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Ofcom Chair Acknowledges stv's Public Service Cost Challenge
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted July 21 2008, 7.57am
The chair of the broadcasting regulators, Ofcom, has acknowledged that stv might have difficulties fulfilling its obligations providing news and other programmes which have a public service value, but don’t necessarily make financial sense. David Currie was speaking following... (more)

Now listen here...
From Press Gazette. Posted July 21 2008, 12.00am
Expert Ear: Trevor Dann, director of the Radio Academy, plugs into podcasts and shares his top 10 choice of downloads (more)

Martin Kelner: Advertising for the hear and now
From Media Guardian. Posted July 20 2008, 11.02pm
Martin Kelner: Genuinely amusing ads are scarce these days as radio stations concentrate on bringing in revenue (more)

NoW: Max Mosley orgy was 'grotesque and depraved'
From Press Gazette. Posted July 14 2008, 12.00am
The News of the World's QC has accused motorsport boss Max Mosley of making out that what the newspaper called a "sick Nazi orgy" was "nothing more than hanky-spanky". (more)

QC: NoW showed 'contemptuous disregard' for Mosley
From Press Gazette. Posted July 14 2008, 12.00am
Max Mosley's QC has accused the News of the World of a "contemptuous disregard" of the motorsport boss's rights after it published photos of what it described as a "sick Nazi orgy". (more)

Former Radio Talk Show Host, Tony Snow, Dies at 53
From radio.about.com. Posted July 12 2008, 8.18am
Former talk show host, Tony Snow, died earlier this morning from complications related to an ongoing battle with cancer. He was 53. While at Fox News, Snow served as the host... (more)

Two-thirds of all UK television sets now linked to digital
From Ofcom. Posted July 11 2008, 9.01am
News Release Published 11|07|08 (more)

NowPublic buys rumour-based news site Truemors
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 10 2008, 2.57pm
'Crowd-powered' news site NowPublic has bought Truemors, a site which aggregates sources backing up news rumours, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports. The acquisition, which was made for an undisclosed sum, will expand NowPublic's news coverage, which already has 100,000 active contributors. Content from Truemors will feature on the NowPublic site to be used as tips for budding contributors, [...] (more)

NoW reporter denies asking source to make Mosley Sieg Heil
From Press Gazette. Posted July 9 2008, 12.00am
News of the World chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck told the Max Mosley sex party privacy trial that the justification for giving a clandestine device to a source - named as woman E - to film the orgy was that she had said quite extreme... (more)

NoW reporter: 'Mosley orgy had overwhelming Nazi theme'
From Press Gazette. Posted July 9 2008, 12.00am
News of the World chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck told the Max Mosley sex party privacy trial that the justification for giving a clandestine device to a source - named as woman E - to film the orgy was that she had said quite extreme... (more)

WRN Moscow mediumwave relay now running 24 hours a day
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 8 2008, 2.44pm
WRN has announced that, as of 28 June, its Moscow AM station on 738 kHz has been extended to continuous 24 hours a day operation. Vsemyrniya Radioset, which translates as World Radio Network, broadcasts the best Russian language news and feature programmes from the most respected international radio broadcasters, alongside local content from Russian broadcasters.  Previously the station [...] (more)

ITV unveils new regional current affairs show Here and Now to rival BBC's Inside Out
From Media Guardian. Posted July 8 2008, 11.30am
ITV is to replace its regional current affairs programmes in England with a uniform brand – and will give it the same name as a former BBC current affairs programme. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

RNW Annual Report 2007 now available online
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 4 2008, 11.47am
The Radio Netherlands Worldwide annual report for 2007 is now available online. You can access the report on this page. If you have any comments, please leave them on that page on our website rather than in this blog. Bookmark to: (more)

Need to know: Nokia; Setanta; Southern Cross; Alliance Pharma
From The Times. Posted July 2 2008, 12.00am
Economics (more)

Seesmic video comments now available on Movable Type
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 30 2008, 10.07am
Video platform Seesmic is partnering with Six Apart, developer of blogging platform Movable Type to provide its users and their readers with the ability to integrate video comments alongside traditional text-based comments through a new plug-in. Movable Type customers and their readers will also become part of Seesmic's lively community. The introduction of the Movable Type plug-in [...] (more)

Jon Snow takes role in web game for Channel 4's Disarming Britain season
From Media Guardian. Posted June 26 2008, 6.43am
Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow is making his computer game debut in support of the broadcaster's Disarming Britain season. By Ben Dowell (more)

Need to know: BT and BSkyB agreement ... M&S protest ... WS Atkins up
From The Times. Posted June 26 2008, 12.00am
Economics (more)

Daily Star: deputy editor Ben Knowles leaves to join charity helping war-hit children
From Media Guardian. Posted June 25 2008, 12.58pm
Daily Star joint deputy editor Ben Knowles is leaving the paper to join the charity War Child. By Stephen Brook (more)

Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk: Do you know what your readers are searching for?
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 25 2008, 9.10am
Online publishing: Do you know what people are searching for on your website? Check the logs for the most common search terms and see if what you are writing about matches what users want - you could be surprised. Tipster: Oliver Luft Got a tip? Submit it here - we will pay a fiver for the [...] (more)

Need to know: Land of Leather; ITV; Apple
From The Times. Posted June 20 2008, 12.00am
Economics (more)

Editorial: In praise of ... The Way We Live Now
From Media Guardian. Posted June 17 2008, 11.04pm
Editorial: BBC adaptation in Radio 4 serial will not please serious Trollopians (more)

Citizen journalism site NowPublic adds new features
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 17 2008, 4.14pm
Canadian website NowPublic.com has introduced a host of new features to the site to 'raise the bar for trust and credibility' for citizen journalism, a press release from the site has said. A new ranking system for members of the 'crowd powered news site' has been introduced to rate members based on their contributions - [...] (more)

Sport on TV: Now it is hit or miss for counties' bean-counters chase the dream ticket
From The Independent. Posted June 15 2008, 12.00am
A bunch of prima donnas obsessed by money, trying desperately to catch the eye of the scouts. Throwing themselves around, backchatting match officials, employing the full gamut of histrionics. Yes, our county cricketers are getting almost as bad as the footballing elite at Euro 2008. (more)

Last.fm Now Available on Logitech Squeezebox Network Music Systems
From radio.about.com. Posted June 11 2008, 3.38am
Last.fm is now available to U.S., U.K. and German users of Logitech Squeezebox network music systems. This means owners of this 802.11g wireless-driven hardware can now stream Last.fm throughout their... (more)

