebrity gossip magazine, relaunched this week with live showbiz news bulletins that aim beat the red-tops in breaking celebrity news. (more)

Emap invests in relaunched Heat Radio
From Press Gazette. Posted September 25 2007, 12.00am
Emap has this afternoon relaunched Heat Radio, the digital radio station linked to its weekly celebrity gossip magazine. (more)

Heat radio: Your ears will be burning...
From The Independent. Posted September 24 2007, 1.00am
To anyone who manages to get through the week without Heat magazine's merry-go-round of gossip and celebrity, Lucie Cave's description of Heat Radio, which opens for business tomorrow, might sound slightly unsettling. "It's Heat in surround sound!" beams the diminutive features editor, as she tackles a shopper outside Topshop on London's Oxford Street to interview her for "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly", a style segment that Cave is recording with Heat stylist Bronagh Meere for the magazine's new digital radio station. (more)

Ford signs up for Heat Radio
From Radio Today. Posted September 19 2007, 12.54pm
Ford will be one of a maximum of five VIP sponsors on the new Heat Radio when it launches on Tuesday 25th September. The car manufacturer has signed a six-figure deal with the digital Emap station, which will broadcast sponsor messages rather than traditional adverts. (more)

'Hell's Kitchen' turns up the heat
From Digital Spy. Posted September 6 2007, 1.49pm
Viewers come back to ITV1's celebrity cooking show, Hell's Kitchen, while Channel 4's Dumped also gets a ratings boost. (more)

Patience Wheatcroft resigns as editor of The Sunday Telegraph
From Brand Republic. Posted September 4 2007, 7.30pm
LONDON - Patience Wheatcroft has resigned as editor of The Sunday Telegraph and been replaced by the deputy editor of The Daily Telegraph, Ian MacGregor. (more)

Patience Wheatcroft quits Sunday Telegraph
From Media Guardian. Posted September 4 2007, 1.00am
7.20pm update: Patience Wheatcroft has resigned as editor of the Sunday Telegraph after 18 months in the job. By Jemima Kiss. (more)

Sunday Telegraph editor Patience Wheatcroft resigns - Ian MacGregor gets the job
From Press Gazette. Posted September 4 2007, 12.00am
Patience Wheatcroft has resigned as editor of the Sunday Telegraph following what are understood to have been "strategic differences" over the Telegraph Media Group's online plans. Deputy Ian MacGregor has been appointed editor (more)

Sunday Telegraph editor Patience Wheatcroft resigns
From Press Gazette. Posted September 4 2007, 12.00am
Patience Wheatcroft has resigned as editor of the Sunday Telegraph following "strategic differences" over the Telegraph Media Group's online plans. (more)

Minorities raise heat on FCC over cable TV reform plans
From Financial Times. Posted August 29 2007, 3.00am
A war of words between US minority groups and the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has escalated after activists said a proposal espoused by Kevin... (more)

Minorities raise heat over cable TV plans
From Financial Times. Posted August 29 2007, 3.00am
A war of words between US minority groups and the chairman of the FCC has escalated over a proposal to unbundle cable TV packages (more)

Miller's interest in Emap heats up
From Daily Telegraph. Posted August 26 2007, 12.01am
Juliette Garside (more)

Sky News uses mobile and social media at Heathrow protest
From Press Gazette. Posted August 15 2007, 12.00am
Sky News reporter Derek Tedder reported from the demonstrations at Heathrow Airport this week using only his mobile phone and freely available online social media tools. (more)

Sky reporter uses mobile and social media tools to cover Heathrow protest
From Press Gazette. Posted August 14 2007, 12.00am
Sky News reporter Derek Tedder reported from the demonstrations at Heathrow Airport on Monday using only his mobile phone and freely-available online social media tools. (more)

Heat to relaunch without ads
From Radio Today. Posted July 31 2007, 9.19am
Emap's all digital station heat radio is re-launching in September with a music and celebrity gossip format - and sponsorship, promotions and ad-funded programming instead of spot advertising. It will have an exclusive club of up to five VIP clients from launch. (more)

Theatre critic cleared in suicide bomber opera libel case
From Press Gazette. Posted June 22 2007, 12.00am
An Evening Standard theatre critic who did not like British composer Keith Burstein’s opera about suicide bombers, calling the tone “depressingly anti-American” and finding the notion that there was anything heroic about the bombers “a grievous... (more)

