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CIO Connect Appoints High Profile Editor for Membership Magazine
From Press Release, via webitpr. Posted September 2 2008, 12.38pm
2nd September 2008, London, UK ? CIO Connect today announced the appointment of experienced business computing journalist Mark Samuels as the new Editor of CIO Connect magazine. Mark, a long-time Editor with business technology magazine Computing, will be responsible for the continued development of the CIO Connect membership publication, which takes an in-depth look at the issues facing CIOs and their teams. ?The CIO Connect membership has a wealth of experience both in the UK... (more)

The Observer Profile: Marc Jacobs
From Media Guardian. Posted August 30 2008, 11.05pm
Profile: Lionised by fashion editors and cherished by his customers, Marc Jacobs is now widely praised as the new king of classic design. By Eva Wiseman (more)

Tom Daley interview boosts newspaper's online profile
From Hold the Front Page. Posted August 29 2008, 10.50am
Herald video gets massive hits on video sharing website (more)

The Observer profile: Jeremy Paxman
From Media Guardian. Posted August 16 2008, 11.05pm
Profile: Accusing Scotland's literary giant of writing doggerel is typical of maverick BBC presenter Jeremy Paxman (more)

Corbett to be profiled by ITV's The South Bank Show
From The Stage. Posted August 14 2008, 3.40pm
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Ofcom profiles the modern multi-tasking family
From The Times. Posted August 14 2008, 12.00am
The days when families huddled in silence round the TV are a thing of the past. A typical scene today would be children shouting excitedly over their games consoles while mothers look for bargains on the internet and fathers struggle to catch a few words on the radio - with a TV contributing in the background. (more)

Max Mosley case: Profile of News of the World editor Colin Myler
From Media Guardian. Posted July 24 2008, 9.35am
Another high-profile court case, another disastrous editorship-defining moment for Colin Myler, the News of the World editor. By Leigh Holmwood and Stephen Brook (more)

The Guardian profile: Jana Bennett
From Media Guardian. Posted July 10 2008, 11.15pm
Profile: Commissioning chief, Jana Bennett, has recovered from royal row to earn £100,000 pay rise (more)

Telegraph: Man sues friend over fake Facebook profile
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 1 2008, 11.00am
A businessman is suing an old schoolfriend allegeding the friend created a fake profile of him on the social networking site Facebook. Mathew Firsht, 38, is seeking damages from Grant Raphael at the High Court, claiming that the profile contained personal details and false information about his sexual orientation and political views. (more)

Profile: Kelvin MacKenzie, a man in search of the X factor
From Media Guardian. Posted June 14 2008, 11.09pm
Profile: Even if his promise to stand against David Davis turns out to be a tease, the former editor of the Sun has managed to bring a touch of pantomime to our national life (more)

MySpace redesigns site with improved TV player - after testing on 'Tom' profile
From Media Guardian. Posted June 13 2008, 1.51pm
MySpace is to begin a major redesign with improvements including an enhanced TV player, an extensive search tool and a more advertiser-focused start page. By Jemima Kiss (more)

Celebrity MySpace profiles hacked revealing security flaws
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 11 2008, 4.46pm
After last week's report by the Press Complaints Commission into privacy on social networks raised concerns about access to users' information by third parties, it seems no one is safe. A Canadian computer technician has hacked into the private picture galleries of celebrities - well Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan - on MySpace, Valleywag reports. Brian Ng [...] (more)

Kira Cochrane on how high-profile women's bodies became public property
From Media Guardian. Posted June 3 2008, 11.14pm
Television presenter Fern Britton has faced a barrage of hostility since it was revealed that she kept quiet about having weight-loss surgery. But is it really fair to call her secret a 'most sinister act of deception'? And why has her decision to have a gastric band caused such a huge fuss? Kira Cochrane on how high-profile women's bodies became public property (more)

The Observer profile: Monty Don
From Media Guardian. Posted May 24 2008, 11.01pm
Profile: Monty Don has inspired millions with his passion for gardening. Little wonder news of his stroke threw his fans into consternation (more)