Peter Snow: presenter to front Five series on engineering heroes
From Media Guardian. Posted June 9 2008, 9.30am
A new Channel Five series fronted by the BBC presenter Peter Snow will track down unsung heroes behind great British technological achievements. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Need to know: Setanta ... WH Smith ... Diageo
From The Times. Posted June 6 2008, 12.00am
Economics (more)

Lucy Mangan: Taggart is now in its 852nd year. And guess what - this week they're hunting a murrrderrerrr
From Media Guardian. Posted June 5 2008, 11.11pm
Lucy Mangan on Taggart (ITV1), House (Five) and Heroes (BBC2) (more)

What Radio Might be Like 50 Years From Now
From radio.about.com. Posted June 2 2008, 2.03pm
What will Radio be like 50 or more years from now? Technological advancements in nanotechnology and digital storage, transmission, and retrieval will completely redefine what Radio is. These will be... (more)

iReport: Now anyone can be a journalist
From Media Guardian. Posted June 2 2008, 9.35am
Netbytes: All you need is a mobile phone to become a citizen journalist providing breaking news for websites like CNN's iReport (more)

Press Gazette: Mosley sues NoW in French courts over Nazi orgy story
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 29 2008, 10.50am
Motorsport boss Max Mosley has launched a libel claim in the French courts against the News of the World over allegations he engaged in a Nazi-themed orgy. The UK Sunday newspaper alleged that Mosley had been involved in a London orgy with five prostitutes and posted video of the affair on its website. Moseley failed with a legal attempt in the English courts to get the video taken down and has now decided to pursue the matter in the French courts. The action has been made possible because the print edition of News of the World is available in France and the online version was also accessible. Moseley is also about to embark on a separate breach of privacy case in the UK. This issue has been scheduled for court in July. (more)

Mosley sues NoW in French courts over Nazi orgy story
From Press Gazette. Posted May 29 2008, 12.00am
Motorsport boss Max Mosley has launched a libel claim in the French courts against the News of the World over allegations he engaged in a Nazi-themed orgy. (more)

Now the smart money is on magazines for intellectuals
From Media Guardian. Posted May 24 2008, 11.01pm
Standpoint, launching this week, is the latest periodical funded by an entrepreneur in search of powerful friends and social cachet, reports James Robinson (more)

NowPublic adds mobile upload feature with ShoZu
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 21 2008, 2.55pm
Crowd-sourced news site NowPublic has teamed up with mobile and social media firm ShoZu to set up a new way for users to contribute. Images and photos can now be sent to NowPublic from mobile devices through the ShoZu application, according to a press release. The app is freely downloadable and already features on certain Samsung, [...] (more)

Education journalist awards scheme now open for entries
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 21 2008, 5.50am
The CIPR's fourth annual awards to celebrate the best in education and skills reporting in both local and national media (more)

Guardian now admits libelling Tesco
From Press Gazette. Posted May 19 2008, 12.00am
The Guardian has admitted it libelled supermarket giant Tesco by falsely claiming that it set up an elaborate network of offshore companies to avoid paying up to £1 billion of corporation tax. (more)

Journalism.co.uk press release distribution service now on Twitter
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 13 2008, 11.00pm
PressGo, Journalism.co.uk's service to publish and distribute press releases, now available on SMS through Twitter (more)

BBC Knowledge Magazine launches in US
From Media Guardian. Posted May 13 2008, 6.29am
BBC Magazines is to launch a US title aimed at readers with a 'curious mind' that will take on the likes of National Geographic. By Stephen Brook (more)

9X continues steady climb; now India's No.3
From Biz Asia. Posted May 3 2008, 5.02pm
INX Media's Hindi entertainment channel 9X is proving a big threat to closest rivals Sony Entertainment Television Asia and NDTV Imagine. (more)

Well-known newspaper print manager has died, aged 43
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 1 2008, 8.00am
Lincolnshire Echo man moved to Grimsby to further his career (more)

Capital now fourth in London
From Radio Today. Posted May 1 2008, 7.16am
The one time king of the London marketplace, 95.8 Capital Radio, has slipped to fourth position with a smaller audience than Kiss 100.Bauer Radio is enjoying two out of the three top spots for commercial radio listening in London, with Magic 105.4 attracting 1.918 million listeners and Kiss 100 reaching an audience of 1.583 million. (more)

Pictures of Queen?s Day 2008 celebrations now on our website
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 30 2008, 12.41pm
Today is Queen’s Day in the Netherlands, when the whole country becomes in effect one giant street party and flea market. After a wet start in some places, the weather is reasonably mild (about 16C) and mostly dry. It’s very quiet inside the Radio Netherlands building, apart from the newsroom where it’s business as usual. [...] (more)