BAFTAs in Video: Michelle Heaton
From Digital Spy. Posted May 21 2007, 12.02pm
Is Michelle Heaton planning to appear in any more reality TV shows? Click here to find out. (more)

Heat magazine to launch first website
From Press Gazette. Posted May 18 2007, 1.03pm
Heatworld.com, to be launched on 22 May, will provide breaking celebrity news and video clips. (more)

Heat magazine makes web debut
From Media Guardian. Posted May 18 2007, 1.00am
8am: Heat is making its internet debut with hopes of becoming the must-visit online destination for celebrity gossip. (more)

Ball to sing musical theatre hits at BBC Proms
From The Stage. Posted April 27 2007, 3.30pm
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RBS turns up the heat in ABN Amro bid battle
From The Times. Posted April 27 2007, 9.22am
The Royal Bank of Scotland consortium circling ABN Amro increased the pressure on the Dutch bank today by formally signalling its intention to launch a takeover bid which would include an offer for the American business LaSalle. (more)

Lionel Shriver asks why Fergie and Heather Mills have been reborn in the USA
From Media Guardian. Posted April 16 2007, 1.00am
Sarah Ferguson and Heather Mills McCartney have been refurbished into shiny new US TV celebrities, says Lionel Shriver. (more)

Heather Mills offered 'Larry King' role
From Digital Spy. Posted April 9 2007, 5.55pm
Heather Mills is offered a presenting role on US chat show Larry King Live, says a report. (more)

'Millionaire' to investigate cheat claims
From Digital Spy. Posted March 18 2007, 11.04am
Millionaire producers promise to investigate claims that they have been cheated out of �5m. (more)

Heather Mills in US Reality TV Show
From Merry Media. Posted February 22 2007, 4.14pm
The estranged wife of Paul McCartney - Heather Mills - is to be a contestant on US reality tv series Dancing With The Stars.. (more)

Marco Pierre White ratchets up the heat in the TV kitchen
From The Scotsman. Posted February 22 2007, 1.19am
THE fiery temper of chef Marco Pierre White is something to which I can personally testify. (more)

BBC Africa Radio Awards Final Heats
From Merry Media. Posted February 21 2007, 4.15pm
The third and final regional heats have taken place for the first ever BBC Africa Radio Awards, which celebrates the excellence of English-language radio journalism in Africa.. (more)

Geoffrey Wheatcroft: The fall of the Third way
From Media Guardian. Posted February 20 2007, 12.00am
Geoffrey Wheatcroft: The eclecticism and high purpose of Radio 3 is on the decline. We must leap to its defence. (more)

BSkyB turns up heat on Virgin Media
From Media Guardian. Posted February 12 2007, 12.00am
1.45pm: BSkyB has raised the stakes in its battle with Virgin Media by taking out ads asking cable customers to take on their suppliers. By Leigh Holmwood. (more)

Readers take over in heated debate on merits of three-par chair fire story
From Hold the Front Page. Posted February 12 2007, 12.00am
Story comment facility proves popular outlet for news about the news (more)

Avenue Q wins TheatreRadio award for Best New Musical
From The Stage. Posted February 5 2007, 11.45am
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Andrew Davies turns up heat on Austen's Sense and Sensibility
From Media Guardian. Posted January 19 2007, 12.00am
5.45pm: Andrew Davies is to make a fiesty adaptation of Sense and Sensibility for the BBC. By Tara Conlan. (more)

Can Heather win her PR war?
From Media Guardian. Posted November 2 2006, 12.00am
Former News of the World editor Phil Hall now runs the PR firm acting for Heather Mills-McCartney. Can he win her battle for her? (more)

Private Eye journalist: Heather Mills pretended to be me
From Press Gazette. Posted October 26 2006, 2.00pm
Private Eye journalist Heather Mills revealed this week that Lady Heather Mills McCartney had "pretended to be me for over a year". (more)

Sun calls Heather a liar despite legal threat
From Press Gazette. Posted October 25 2006, 9.22am
9.30am: The Sun today repeated its allegations against Heather Mills McCartney under the headline “Bloody Liar". (more)

Heather to sue over Mail and Standard divorce petition stories
From Press Gazette. Posted October 24 2006, 2.47pm
2.45pm: Heather Mills McCartney is to sue two newspapers over statements surrounding her divorce from Sir Paul. (more)

Non-pro scoops Radio 2 musical theatre prize
From The Stage. Posted October 23 2006, 5.15pm
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Peter Hepple, theatre critic of the Stage, dies
From Media Guardian. Posted October 12 2006, 1.00am
3.45pm: Peter Hepple, who worked as a theatre critic for the Stage newspaper for 56 years, has died aged 79. By Ben Dowell. (more)

