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Radio Times prepares its biggest mag
From Media Guardian. Posted December 7 2007, 7.20am
This year's Christmas edition of the Radio Times will be the biggest in pagination terms in the magazine's 84-year history. By Mark Sweney (more)

Emap sees brighter radio times ahead
From The Scotsman. Posted November 14 2007, 12.31am
RADIO and publishing group Emap has offered signs of an improved trading outlook, despite a 16 per cent fall in interim profits to £80 million. (more)

Hudson excited about web as new-look Radio Times unveiled
From Press Gazette. Posted May 22 2007, 2.00pm
Online content has opened up the possibility of "unfettered creativity" in an era of magazine homogenisation, according to the editor in chief of Radio Times. (more)

New-look Radio Times unveiled
From Press Gazette. Posted May 22 2007, 2.00pm
Online content has opened up the possibility of "unfettered creativity", according to Radio Times editor-in-chief Gill Hudson. (more)

Digital revamp for Radio Times
From Media Guardian. Posted May 22 2007, 1.00am
8am: A new-look Radio Times has gone on sale, redesigned to boost coverage of digital programming. By Mark Sweney. (more)

Radio Times gets digital makeover
From Media Guardian. Posted March 26 2007, 1.00am
8am: The Radio Times is launching a guide on where to download TV shows from the net. By Tara Conlan. (more)

Radio Times Xmas Edition Under Threat
From Merry Media. Posted December 5 2006, 10.58pm
The Christmas issue of the Radio Times magazine is under threat of being on sale on time due to staff threatening to strike over pay it has been revealed.. (more)

Journalists aim strike at Radio Times
From Media Guardian. Posted December 4 2006, 12.00am
4.30pm: The Christmas double issue of the Radio Times could be disrupted by a journalists' strike. By Leigh Holmwood. (more)

Chief picture editor leaves Radio Times
From Media Guardian. Posted November 1 2006, 12.00am
11.45am: Patricia Taylor, executive picture editor of the Radio Times, left this week after more than nine years at the magazine. By Ben Dowell. (more)

BBC Worldwide launches Radio Times 2007 Film Guide
From Press Gazette. Posted October 12 2006, 2.00pm
BBC Worldwide has launched the Radio Times Guide to Films 2007, with more than 21,000 in-depth film reviews. (more)

Radio Times website to launch weekly internet guides
From Press Gazette. Posted September 28 2006, 12.00am
Radio Times is to start offering weekly guides to the best of the internet on its website, featuring sites such as YouTube, iFilm and Google Video as well as a list of most-listened to podcasts. (more)

Radio Times introduces guide to online content
From Brand Republic. Posted September 27 2006, 11.09am
LONDON - The explosion in video-sharing sites and podcasting has prompted Radio Times online to introduce weekly guides to the best video and audio content on the web. (more)

Radio Times to support Doctor Who sticker promo with TV ads
From Brand Republic. Posted May 5 2006, 8.05am
LONDON - The Radio Times is to support its 'Doctor Who' sticker album promotion with a TV ad campaign featuring a voiceover by Sean Pertwee, which will run on terrestrial and selected Sky channels from May 8. (more)

Radio Times' Hudson scoops editor of year award
From Media Guardian. Posted May 4 2006, 1.30pm
Radio Times editor Gill Hudson has been named consumer editor of the year at the the Periodical Publishers Association Awards. By Ben Dowell. (more)

Listings jobs at risk on the Radio Times
From Press Gazette. Posted January 19 2006, 12.00am
BBC Magazines is considering cutting 20 jobs in its Radio Times listings department and outsourcing the work to the Press Association, it was announced this week. (more)

Radio Times to axe jobs
From Media Guardian. Posted January 18 2006, 11.18am
The Radio Times is planning to cut 20 jobs and outsource its listings. By Claire Cozens. (more)

Vercoe steps up at Radio TImes after editor Horne goes
From Press Gazette. Posted May 17 2002, 12.00am
Radio Times has promoted long-standing deputy Liz Vercoe to acting editor, following the sudden departure of editor Nigel Horne last month. (more)