Need to know
From The Times. Posted April 23 2008, 12.00am
Economics Interest rates Hopes of further early cuts in interest rates, perhaps as soon as next month, were dealt a blow when Tim Besley, an external member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, suggested that its ground-breaking scheme this week to tackle the credit crunch would reduce the case for lowering rates again. Money markets There was little immediate sign of money market stresses being diminished by the Bank of England’s new special liquidity facility. The key three-month sterling Libor interest rate for lending between high street banks edged lower again, but by only 0.001 per cent, as markets digested the details of the Bank’s £50 billion scheme. The euro burst through the $1.60 barrier for the first time, setting a new high of $1.6019 at one point, as hopes of cuts in eurozone interest rates continued to fade. Markets$’ expectation of rate cuts were undercut after Yves Mersch, a member of the European Central Bank’s governing council, said that he was surprised that observers still saw scope for the ECB to reduce rates and emphasised its determination to bring eurozone inflation under control. US home sales The US National Association of Realtors said that sales of existing American homes had fallen by 2 per cent during March to an annual rate of 4.93 million, down from 5.03 million in February. Oil prices surged to records near $120 a barrel because of the weaker dollar, export disruptions from Nigerian rebel attacks and concerns that a Scottish refinery strike could hit North Sea production. US crude settled up $1.89 at $119.37 a barrel after hitting a record peak of $119.90 earlier. Banking $& finance Royal Bank of Scotland has insisted that there was no need for any sacrificial lambs after its recent crisis as it began a block-buster £12 billion rights issue, the biggest equity capital raising attempted in Britain. Bradford & Bingley, Britain’s biggest buy-to-let lender, has remained coy about the possibility of a rights issue but insisted that deposits were pouring in to fund its mortgage sales. The bank was recently forced to deny that it was on the verge of an emergency rights issue. Credit Suisse, the Swiss bank, said that it will cut about 500 jobs across its investment banking and shared services divisions. The cuts come on top of the 500 job losses announced in January and the 170 announced during October. GLG Partners, the hedge fund manager, said that Greg Coffey, one of its top managers who oversaw $7 billion ($£3.51 billion) in assets, had resigned. Mr Coffey, who is expected to set up his own fund, withdrew a previous resignation last week. He will continue to manage GLG funds until October and will help to find his successor. Alliance & Leicester has published the prospectus for a $40 billion medium-term note programme that will allow the bank to issue debt without as much paperwork. Construction $& property Morgan Sindall, the construction group, said it has made a positive start to the year, with trading in line with its expectations and growth in construction, infrastructure services and affordable housing. But it added that it had seen a slowdown in refit business from the financial services sector. Consumer goods Associated British Foods said that further price rises on products such as bread were almost inevitable as it gave warning of a possible £800 million increase in operating costs this year. Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods group, has filed a US lawsuit against several Canadian competitors claiming that they were infringing on its Slim-Fast brand of weight-loss products. Engineering Manganese Bronze Holdings, which makes the London black taxi cab, has signed an agreement with Tanfield Group, the producer of electric commercial vehicles, to develop a battery-powered zero-emission urban taxi. FKI, the engineering group, has defended its decision to accept a £478 million takeover offer from Melrose, despite receiving several approaches that might have led to a higher offer. BAE SystemsThe Serious Fraud Office is to appeal against a High Court judgment that it had acted unlawfully in dropping an investigation into allegations of bribery and corruption relating to a BAE Systems arms deal with Saudi Arabia. Health SkyePharma, the drug delivery group, has signed an exclusive licence agreement with Kyorin Pharmaceutical for the Japanese group’s lead product, the asthma treatment Flutiform. Industrials Highveld Steel & Vanadium, the South African steelmaker in which Evraz, the Russian steel group, has a controlling stake, said it would sell its vanadium assets to Vanchem Vanadium Products for $160 million ($£80.3 million). Leisure Bodog, the controversial internet gambling operator, announced that Calvin Ayre, its founder and chief executive, would be retiring as the public face of the company. Bourne Leisure, the company behind the Butlins and Haven chains, said it remained hopeful of reviving a deal with Candover after the collapse of the sale of a stake of less than 50 per cent to the private equity group. Probability, the AIM-listed mobile phone gambling operator, reported strong fourth-quarter trading, despite a two-day winning streak by a waiter in a Chinese restaurant in Worcester that netted £211,000 – the biggest payout by a mobile gambling group. Ritz-Carlton, the luxury hotel division of Marriott International, predicted weakening hotel demand in Asia’s key financial centres and added that the impact of the credit crunch could curtail hotel openings. McDonald’s, the US burger chain, reported a 0.8 per cent decline in same-store sales in its US restaurants during March, the first monthly decline in five years, overshadowing higher than expected first-quarter profits and strong overseas sales. Chinese gambling Macau, which has overtaken the Las Vegas Strip as the gambling capital of the world, announced a freeze on all new licences and land allocations for construction, partly at the behest Beijing. Media Reed Elsevier, the Anglo-Dutch publishing group, will face questions from the Campaign Against Arms Trade at its annual meeting asking why it has not sold its defence exhibitions business. Havas, the French advertising group, reported a 7.4 per cent rise in comparable first-quarter sales of €345 million (£276.4 million), up from €337 million last year, and said it was not affected by the global financial crisis. Clear Channel CommunicationsThomas H Lee Partners and Bain Capital Partners, the private equity groups, said they had rejected an offer for binding arbitration from the banks which had arranged to fund the $20 billion ($£10.02 billion) buyout of Clear Channel Communications, the US radio station group. The Wall Street Journal Marcus Brauchli is stepping down as managing editor ofThe Wall Street Journal four months after News Corporation bought the paper. He will stay on with News Corp as a consultant. News Corp is parent company of The Times. Natural resources Regal Petroleumconfirmed that it had received preliminary approaches for its Ukrainian assets. But the independent oil and gas company, which has interests in Ukraine, Romania and Egypt, emphasised that the talks are at an “early stage” and may or may not lead to a transaction. Retailing Primark, the budget fashion chain which is owned by Associated British Foods, reported full-year operating profits up by 22 per cent to £111 million. Sales increased by 25 per cent to £899 million, with like-for-like sales up by 4 per cent – in contrast to like-for-like sales declines across most of the retail sector. Support services Erinaceous, the debt-laden property services group, said more than 2,500 jobs have been saved after administrators struck a series of deals to sell parts of the group. Tata Consultancy Services, India’s largest IT outsourcing company, saw its shares fall by more than 10 per cent in Bombay – a record one-day fall for the stock - after it reported its first quarteron-quarter decline in earnings in three years as a result of the slowdown in the United States. Technology Samsung Lee Kun Hee, chairman of Samsung, the South Korean electronics group, has resigned after an unprecedented investigation of his business affairs. Samsung is responsible for a fifth of all South Korean exports. soft needs to raise its takeover bid. Yahoo!’s first-quarter net income rose to $542.2 million, from the year-ago quarter$’s $142.4 million. LogicaCMG, the Anglo-Dutch IT services group, is to cut 1,300 jobs, including 500 in Britain, and will double its offshore operations as part of a $£110 million plan to revive the business. Yahoo! reported a better than expected quarterly profit but failed to do well enough to convince many on Wall Street that Microsoft needs to raise its takeover bid. Yahoo!’s first-quarter net income rose to $542.2 million, from the year-ago quarter$’s $142.4 million. Moneysupermarket.com, the price comparison website, said that revenues were holding up well despite the turbulence in the loan and mortgage markets. Telecoms AT$&T, the American telecoms group, reported first-quarter profits up by 21.5 per cent to $3.46 billion ($£1.74 billion), from $2.85 billion last time, as wireless growth offset a fall in traditional telephone subscriptions. Transport Alitalia The Italian Government has agreed to extend an emergency loan of $€300 million (£241.3 million) to Alitalia, the struggling flag carrier, after Air France-KLM withdrew its takeover offer. The loan could be considered as fresh state aid, which would bring the airline into confrontation with the European Commission. I BAAThe Government will review the economic regulation of the UK airports system after the Competition Commission published a damning report into BAA, the owner of Heathrow’s disastrous Terminal 5, criticising its poor customer service. UAL, the parent company of United Airlines, the US carrier, reported a first-quarter loss of $537 million ($£269.4 million) because of soaring fuel costs. It added that it will be cutting flights and 1,100 jobs in an “extraordinarily difficult” environment. Utilities Npower Ofgem, the energy regulator, has begun a formal investigation into the alleged mis-selling of energy contracts by npower, one of Britain’s top six power suppliers. The inquiry comes after claims that sales representatives of npower – owned by RWE, the German utility group – had lied to customers and used illegal practices to sell contracts. (more)