Profile: Steven Moffat
From Media Guardian. Posted May 20 2008, 4.47pm
A look at the career of Doctor Who's new showrunner. By Ben Dowell (more)

The Guardian profile: Dawn Airey
From Media Guardian. Posted May 1 2008, 11.03pm
The Guardian profile: Dawn Airey The former ITV director has quit to return to the channel where she made her name (more)

City Profile: Life after Harry Potter
From Daily Telegraph. Posted April 6 2008, 12.01am
Bloomsbury's Nigel Newton knows it is futile to invent another wizard now that JK Rowling has moved on. He hopes a move into educational publishing will work magic instead, writes James Hall. (more)

High-profile secrecy orders reveal limits of open justice
From Hold the Front Page. Posted March 11 2008, 8.30am
Rule 39 gag in publicly-heard civil cases could be more widely used (more)

CNN profiles Free North Korea Radio
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 28 2008, 10.36am
The CNN website has an in-depth profile of Free North Korea Radio, which broadcasts from Seoul and is jointly funded by South Korean citizens and the US Government. The station’s founder is a former North Korean soldier who defected. Radio gives hope to North and South Koreans Bookmark to: (more)

In Profile: Bruce Forsyth at 80
From Digital Spy. Posted February 22 2008, 11.40am
DS looks at the life and times of Bruce Forsyth as he celebrates his 80th birthday. (more)

Gemalto and Nagravision Achieve A World?s First By Demonstrating An End-to-End OMA BCAST Smartcard Profile Interoperability Solution
From Press Release, via webitpr. Posted January 15 2008, 9.39am
?�First ever integration and testing of the complete value chain was implemented at Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)TestFest 21 ?�Nagravision and Gemalto first to successfully demonstrate interoperability between head-end equipment and a Mobile TV card in full compliance with the OMA BCAST SCP 1.0 specifications ?�Nagravision?s OMA BCAST SmartCard Profile head-end solution is available today and Gemalto?s one will be available early 2008 providing all the functions needed to protect broadcasted service and content Cheseaux, Switzerland... (more)

Non-stop local press coverage for high profile murder trial
From Hold the Front Page. Posted January 15 2008, 12.00am
Regional dailies shape up give multimedia updates in eight-week prostitutes trial (more)

Toronto Star profiles Palestine?s RAM-FM
From Media Network Weblog. Posted December 17 2007, 11.24am
The Toronto Star carries a feature about RAM-FM, the only Palestinian-licensed, English-language radio station in the Holy Land. RAM-FM’s founder and patron is Issie Kirsh, a South African entrepreneur who was among the prime movers behind Radio 702 in South Africa. Read the article (more)

Profile of Edwin Maher, presenter on CCTV-9
From Media Network Weblog. Posted December 10 2007, 12.13pm
The China Daily has published an in-depth profile of Edwin Maher, who worked for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) for nearly 20 years as a weatherman and news anchor. Maher now presents the news on CCTV-9, the international English network of China Central Television. Maher says he picked up China Radio International on his shortwave radio in [...] (more)

Business profile: Radio boss switches off
From Daily Telegraph. Posted November 24 2007, 12.01am
Yesterday Ralph Bernard announced his retirement. Dominic White discusses 25 years of broadcasting with the outgoing GCap boss. (more)

Profiles of the Sun climbers
From Media Guardian. Posted November 16 2007, 1.47pm
The big winners in the Sun's senior staff shakeup. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Profile: Jill Dando
From Media Guardian. Posted November 15 2007, 11.54am
From the Western Mercury to the front cover of the Radio Times, Tara Conlan looks at the life of the BBC television star (more)

WAN president slams complacency of news media and 'rhetoric' of high-profile media commentators
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted November 5 2007, 12.00am
Opening the Society of Editors conference Gavin O�Reilly rounds on senior media watchers for oversimplifying the print verses digital debate and says newspapers are in 'rude health'    (more)