Examiner exposes charity cheat with hidden mobile
From Press Gazette. Posted October 5 2006, 12.00am
The Huddersfield Daily Examiner has exposed a charity scam by tracking a mobile phone sewn into the lining of a coat that was sold for profit, rather than being donated to poor people in Third World countries. (more)

Wheatcroft thwarts Telegraph merger plan
From Media Guardian. Posted October 4 2006, 1.00am
Patience Wheatcroft has seen off a plan to merge the Sunday and Daily Telegraph bureaux in Washington and New York. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Wheatcroft thwarts merger plan
From Media Guardian. Posted October 4 2006, 1.00am
10am: Patience Wheatcroft has seen off a plan to merge the Sunday and Daily Telegraph bureaux in Washington and New York. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Emap's Closer and Heat hog readership increases
From Brand Republic. Posted September 18 2006, 8.09am
LONDON - Emap has underscored its growing success in women's weeklies with big increases in Closer and Heat's readerships over the space of a year, according to the latest National Readership Survey figures. (more)

Shields Gazette ents reviewer makes theatre debut
From Press Gazette. Posted September 14 2006, 12.00am
Shields Gazette entertainment reviewer Chris Robinson will soon be reading reviews about his own performances as he prepares to make his theatre debut later this year. (more)

Red-top sales heat up in August
From Media Guardian. Posted September 8 2006, 1.00am
August ABCs: This summer's airport chaos boosted the tabloids during a traditionally quiet month. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Mini theatre for SBES 2006
From Radio Today. Posted August 18 2006, 6.45am
Broadcast Bionics is bringing a fresh approach to their presence at the SBES this year. The Bionics brand, synonymous with forward thinking and innovative ideas (Queen�s Award winners in the category of Innovation 2005 for PhoneBOX) will be offering the Sound Broadcasting Equipment Show delegates a series of free of charge seminars in their specially commissioned lecture theatre to introduce the tools and technologies which will shape the future of the industry. (more)

Photographers hit by clampdown on Heathrow pictures
From Press Gazette. Posted August 16 2006, 11.00pm
A national newspaper photographer covering last Thursday morning's terror alerts had his photos deleted by police at Heathrow, and all photographers arriving at the airport were banned from taking pictures. (more)

Songs by Subject: Heatwaves Across the Country
From radio.about.com. Posted August 3 2006, 3.56am
Radio stations, programmers, and deejays have used The Green Book of Songs By Subject for years. Each week it provides a new list of songs for a particular topic exclusively... (more)

Theatre and TV must unite, insists former BBC chief
From The Stage. Posted August 1 2006, 2.15pm
Strictly Come Dancing supremo Richard Hopkins has called for television and theatre to work more closely together to help attract new and younger audiences into productions. (more)

The show goes on as Gazette campaign keeps Blackpool theatre open
From Press Gazette. Posted July 26 2006, 11.00pm
The Gazette in Blackpool has won its campaign to keep the resort’s North Pier theatre open over the summer. (more)

Gazette campaign keeps Blackpool theatre open
From Press Gazette. Posted July 26 2006, 11.00pm
The Gazette in Blackpool has won its campaign to keep the resort’s North Pier theatre open over the summer. (more)

ITV investors turn up the heat
From Media Guardian. Posted July 25 2006, 12.56pm
11.30am update: ITV shareholders claim they have not been actively agitating for Charles Allen's head on a plate - but they will be happy if he goes. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Torchwood turns up the heat
From Media Guardian. Posted July 24 2006, 3.42pm
2pm: BBC3's Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood has promised more 'blood and snogging' than the time-travelling show. By Jason Deans. (more)

Torchwood turn ups the heat
From Media Guardian. Posted July 24 2006, 3.06pm
2pm: BBC3's Doctor Who spin-off drama Torchwood has promised more 'blood and snogging' than the time-travelling show. By Jason Deans. (more)

Pun in the sun: why we hacks love a heatwave
From The Independent. Posted July 23 2006, 12.00am
It used to be so simple. Sun came out. Photographers armed with eggs set off for coastal towns and took pictures on the beach of girls paddling and men with knotted handkerchiefs sitting in deckchairs. They moved on to the promenade, where eggs were cracked and began to fry on the hot tarmac. Photo was taken of said egg frying in front of pretty girl. Back in London sub-editor produced headline "Phew what a scorcher" to place above fried egg and pretty girl. Job done. (more)