ITV programmes now available on iTunes
From The Stage. Posted April 22 2008, 12.20pm
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RNW24 now broadcast in DRM mode at 1157-1457 UTC
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 18 2008, 3.29pm
The Internet station RNW24 has proven very popular, and starting today it is also available in DRM mode at 1157-1457 UTC Mon-Fri on 5955 kHz. RNW24 broadcasts Dutch popular music, with news in Dutch every hour. The three hours on 5955 kHz replace the listed transmissions in English and Dutch. The schedule on our website will be updated [...] (more)

NoW in Clifford story amends
From Press Gazette. Posted April 17 2008, 12.00am
The News of the World has paid £10,000 to the Chase Children’s Hospice after being sued by publicist Max Clifford. (more)

Daily Mail group claims it now reaches 45 per cent of the British population
From Press Gazette. Posted April 15 2008, 12.00am
New research shows that Associated Newspapers' print and online titles have a combined reach of 45 per cent of the British population, the company's digital division claimed today. (more)

Space.com puts its trust in science, but not as we know it
From Financial Times. Posted April 14 2008, 3.00am
Nearly a decade ago, Lou Dobbs abandoned the anchor's desk at CNN, the cable news network, to take a journey into the final frontier, launching a fledgling website... (more)

Now Murat to sue over alleged Madeleine slurs
From Press Gazette. Posted April 14 2008, 12.00am
Madeleine McCann "suspect" Robert Murat is planning to sue 12 British media outlets for libel, his lawyers said. (more)

Space cadets put trust in science, but not as we know it
From Financial Times. Posted April 13 2008, 7.28pm
Nearly a decade ago, Lou Dobbs abandoned the anchor's desk at CNN to take a journey into the final frontier, launching a website devoted to all things space (more)

This much I know: Kirsty Wark, broadcaster, 53, London
From Media Guardian. Posted April 12 2008, 11.07pm
Broadcaster, 53, London (more)

Mark Lawson: Now we're all time lords
From Media Guardian. Posted April 10 2008, 11.19pm
Mark Lawson: The likes of iPlayer let us watch programmes any time, but we risk losing the shared TV experience (more)

Jon Henley asks what will happen now to all those TV shows that have succeeded on the back of the property boom?
From Media Guardian. Posted April 9 2008, 11.05pm
House prices in Britain are tumbling. So what will happen now to all those TV shows that have succeeded on the back of the property boom? Jon Henley reports (more)

Radio Slovakia International now on Astra 3 at 23.5° East
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 9 2008, 4.40pm
Radio Slovakia International is now carried via the Astra 3 satellite at 23.5° East: Frequency 12.565 GHz Pol H Symbol rate: 27500 FEC: 2/3 The full schedule is here. (Source: RadioVisie.eu/RSI website) Bookmark to: (more)

NoW wins right to show video of formula one chief Max Mosley with prostitutes
From Media Guardian. Posted April 9 2008, 9.52am
The high court has refused to grant an injunction to stop the News of the World showing a video involving Max Mosley and five prostitutes on its website. By Jason Deans (more)

Privatization is not the answer for SLBS - renowned broadcaster claims
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 7 2008, 3.53pm
Renowned broadcaster and lecturer at Fourah Bay College, Dr Ivan Thomas, has called on the government of Sierra Leone to support the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service (SLBS) , with the required logistics for it to perform its constitutional duties rather than privatizing the station. Delivering a lecture on elections and election manifestos over the weekend in [...] (more)

BBC Arabic television now on E-Vision in UAE
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 7 2008, 2.05pm
BBC Arabic has further extended its television availability in the United Arab Emirates thanks to partnership with the UAE-based cable TV platform, E-Vision. Its news and information programming is now available to audiences in the Emirates via Channel 41 of E-Vision.  This is the first local cable agreement for BBC Arabic television.  BBC Arabic is also [...] (more)

Now apologises for publishing private emails
From Press Gazette. Posted April 7 2008, 12.00am
IPC’s celebrity weekly, Now, has issued an apology to two former friends of former pop-star Kerry Katona after it published private emails from Katona to the two girls without their knowledge (more)

Now..Akshay Kumar to present on TV too
From Biz Asia. Posted April 5 2008, 12.42pm
Akshay Kumar has joined his industry friends Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan by becoming the latest star to host a TV show. It looks like the Punjabi actor has been lured into a record deal for a show along the lines of 'Fear Factor'. According to a source at Times Of India, "Akshay will be paid Rs 1.5 crore per episode, which is more than what SRK is getting for Kya Aap Paanchvi Paas Se Tez Hain?" Incidentally Sallu has been booked for Rs 89 crore for 104 episodes. So far, we’ve been hearing about his big film deals, now there’s confirmation that he may yet overtake the Khan in price. The new series of the programme will air on the soon-to-launch Hindi entertainment channel from Viacom 18. Incidentally Akshay Kumar stars in Studio 18's upcoming mega release 'Singh is Kinng', which opens up at cinemas in August. The first season was aired on Sony Entertainment Television Asia. It was shot in the exotic locales of Kuala Lampur and Malaysia and hosted by Mukul Dev. Related links: Confirmed: Salman to front show for Sony TV Salman Khan to host gameshow for Sony TV Shah Rukh Khan show to air on STAR Vijay too Shah Rukh to host another show on STAR Plus (more)

Now Ear This
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted April 4 2008, 8.18am
One of Scotland’s hardest-working DJs yesterday performed above and beyond the call of duty yesterday....by having his ear pierced, live on air. Radio Forth broadcaster, ‘Boogie’, agreed to the piercing, ahead of a 1980s Night he’s presenting, on... (more)

Patrick Barkham: The man in the middle of nowhere
From Media Guardian. Posted April 1 2008, 11.06pm
Patrick Barkham: In recent months, the BBC has dragged its arc lights around the world to inject some extra hysteria in TV news (more)

UK gets set for the switchover with 90% now multichannel
From Media Guardian. Posted March 30 2008, 11.03pm
Go figure: More of us than ever are buying TV sets with integrated Freeview and cable. By Katie Allen (more)

