13 July 2015

Founders of Kiss FM launch Mi-Soul on DAB
The team who launched the Kiss FM brand 25 years ago are hoping to repeat their success with the roll out of Mi-Soul on DAB across London.
Campaign

LBC to host live Labour leadership Hustings
The four Labour leadership contenders will go head-to-head in a live hustings on LBC next week.
Radio Today

Ministry of Sound joins Global Radio’s digital music ad platform
Ministry of Sound, the dance record label, has joined Global Radio’s Digital Audio Exchange (Dax), making it the 140th music publisher to join the programmatic ad platform.
Campaign

Prepare for aerial assaults
It’s radio, but not as we know it. How will the medium adapt to online threats such as Apple’s new Beats 1 service?
The Sunday Times (£)

Tories give BBC reform ultimatum
Demands for broadcaster to stop chasing viewers
The Sunday Times (£)

 New political battle over the BBC’s future to begin this week
Concerns timing of appointment of panel to advise on charter review suggests ministers have already decided to mount ‘fundamental attack on scope of BBC’
The Guardian

Tories to clamp down on “commercial” BBC
The BBC is facing increasing pressure from the new Conservative government after it was reported that a green paper is set to be published later this week questioning the corporation’s position in the marketplace.
Media.info

Government selects panel to review the future of the BBC
The government has set up an advisory panel to carry out a fundamental review of the BBC.
BBC

Government appoints experts from Yahoo, Shazam, Johnston Press & more to advise on BBC Charter Review
Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has published the list of industry leaders set to advise the government to administrate the BBC Charter Review process which will shape the state funded corporation for years to come.
Media.info

 Grimmy gets new themes from Wise Buddah
Nick Grimshaw, currently on tour with the X Factor auditions, has a new set of themes and beds for his Radio 1 breakfast show.
Media.info

Nick Robinson replaces Jim Naughtie on Radio 4
Jim Naughtie’s replacement on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme is Nick Robinson.
Radio Today

Sun FM listener gets £5k to spend in a day
Sun FM has given away five thousand pounds to a listener, who had to spend it in one shopping spree.
Media.info

Napster reveals key UK listening hours
Napster has revealed when UK consumers are most likely to stream music on the service.
Music Week

Facebook “has no plans to go into music streaming”
After previous reports that it was planning to follow Apple by stepping into the music streaming ring, Facebook has released a statement denying the rumours.
Music Week