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Planet Rock goes to a good home
Posted in Media, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs June 4th, 2008 by Branwell Johnson
So Brian May was thwarted in his efforts to get his hands on digital station Planet Rock eh? What a relief.
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Tags Planet Rock, Gcap, Radio
Virgin Radio tunes out
Posted in Media, Marketing, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs June 2nd, 2008 by Branwell Johnson
What’s in a name? Quite a lot when it’s the Virgin brand. SMG has just sold Virgin Radio to Times of India but the name is not going with the station.
Tags Virgin, radio, SMG, Times of India, Zavvi
Xfm 104.9 needs to show indie spirit
Posted in Media, Latest reporters' blogs, Russell Parsons May 1st, 2008 by Russell Parsons
Quarter one Rajar figures for London indie music station Xfm 104.9 must have made uncomfortable reading this morning for both its present and probable future owners.
Tags Radio, Rajars, Xfm 104.9, GCap Media, Virgin Radio, Radio One
Global deal prompts more questions than gives answers
Posted in Media, Latest reporters' blogs, Russell Parsons April 1st, 2008 by Russell Parsons
So the dance comes to an end and David has felled Goliath. The GCap board’s acceptance of the Global’s £375 million offer brings a possible, barring any hiccups, conclusion to the courtship which has consumed the radio industry all year.
Tags GCap, Global, Radio, Fru Hazlitt
Will Goliath triumph over David?
Posted in Advertising, Media, Marketing, Latest reporters' blogs, Russell Parsons March 3rd, 2008 by Russell Parsons
So the dance continues, or is it a fight to the death? Global Radio’s latest knockback from GCap Media is the latest chapter in this modern day David and Goliath.
Tags GCap Media, Fru Hazlitt, Global Radio, DAB
The end of DAB is nowhere near nigh?
Posted in Media, Digital, Latest reporters' blogs, Russell Parsons February 12th, 2008 by Russell Parsons
For years it was an often expressed mantra that the future of radio was digital audio broadcasting (DAB). It is easy to believe, with DAB radio sales on the up and radio groups; commercial and publicly funded alike, throwing money at the format like it was a nailed-on success story.
Rajar figures muddy the waters
Posted in Media, Latest reporters' blogs, Russell Parsons February 4th, 2008 by Russell Parsons
To quote Mark Twain: “There are lies, damn lies and there are statistics.”
Who really wants Virgin Radio?
Posted in Media, Oliver Milman, Latest reporters' blogs January 22nd, 2008 by Oliver Milman
Virgin Radio must feel fairly unwanted at the moment – its owner, SMG, has been in the process of selling it for the past year and potential suitors haven’t exactly been queuing up outside its studios in London’s Golden Square.
Tags Radio, Virgin, Global Radio, Emap, GCap, Christian O’Connell
Allen’s GCap ambition looks to seal stunning comeback
Posted in Media, Oliver Milman, Latest reporters' blogs January 14th, 2008 by Elspeth
Charles Allen has reacted in superb fashion to his acrimonious departure as chief executive of ITV – he is looking to become a genuine media overlord by scooping up most of the UK’s best-known radio brands.
Tags Radio, emap, Global Radio, GCap Media, Charles Allen, Fru Hazlitt, Media
Hazlitt set to add colour to radio market
Posted in Media, Oliver Milman, Latest reporters' blogs December 20th, 2007 by Oliver Milman
Although much is up in the air in the radio industry, today’s appointment of Fru Hazlitt as chief executive of its biggest beast, GCap Media, at least ensures the market won’t be dull next year.
Tags Fru Hazlitt, GCap Media, Radio, Ralph Bernard
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