Peter Preston: And now, log on for net losses
From Media Guardian. Posted March 30 2008, 12.02am
Peter Preston on : News website visits fall and it's because of the news (or lack of it); Google's ad clicks slow and it's the recession (more)

NoW magazine features editor leaves weeks after its launch
From Media Guardian. Posted March 26 2008, 7.09pm
The features editor of the News of the World's new magazine, Fabulous, has left the publication just weeks after it launched. By Leigh Holmwood and James Robinson (more)

NoW takes down Jewell story
From Media Guardian. Posted March 25 2008, 4.49pm
The News of the World's Sunday splash about a Premier League football manager has been removed from its website. By John Plunkett (more)

MacDonald's Alcohol Revelations Now University Reading
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted March 25 2008, 8.55am
Trinity Mirror’s local weekly Ayrshire titles, the Ayrshire Post, Kilmarnock Standard and Irvine Herald, may have dispensed with the services of its freelance business editor, but Murdoch MacDonald is unlikely to find himself under-employed. While the newspapers’ business... (more)

Planet Rock saved.. for now
From Radio Today. Posted March 22 2008, 12.21pm
Planet Rock will continue broadcasting beyond the original closure date offered by GCap chief executive Fru Hazlitt. The station was due to shut down on March 28th along with theJazz from digital platforms including Digital One and Sky. (more)

Gongadze murderer convictions: 'instigators' must now be punished
From Press Gazette. Posted March 17 2008, 12.00am
Press Freedom campaigners have welcomed the jailing of three men for the killing of Ukrainian journalist Goergiy Gongadze. (more)

Renowned Dundee-born Journalist Dies, Aged 93
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted March 13 2008, 8.54pm
One of Scotland’s most illustrious journalists, Dundee-born Don McNicoll, has died in London, aged 93, after a sparkling career which spanned more than 70 years. Yesterday, The Scotsman carried a lengthy obituary, and we quote excerpts here. “Don McNicoll, inevitably... (more)

'Nowadays there is nowhere to hide'
From Media Guardian. Posted March 13 2008, 12.05am
Once Britain's chief constables answered only to God, the Queen and their conscience. Today the spotlight of the press is on their every move, both professional and personal. After the apparent suicide of Manchester's Mike Todd, Duncan Campbell reports on the pressure on the UK's top police officers (more)

XM Touts College Basketball, SIRIUS Offers Snow Sports
From radio.about.com. Posted March 12 2008, 12.00am
XM Hypes Hoops XM Satellite Radio will air the men's college basketball tournaments for the six major conferences starting March 12. XM carries the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12,... (more)

100 Community radio stations now on air
From Ofcom. Posted March 10 2008, 10.00am
News release published 10|03|08 (more)

Press Advertising: They all know the score...
From The Independent. Posted March 10 2008, 12.00am
Men are fickle readers. Over the years, surveys have shown that they aren't keen on novels and remain iffy about glossy magazines, despite the number of male-oriented titles cluttering the shelves at WH Smith. But when I started looking into male attitudes to the printed page for my book, Branded Male, I found that there was no such ambiguity when it came to newspapers. Men like the news – whether offline or on. In fact, they like it marginally better than women. (more)

And now, a word from the sponsor . . . BBC accused of advert dodge
From The Times. Posted March 7 2008, 12.00am
The BBC is being accused of making money by inviting companies to promote their brands in the middle of live programmes such as <i>Children in Need </i>and <i>Saving Planet Earth </i>in contravention of advertising rules. (more)

Dubai now hosts more than 70 broadcasters
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 5 2008, 10.52am
More than 70 broadcasters delivering more than 150 channels now operate in Dubai, an international broadcasting conference in the emirate was told yesterday. The broadcasters are based in the Dubai Media City and Dubai Studio City complexes in a tax-free zone established in 2001. The Director of Dubai Studio City, Jamal Al Sharif, gave the figure [...] (more)

IPC appoints Now editor
From Media Guardian. Posted March 3 2008, 11.35am
Magazine publisher IPC today appointed Abigail Blackburn as editor of celebrity title Now. By Stephen Brook, press correspondent (more)

Woman deputy is made editor at Now
From Press Gazette. Posted March 3 2008, 12.00am
IPC Media has announced Abigail Blackburn as the new editor of celebrity weekly Now, replacing Helen Johnston who quit in December. (more)

Jon Snow comments prompt 90 complaints
From Digital Spy. Posted March 1 2008, 5.07pm
Comments from Jon Snow on the Prince Harry media blackout prompt 90 complaints to Channel 4. (more)

NoW deputy attacks Drudge over Harry
From Media Guardian. Posted February 29 2008, 11.45am
News of the World deputy editor Neil Wallis has attacked the Drudge Report for revealing Prince Harry's presence in Afghanistan, calling the move a 'cheap hit'. By Ben Dowell (more)

NoW's Wallis attacks Drudge over Harry
From Media Guardian. Posted February 29 2008, 11.45am
News of the World executive editor Neil Wallis has attacked the Drudge Report for revealing Prince Harry's presence in Afghanistan, calling the move a 'cheap hit'. By Ben Dowell (more)

British Radio Awards now open
From Radio Today. Posted February 26 2008, 7.30am
Voting is now underway for the 2008 x-trax British Radio Awards - honouring the best in on and off-air talent across the UK radio industry. (more)

"Posh and Becks" targeted by vandals ? and the world knows about it
From Hold the Front Page. Posted February 26 2008, 1.05am
Belfast Telegraph story goes global as Northern Ireland's new royal couple board up their home (more)

MPs demand to know Nick Robinson's expenses
From Press Gazette. Posted February 26 2008, 12.00am
At least 52 MPs have signed a Parliamentary motion calling for BBC political editor Nick Robinson’s expenses to be revealed. (more)

Journalism training bursary scheme now embraces digital age
From Hold the Front Page. Posted February 25 2008, 1.35am
Online course applicants can now apply for funding worth up to 10,000 (more)

Now that ITV has tanked it's time for Grade to do a U-turn
From Media Guardian. Posted February 25 2008, 12.02am
Opinion, Janine Gibson: We're all still reeling from the impact of the jaw-dropping news that Sky has appealed against the decision to make it sell down its ITV stake (more)

Would-be hacks to benefit from new online knowledge base
From Hold the Front Page. Posted February 21 2008, 4.25am
Regional press man asks: "Do you want to beajournalist.co.uk?" (more)

Prestigious campaigning journalism award now open for entries
From Hold the Front Page. Posted February 20 2008, 8.10am
Annual prize dedicated to Paul Foot's memory is accepting entries (more)

