Daily Press Summary | Monday 21st May 2018

British Podcast Awards 2018 – the winners
BBC 5 Live’s Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review picked up the Listeners’ Choice Award, Voted for by the public, at this year’s British Podcast Awards.
Radio Today

Law to rein in social media firms still two years away, says Hancock
Culture secretary says four out of 14 firms turned up when invited to discuss clampdown.
The Guardian

Latest Radio Audio Week Podcast
The team are backstage at the British Podcast Awards chatting to some of the biggest names in the industry.
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BBC Radio 2 heads to Ibiza for summer celebration
BBC Radio 2 is heading to Ibiza to celebrate the explosion of dance music that has hailed from the island over the past three decades.
Music Week

Young ARIAS: New awards launched to celebrate radio and audio created by under 18s
Some of UK radio’s biggest stars on board as ambassadors including KISS FM’s Rickie, Melvin and Charlie and BBC Radio 1’s Matt Edmondson and Mollie King.
Radiocentre.org

Arctic Monkeys break vinyl records with sixth No.1 album
The LP’s opening tally means it secures a new chart record as the fastest-selling vinyl record of the last 25 years.
Music Week

Modern radio ‘pirates’ turn the tables on traditional music stations
The pirate radio pioneers of the 1960s broadcast from out at sea but their spiritual successors are keeping the flame alive from school dormitories.
The Times (£)

The BRIT Awards donates £250,000 to Mind, The BRIT School and Music Support
The BRIT Awards has made a donation of £250,000 to Mind, The BRIT School and Music Support. The funds will be distributed through The BRIT Trust.
Music Week

Royal wedding confirmed as year’s biggest UK TV event
Almost 18 million Britons tuned in to coverage, with BBC trouncing its competition.
The Guardian