The Beatles' A Day in the Life finally heralded the death of Virgin Radio and the phoenix-like emergence of Absolute Radio this morning. After a slightly pompous mission statement about what the company thought ‘real music' is, which included the suggestions ‘gigs not photo shoots' and ‘built...
In the dimly-lit bedrooms of sandy-haired indie kids all over Scotland, you can just about hear tearful snuffles above the mournful wail of Joy Division's Isolation. And why shouldn't they weep? Indie station Xfm is to be no more, rebranded instead as part of the mainstream dance Galaxy network...
News today that Global Radio have decided to jump into Ofcom's new deregulated content rules by networking parts of its Heart and Galaxy network Heart in London, East Mids and West Mids will share everything except Breakfast, Mid Morning, Drive and one four hour show on Saturday and Sunday. And over...
No, not Jack Bauer, he couldn't buy anything as he's in jail. H Bauer, the German media bods have bought Emap's radio and magazine arm as well as their shareholding in the Emap-C4 joint-venture Box TV (that runs all the music TV channels). The radio side was valued at £422m. The deal's...
There's been a great deal of discussion recently about EMAP demerging its business or selling off chunks to anyone with a large enough cheque. The nature of EMAP's business is going to make that difficult for whoever's going to cast an eye over the main consumer brands. EMAP has led the way...