My Mentor: Dan Snow on Peter Snow
From The Independent. Posted February 18 2008, 12.00am
People say to me: "Oh, it's really unfair. Your dad got you into television." Yes, he did. But not by ringing up (former BBC2 controller) Jane Root and saying he wanted to do a programme with his son; he would have been laughed at. (more)

Strife at the Staggers – what now after Kampfner walks out?
From The Independent. Posted February 17 2008, 12.00am
Three weeks ago, John Kampfner, the editor of the New Statesman, invited selected members of his team to his Bloomsbury house for a brainstorming day. The original plan had been to take the staff outside London, but there wasn't the budget for the minibus. Instead, section editors and designers congregated around the kitchen table, some sitting, some standing, to kick around ideas about where to take the magazine next. An ample supply of coffee, wine and hors d'oeuvres was laid on, along with standard Old Labour fare of beer and sandwiches. The mood was positive, even inspiring. (more)

Now Gene Hunt takes on vampires
From Media Guardian. Posted February 13 2008, 5.37pm
Actor Philip Glenister, Gene Hunt in Ashes to Ashes, is to play a vampire hunter in a modern-day take on the Dracula story. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

New edition of Radio Stations in the UK now available
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 9 2008, 11.38am
The new 2008 (21st) edition of Radio Stations in the United Kingdom is now available from the British DX Club. Radio Stations in the UK is a comprehensive 68-page guide to BBC, commercial, community and low power AM/FM services on MW and FM, with lists in frequency order and by station name. It includes transmitter power [...] (more)

NoW pays out over Kate Moss ‘orgy’ claims
From Press Gazette. Posted February 4 2008, 12.00am
?The News of the World has apologised and is paying damages to model Kate Moss after running a story which wrongly claimed that she was involved in an orgy at her birthday party. (more)

Chinese government sends radios to snow victims
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 3 2008, 12.35pm
Amid the prolonged snow crisis, the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has begun to send 50,000 radios to the worst-hit southern provinces. These radios would help people hear the “concerned voices of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, updated [...] (more)

Reuters pull out of deal with Times Now
From Biz Asia. Posted February 1 2008, 10.13pm
According to reports, a joint venture between Reuters and Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd in Times Global Broadcasting has come to an end. The partnership owned and operated English news channel Times Now. IndianTelevision reported that Thursday marked the last day that Reuters, which holds a 26 per cent stake in Times Global Broadcasting, would be contributing monetarily to Times Now's operating costs. At this stage it is not clear as to why the venture turned sour but rumours doing the rounds suggest editorial differences led to parting the ways for the two companies. (more)

Multimillion-pound campaign for NoW mag
From Media Guardian. Posted February 1 2008, 2.10pm
The News of the World has backed the launch of its new glossy magazine Fabulous with a multimillion-pound marketing drive. By Stephen Brook (more)

Sirius 4 satellite now operational
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 29 2008, 5.36pm
SES Sirius, an SES Astra company, announced today that the Sirius 4 communications satellite is now in operation and has taken over all transmissions from Sirius 2 and Sirius 3. Since it was launched on 18 November 2007, all operations have been carried out according to plan. The Swedish Space Corporation is a minority shareholder in [...] (more)

BBC radio now available on Bangladesh?s bdnews24.com
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 29 2008, 5.11pm
The BBC has teamed up with Bangladesh’s leading news website bdnews24.com so its users can listen to BBC World Service radio. Thanks to the new partnership, visitors to the 24/7 site across the world can now access BBC radio programmes in English and Bangla. bdnews24.com is the first news site in Bangladesh to carry BBC radio [...] (more)

Get tooled-up to know your readers better
From Press Gazette. Posted January 29 2008, 12.00am
?Tim Danton, editor of PC Pro (Dennis Publishing) outlines the best online ways to get to know your readers (more)

NoW’s Northern Irish reporter returns to roots
From Press Gazette. Posted January 29 2008, 12.00am
The News of the World’s man in Northern Ireland has moved to Sunday Life, Independent News and Media’s title in the Province. (more)

Newspapers can now enter annual award scheme
From Hold the Front Page. Posted January 21 2008, 12.00am
Circulation and promotions awards open to regional newspapers for the first time (more)

BBC Radio 1010 now on the air in Salt Lake City
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 14 2008, 1.49pm
A notice on the website of Salt Lake City public radio station KCPW reads “We’d like to take a moment and welcome the newest member of the KCPW family, BBC Radio 1010. Our 1010 AM signal is now dedicated to news from the BBC World Service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. KCPW [...] (more)

Radiohead quit, Robbie Williams on strike - and now 1,000 jobs cut
From Media Guardian. Posted January 11 2008, 11.44pm
Artists lose patience with management at once iconic record label following private equity takeover (more)

Heavy snow in Iowa made for great TV
From Press Gazette. Posted January 11 2008, 12.00am
Heavy snow in Iowa made for great TV, but Channel 4 News’s chief correspondent found himself covering a story much closer to home. (more)

NoW's Ray Chapman dies after quitting at the top
From Press Gazette. Posted January 7 2008, 12.00am
Ray Chapman, for many years a News of the World investigative reporter, died on New Year's Eve at the age of 71 after retiring from the paper only last September. (more)

Ex-news man now in Africa to link up for carol service
From Hold the Front Page. Posted December 17 2007, 12.00am
Former Somerset reporter will be linking up with his old patch (more)

Who knows if the Doctor will close door on the Tardis?
From The Independent. Posted December 16 2007, 1.00am
One of the most popular actors to play Doctor Who in the BBC's long-running show may be about to close the door on the Tardis for good, according to his co-star. (more)

ITN man once interviewed the influential, now he sleeps rough
From Media Guardian. Posted December 14 2007, 11.39pm
Journalist homeless for 10 months after losing job and going through divorce (more)

Venturer?s sweet HD DVD player deal is now even sweeter!
From Press Release, via webitpr. Posted December 14 2007, 10.18am
Buckinghamshire, 14th December 2007 The eagerly awaited, low cost SHD7001 High Definition DVD player from Venturer which already promises a fantastic price tag and bundle deal for those looking to invest in the latest HD technology, now offers even more. Not only will the new SHD7001 be supplied with a fantastic add on package worth around 50.00 (two fantastic HD DVDs; Hulk and Troy, and a free HDMI cable) it will also now include a... (more)

80% of UK homes now multichannel
From Rapid TV News. Posted December 12 2007, 8.36pm
The growth of multichannel TV in the UK now tops 80%, says a new study. (more)