SoE: WAN president slams complacency of news media and 'rhetoric' of high-profile media commentators
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted November 5 2007, 12.00am
Opening the Society of Editors conference Gavin O�Reilly rounds on senior media watchers for oversimplifying the print verses digital debate and says newspapers are in 'rude health'    (more)

Bingo and clips to lift website's profile
From Financial Times. Posted September 12 2007, 9.05pm
Mr Grade wants ITV.com, currently ranked 20th in the list of most-visited UK websites, to become a top 10 site by 2010 and will put much more of ITV's television content online (more)

Profile: Future's own Stevie wonder
From Press Gazette. Posted June 25 2007, 12.00am
Six weeks into her chief executive role at Future, Stevie Spring announced how “encumbered by knowledge” she was of the magazines business. A year later it is clear she learnt fast. Future recently announced interim pre-tax profits of £8.6m,... (more)

Profile: Valery Todorov, Director-General, Bulgarian National Radio
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 18 2007, 10.43am
The Sofia Echo has published a very long and detailed interview with the Director-General of Bulgarian National Radio (BNR), Valery Todorov. A brief history of BNR is appended to the article. Read the article (more)

Heineken ad seeks to claw back UK profile
From Media Guardian. Posted June 4 2007, 1.00am
8am: Heineken is to launch its first TV ad in two years, featuring a woman cavorting in a bath with a lobster. By Mark Sweney. (more)

The Guardian profile: Robert Winston
From Media Guardian. Posted April 27 2007, 1.00am
Profile: Robert Winston, face of TV science. By James Randerson. (more)

Television idol: Nigel Lythgoe profiled
From Media Guardian. Posted March 26 2007, 1.00am
Nigel Lythgoe talks to John Patterson about making American Idol a US success. (more)

Channel 4 to profile Gordon Brown and David Cameron
From Media Guardian. Posted March 9 2007, 12.00am
8am: Two Associated Newspapers journalists are to make profiles of Gordon Brown and David Cameron for Channel 4. By Leigh Holmwood. (more)

HD Radio Will Boost Profile at Detroit Car Show
From radio.about.com. Posted January 8 2007, 12.00am
HD Radio will be highly visible during this year�s North American International Auto Show which begins Wednesday. Part of HD Radio's strategy is a pavement campaign. This Friday and Saturday... (more)

The Guardian profile: Charlotte Church
From Media Guardian. Posted September 1 2006, 1.00am
Profile: The child soprano who became a pop diva begins her own television show. By Mark Brown. (more)

The Guardian profile: Sue Lawley
From Media Guardian. Posted August 25 2006, 1.00am
Ambition has been the hallmark of the departing Desert Island Discs host, writes Owen Gibson. (more)

Town and Country boosts Welsh profile
From Media Guardian. Posted August 21 2006, 1.00am
4.15pm: Media investment firm Town and Country Broadcasting has become the largest commercial radio operator in Wales. By Leigh Holmwood. (more)

New Statesman boosts profile with roadshow
From Press Gazette. Posted July 6 2006, 12.00am
The New Statesman is launching a nationwide roadshow and a new website to build on what it claims is a dramatic sales growth. (more)

FT calls pitch in attempt to raise global profile
From Brand Republic. Posted May 11 2006, 8.05am
LONDON - Pearson has called a global creative review of its Financial Times newspaper account as it bids to launch a comeback for the business title. (more)

GQ profiles the 'super columnists'
From Press Gazette. Posted April 13 2006, 12.00am
The forthcoming edition of GQ chronicles the rise of the "elite group of newspaper columnists who have risen to the top of the journalist pay scale". (more)

The Guardian profile: Stephen Poliakoff
From Media Guardian. Posted January 13 2006, 7.08am
Profile: In Stephen Poliakoff's forthcoming epic drama Friends and Crocodiles, Damian Lewis plays a maverick millionaire who has a knack of tapping into the zeitgeist. BBC1 executives are hoping this drama can do the same. By Owen Gibson. (more)