Children targeted for comedy theatre show
From Brand Republic. Posted July 7 2006, 11.07am
LONDON – West End theatre production Blue Man Group has launched a television campaign to promote its show to children. (more)

The heat is on as summer schedules battle for viewers
From Media Guardian. Posted June 5 2006, 12.55am
David Liddiment: A weak summer can seriously undermine year-on-year performance, as ITV discovered to its cost last year. (more)

BBC contest to pitch would-be musical theatre stars against professionals
From The Stage. Posted May 30 2006, 4.45pm
BBC New Talent is joining forces with Radio 2 to give upcoming singers and performers the chance to compete for a place in the Corporation's acclaimed Voice of Musical Theatre competition. (more)

Millionaire cheats seek image boost
From Brand Republic. Posted May 11 2006, 1.05pm
LONDON - Coughing major’ Charles Ingram and his wife Diana – found guilty of cheating on ITV1’s Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? – have hired a PR agency in a bid to become 'the thinking man’s Jordan and Peter Andre'. (more)

Regional rivalry heats up as North West Enquirer debuts
From Brand Republic. Posted April 27 2006, 11.04am
LONDON - The North West Enquirer, the new weekly newspaper for north-west of England launches today, in the face of tough competition from local competitors and declining regional newspaper circulation. (more)

Reality show uncovers theatre gems
From The Stage. Posted April 26 2006, 10.15am
Channel 4 scriptwriting reality TV show The Play's the Thing has yielded five new plays strong enough to be staged as professional productions. (more)

Theatre bans website's critic from show
From Press Gazette. Posted April 13 2006, 12.00am
The producers of a new West End play have barred a critic writing for a theatre website from attending a press preview. (more)

BBC revamps GMR as competition heats up with Xfm launch
From Brand Republic. Posted March 20 2006, 11.03am
LONDON - BBC GMR, the BBC local radio station serving Greater Manchester, is to re-adopt its former title, BBC Radio Manchester, as part of a relaunch of the station's services. (more)

Sands leaves editor's chair at Sunday Telegraph as Times' Wheatcroft takes charge
From Brand Republic. Posted March 7 2006, 12.03pm
LONDON - Sunday Telegraph editor Sarah Sands, who has been at the helm of the newspaper for less than eight months, has left the company and been replaced by Patience Wheatcroft, the business editor of The Times. (more)

Wheatcroft to replace Sands as Sunday Telegraph editor
From Press Gazette. Posted March 7 2006, 11.53am
The Sunday Telegraph has replaced editor Sarah Sands with Times business editor Patience Wheatcroft. (more)

Allister Heath: My Life In Media
From The Independent. Posted January 1 1970, 12.59am
As of today, Allister Heath takes over the editorship of The Business, the weekly finance magazine owned by the Barclay brothers, the businessmen who own The Daily Telegraph. Until now, the magazine has been edited by Andrew Neil, who developed it from The Sunday Business newspaper and who remains editor-in-chief. Heath, aged 29, is also an associate editor of The Spectator. His scoops include revealing how Germany's tax burden is set to overtake Britain's, and the contents of the Conservative Party's Forsyth Commission report, which called for �21bn in tax cuts. (more)

My Mentor: Geoffrey Wheatcroft on Alexander Chancellor
From The Independent. Posted January 1 1970, 12.59am
Although Alexander Chancellor would be surprised to find himself anyone's mentor, he has to take responsibility for having given me my first job in journalism. After leaving Oxford, I spent six and a half years in publishing. Soon after I was sacked from my last publishing job in 1975, I bumped into Alexander. He mentored me through an evening of serious drinking and then offered me a job at The Spectator, where he had just become editor under the new ownership of Henry Keswick. None of us really knew what we were doing to begin with, so I suppose to an extent we taught each other. (more)

A day in the extremely busy life of privacy-loving Heather Mills
From The Independent. Posted January 1 1970, 12.59am
In the course of just one day she was interviewed on two television stations and took part in a pair of well-advertised photo calls outside Parliament and in London's Oxford Street, but Heather Mills McCartney insisted yesterday that she was no self-publicist. (more)

'Dad's Army' on the march again for theatre audiences
From The Independent. Posted January 1 1970, 12.59am
Walmington-on-Sea's fearless fighting force, better known to its legions of fans as Dad's Army, is to return to the stage in a revival of the classic television sitcom. (more)