Editor of Now quits after seven months
From Media Guardian. Posted December 11 2007, 6.54am
The editor of IPC women's weekly Now is leaving one of the biggest jobs in journalism after just seven months. By Stephen Brook (more)

Now editor leaving to work on new launch
From Press Gazette. Posted December 11 2007, 12.00am
Helen Johnston, the editor of IPC women's weekly, Now, is leaving after just seven months to work on a secret start-up project. (more)

Who Dares Wins? TV's indies did. But now they've met their Waterloo (Road)
From The Independent. Posted December 9 2007, 12.35am
The world of independent media production is shrinking. The sector has suffered or enjoyed ? depending on your perspective ? a wave of consolidation in the past few years. And ITV's 26m purchase last week of 12 Yard, the indie founded by David Young and Andy Culpin and "famed" for quiz shows such as Eggheads and Who Dares Wins, shrank the independent pool still further. Subject to certain performance targets being met, the price could swell to as much as 35m. (more)

BBC Knowledge Commissioners announced
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted December 3 2007, 5.15pm
BBC Visions Controller of Knowledge Commissioning George Entwistle has announced the new lineup of factual commissioning editors to work across all four BBC TV channels and on multiplatform content. (more)

Dave Rabbit: Vietnam War Pirate DJ Now Turned Podcaster
From radio.about.com. Posted November 29 2007, 12.00am
One of the great Radio stories I have been personally involved is the story of Dave Rabbit. Many people are familiar with Adrian Cronauer, the U.S. Armed Forces Radio DJ... (more)

Jungle Heart - it's love, but not as we know it in real life
From The Independent. Posted November 25 2007, 1.00am
In a top-secret laboratory at the University of the Blindingly Obvious, a team of scientists is working frantically to explain a new medical phenomenon. What causes the mysterious disease that makes two people on any given reality TV programme fall immediately and hopelessly in love with each other? And is there any cure? (more)

Pakistan: Geo now only private TV whose transmissions are blocked
From Media Network Weblog. Posted November 23 2007, 11.43am
Three weeks after the declaration of a state of emergency, all but one of Pakistan’s private TV networks have been permitted to resume transmissions, albeit with some restrictions. The one exception is Geo TV, based in Dubai. All four of its channels - Geo TV, Geo News, Geo Super (sport) and Aag TV (music) - remain [...] (more)

Georgina Dickinson becomes NoW US editor
From Media Guardian. Posted November 23 2007, 11.32am
The News of the World has promoted Los Angeles-based reporter Georgina Dickinson to the post of US editor. By Stephen Brook (more)

Entwistle takes BBC knowledge controller role
From Digital Spy. Posted November 21 2007, 7.17am
George Entwistle is made the corporation's new controller of knowledge commissioning. (more)

Newspaper publishing now less than half DMGT profits
From Press Gazette. Posted November 21 2007, 12.00am
• London free newspaper war dents Associated profits• 'Revitalised' Northcliffe sees profits rise• DMGT chief executive to retire next year (more)

George Entwistle appointed controller of BBC knowledge
From Media Guardian. Posted November 20 2007, 2.32pm
The BBC has appointed George Entwistle as controller of knowledge - confirming he is not in the running to be BBC1 controller. By Stephen Brook (more)

George Entwistle named Controller Knowledge Commissioning
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted November 20 2007, 2.20pm
George Entwistle has been named as the new BBC Controller of Knowledge Commissioning. (more)

The last SBES as we know it
From Radio Today. Posted November 15 2007, 12.55am
The current SBES show will be the last of its kind. Not only will the show move to a Friday and Saturday slot, but will no longer be exclusively about sound as organisers Point Promotions expand to include video, IPTV and the Internet. (more)

B07 HFCC data now available online
From Media Network Weblog. Posted November 13 2007, 10.23am
The High Frequency Co-ordination Conference (HFCC) has published the B07 public version of its operational data. Unfortunately, data of the ABU-HFC have once again been removed at their request from the public version, so it’s incomplete, but still very useful in assisting with station identification. (more)

Arrow has now stopped broadcasting old programming on 675 kHz
From Media Network Weblog. Posted November 9 2007, 11.38am
Dutch commercial station Arrow Classic Rock has now stopped broadcasting old material on its former mediumwave frequency 675 kHz. The frequency is now carrying a voice loop giving the terrestrial FM frequencies. Since July, 675 kHz has been putting out old blocks of music and commercials that had been previously broadcast, since the licence does not allow simulcasting [...] (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)

Leader: In praise of ... Jon Snow
From Media Guardian. Posted November 2 2007, 12.45am
Leader: He epitomises everything Channel 4 News is about - provocative, left-of-centre, both engaged and engaging. (more)

New kid on the block now leads the news pack
From Press Gazette. Posted November 2 2007, 12.00am
Despite its difficult early years, Channel 4 News is now the agenda-setting terrestrial news programme (more)

Zimbabwe?s state-run radio stations now on Internet
From Media Network Weblog. Posted October 30 2007, 2.01pm
Zimbabwe’s state-run radio stations are now streaming live on the Internet, just months after state television also launched on JumpTV – a Dubai-based distributor of live international television and sports programmes over the Internet. The country’s four radio stations - Power FM, National FM, Radio Zimbabwe and SFM - all run by the state-owned Zimbabwe [...] (more)

Sky now has 1m broadband customers
From Digital Spy. Posted October 29 2007, 10.21am
Sky announces that it has connected its one millionth customer to Sky Broadband. (more)

Winter SW/MW technical schedule now online
From Media Network Weblog. Posted October 23 2007, 2.26pm
The winter shortwave/mediumwave technical schedule of RNW, effective on Sunday 28 October, is now online. To avoid typos and other errors, we decided to use the original database maintained by our Programme Distribution Department. Despite some formatting problems in our Content Management System, we’ve managed to get it online. View the schedule (more)

Martin Kelner: It's The X Factor, Jim, but not as we know it
From Media Guardian. Posted October 22 2007, 1.00am
Martin Kelner: Jim Rosenthal had much to shout about as ITV Sport broadcast a weekend of ratings winners. (more)

Video use is now central to online publishing
From Press Gazette. Posted October 22 2007, 12.00am
Ben Howard, head of CNET Networks, says video is now more than just a supplement, it's integral to strategy (more)

Expert Eye: Video use is now central to online publishing
From Press Gazette. Posted October 22 2007, 12.00am
Ben Howard, head of video at CNET Networks, looks at the shortlist in the video category of this year's AOP Awards (more)

