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Capital Radio recovers as listener share holds up
Shares in Capital Radio climbed 10 per cent after the company defied investor fears and managed to maintain its sha...
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Opposites attract when it comes to the arts
When it comes to the arts programmes, there are as many opinionated listeners as there are professional pontificato...
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Dyke committed 'no impropriety'
The BBC has defended Greg Dyke, it's director general from the fall-out over the corporation's digital curriculum s...
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TV spy drama aims to span the pond
Granada and the American network ABC yesterday announced plans for the first transatlantic drama to be shown in bot...
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With JJY away, listeners gave his prog more play
According to figures released yesterday the number of listeners increased by 250,000 when he was off sick in the la...
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MTV's Gandhi 'insult' outrages Indian MPs
Nearly 150 Indian MPs and political activists pledged yesterday to fast all day in protest at an MTV show and an ar...
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Guinan's local TV licences revoked
The Independent Television Commission has revoked all the community TV licences granted to Ed Guinan, the former ch...
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Capital Radio changes its tune
Capital Radio chief executive David Mansfield warned investors that there would be 'no quick fixes' as it battles t...
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Audience figures show why BBC said TTFN to Sir Jimmy Young
Official figures released yesterday showed that Sir Jimmy Young's temporary replacement pulled in an extra 250,000 ...
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Disenchanted Turner quits AOL Time Warner amid soaring company losses
Ted Turner is walking away from his role as vice-president of AOL Time Warner ...
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NewsTarrant's loss is Wogan's gain
It was a tale of two breakfasts as the latest Rajar listening figures were revealed today, writes John Plunkett
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NewsBBC to take on Tonight
The BBC is planning a new 30-minute weekly current affairs show to rival Tonight with Trevor McDonald, writes Conor Dignam
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What Not to Wear gets BBC1 outing
BBC2 makeover strand What Not to Wear, which features acerbic presenters Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine dishing out fashion advice to shell-shocked members of the public, is to transfer to BBC1 for a celebrity special, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Wyatt: BBC must take initiative
Former BBC grandee Will Wyatt has criticised his former employer for lacking vision about the future of public service broadcasting, writes David Wood
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Fame Academy exec given BBC formats job
The BBC has rewarded the executive producer behind its recent Fame Academy reality show with a permanent job as creative head for format entertainment, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Endemol hires for new posts
Big Brother executive Philip Edgar-Jones and Dominic English, the producer behind the now defunct 11 O' Clock Show are to take up newly created senior positions at Endemol UK, writes Penny Hughes
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Maverick hires 4 Learning ed
Birmingham-based indie Maverick Television, producer of Channel 4's Celebrity Wheelchair Challenge, has poached 4 Learning managing editor, programme support Kate Norrish, writes Penny Hughes
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Local TV suffers fresh setback
The future of local TV restricted service licences (RSLs) looked increasingly bleak this week after the Independent Television Commission (ITC) confirmed it had received no applications to take over the vacant licence for Aberdeen - Scotland's third largest city, writes Paul Revoir
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C4 will not fill Bellamy's role
Channel 4 will not appoint a commissioning editor, nations and regions to replace Julian Bellamy, following his promotion to head of factual entertainment last week, writes Penny Hughes
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Kate Adie quits BBC'a front line
Kate Adie, the BBC's veteran war reporter, has resigned after being sidelined ahead of the conflict with Iraq. ...