Mark Story to leave Bauer Media (Media Guardian)
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Radiohead play in advert for Shelter (Media Guardian)
Radiohead have given permission for one of their tracks to be used in a TV advertising campaign for the first time in a campaign for homeless charity ...

UK ad campaign to target extremism (Media Guardian)
Prominent British Muslims are being recruited to star in a government-backed advertising campaign aimed at preventing people in Pakistan from engaging in extremist activity, the Guardian has learned.

Eritrean opposition group to start shortwave broadcasts on 16 February (Media Network Weblog)
Dave Kernick writes: Eritrean opposition website Asena currently carries the following announcement: “Voice of ASENA will start broadcastin...

Chris Evans dad for second time (Radio Today)
BBC Radio 2’s Chris Evans has celebrated the birth of his second child today.

Weakest Link move is harming children's shows, says report (Media Guardian)
BBC flagship children's shows Blue Peter and Newsround have been damaged by the transfer of Anne Robinson quiz show The Weakest Link to BBC1, a report by the BBC Trust has said.

Changes hit BBC children's viewing figures (The Independent)
Schedule changes to BBC children's television have made falling audience levels worse for shows such as Newsround and Blue Peter, a BBC Trust report found today.

Women journalists paraded in Sierra Leone (Media Guardian)
Four female journalists in Sierra Leone have been subjected to an extraordinary attack.

Veteran Blue Peter presenter fears for show's future (The Independent)
Veteran Blue Peter presenter Peter Purves said today he feared falling audiences could mean the "death" of the long-running children's programme.

Mark Story to leave Bauer Radio (Radio Today)
Bauer Radio's managing director of national brands Mark Story, who also holds the position of MD for Magic 105.4, is leaving the company.