Press Red Now for Impulse Response Interactive Television Advertising
From Press Release, via webitpr. Posted October 17 2007, 11.19am
17th October 2007 - SKY Television and emuse absolutely announce the launch of the first ever Impulse Response Interactive Television advertisement in New Zealand for Mitsubishi Motors Ltd. Viewers who see the Mitsubishi Lancer advertisement will be invited to press RED on the SKY remote to request more information on the car. They simply follow the prompts on screen to select their preferences and enter their contact details, which can be sent back to Mitsubishi... (more)

Now...STAR Plus to do 'Lil Champs' to rival ZEE
From Biz Asia. Posted October 17 2007, 8.44am
STAR Plus will be launching its own version of 'Lil Champs', to rival the ZEE TV show, which starts this weekend. (more)

BBC Global Channels Asia-Pacific launches three channels on Hong Kong?s now TV
From Media Network Weblog. Posted October 12 2007, 11.58am
BBC Global Channels, one of six BBC Worldwide businesses, is introducing BBC Knowledge, BBC Lifestyle and CBeebies to television audiences in Hong Kong on the world’s largest commercial deployment of IPTV, now TV, beginning 17 October 2007.   The Hong Kong launch of the three thematic channels represents the first time CBeebies will be available to audiences [...] (more)

Virgin sponsors Snowboard Show
From Radio Today. Posted October 8 2007, 10.41pm
The Metro Ski and Snowboard Show has re-joined forces with Virgin Radio to promote the 2007 event at Olympia in London. It's the biggest show of its kind and wanted to raise its profile amongst 25-44 year olds. (more)

Question now is where the buck will stop
From The Independent. Posted October 6 2007, 12.35am
So the scandal of "Crowngate" has done for Peter Fincham after all, though it was not just a matter of Her Majesty pointing to the BBC1 Controller and saying: "Off with his head." (more)

Kaplinsky now highest paid anchor in Britain
From Media Guardian. Posted October 5 2007, 1.00am
3pm update: Natasha Kaplinsky's deal taking her from the BBC to Channel Five is worth 1m a year. By Ben Dowell and Leigh Holmwood. (more)

Switch to new version of WordPress now completed
From Media Network Weblog. Posted October 1 2007, 4.42pm
This afternoon we switched over to a new multi-user version of WordPress. Due to a problem with the graphics, this took longer than anticipated. Comments posted by users on Fri/Sat/Sun had to be re-inserted, and the time stamps are not accurate. But everything now seems to be working normally. (more)

Carole Malone 'can't say no' to NoW challenge
From Press Gazette. Posted October 1 2007, 12.00am
Outgoing Sunday Mirror columnist Carole Malone said she is leaving her “spiritual home” to move to the News of the World. (more)

Happy 40th BBC Radio 4: Now, Things You Didn't Know...
From radio.about.com. Posted September 29 2007, 1.40pm
Lisa Mullens has written a charming article about BBC Radio 4, which is celebrating its 40th birthday tomorrow (Sunday, September 30, 2007). Her 20 things you didnt know about Radio... (more)

Disability Now appoints first disabled editor
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 28 2007, 12.00am
Former BBC editor Ian Macrae joins disability campaigning magazine    (more)

'A year and a half ago lots of the news media was struggling with the web, you can see a clear strategy and some success now'
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 28 2007, 12.00am
Ashley Norris, co-founder of blog publisher Shiny Media, talks to Journalism.co.uk    (more)

'A year and a half ago a lot of the news media was struggling with the web, you can see a clear strategy and some success now'
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 28 2007, 12.00am
Ashley Norris, co-founder of blog publisher Shiny Media, talks to Journalism.co.uk    (more)

Disability Now names first disabled editor
From Media Guardian. Posted September 25 2007, 1.00am
1.30pm: Former BBC executive Ian Macrae has been appointed the first disabled editor of Disability Now magazine. By John Plunkett. (more)

PCC rules against Scottish NoW 'Love Borat' story
From Media Guardian. Posted September 25 2007, 1.00am
A Scottish News of the World story about a 'Love Borat' who wooed Kazakhstani women online has been criticised by the press watchdog. By Caitlin Fitzsimmons. (more)

WorldSpace now technically illegal in South Africa
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 24 2007, 9.41am
Technically WorldSpace is now operating without a broadcasting licence in South Africa, writes Chris Forrester in Rapid TV News. South Africa’s Independent Communications Authority (ICASA) issued a batch of new broadcasting licences, but WorldSpace was not among them.  It had already withdrawn its application back in May because it did not meet local ownership rules. It’s [...] (more)

Why knowledge matters ? the BBC's Knowledge Manifesto
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted September 20 2007, 6.45pm
Jana Bennett Director of BBC Vision announced today a raft of new highprofile factual programmes speaking at a Royal Television Society event where she stressed the BBCs continued commitment to serious factual programming and outlined the BBCs new approach to its factual output its Knowledge Manifesto. (more)

Community station now on Sky
From Radio Today. Posted September 20 2007, 8.33am
Insight Radio, Europe's first radio station for blind and partially sighted people has launched on the Sky platform with full Electronic Programme Guide facilities thanks to television and radio transmission company WRN. (more)

Carole Malone leaves Sunday Mirror for NoW
From Press Gazette. Posted September 19 2007, 12.00am
Sunday Mirror columnist Carole Malone has jumped shipped after ten years at the title to join the News of the World.As well as writing a column she expected to also contribute in-depth feature articles. (more)

Do you know the way to pun all day?
From Press Gazette. Posted September 17 2007, 12.00am
The Sun’s Will Hagerty gets out his song book and reveals the secret to writing the perfect red-top headline (more)

Drink beer? Love beer? Now's your chance to write about it
From Hold the Front Page. Posted September 14 2007, 12.00am
Category prizes of 1,000 are up for grabs in contest run by the British Guild of Beer Writers (more)

People sports writer Andy Dunn defects to NoW
From Media Guardian. Posted September 3 2007, 1.00am
Sports journalist Andy Dunn has defected from the People to become the chief sports writer of the News of the World. By Ben Dowell (more)

Now retailers blame sun for poor sales
From Daily Telegraph. Posted September 2 2007, 12.01am
Having endured the wettest summer on record, UK clothing retailers have found a new target to blame for falling sales: the sun. (more)

Mark Haddon: First he tackled Asperger's, now the writer is putting Down's syndrome in the spotlight with a new drama
From The Independent. Posted August 30 2007, 11.55am
"Last summer, I decided to kill my brother." Coming Down the Mountain, the first TV drama by Mark Haddon, opens with this provocative line. (more)

Now there’s a will,where’s the way?
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