Daily Press Summary 23 March

Bob Shennan’s speech from Radiodays Europe
Speech by Bob Shennan, Director of Radio and Music to the Radiodays Europe conference on Monday 20 March 2017.
Radio Today

Why you should hold no sympathy for Google
The current witch-hunt against the online giant is both entirely necessary and way overdue, writes Raymond Snoddy.
Mediatel

Here’s what happened at Radiodays Europe 2017
The BBC’s Director of Radio and Music, Bob Shennan, set the tone at this year’s RadioDays Europe conference in Amsterdam with a statement of his ambition “to reinvent and grow radio”.
Radio Today

Ofcom must intervene to end the Diamond boycott
CDN’s refusal to release diversity data is a failure for transparency.
Broadcast (£)

Send them Victorious: Global on its new festival acquisitions
Global Entertainment has consolidated its status as the UK’s second largest festival operator after securing majority stakes in Portsmouth’s Victorious Festival and Croatia’s Hideout.
Music Week

Coke follows McDonald’s by axing YouTube show
The last of 48 episodes broadcast since the May 2016 launch breaks today (23 March) on the Coke TV channel.
Campaign (£)

Google’s extremism apology came after UK pressure – minister
Government ‘read the riot act’ to the firm, which must do more to tackle far-right videos on YouTube.
The Guardian

Paul Goff gets extra radio show on BBC Tees
Paul ‘Goffy’ Gough is taking over the Sunday lunchtime show on BBC Tees, replacing Ken Snowdon.
Radio Today

Google ‘no mates’; The Guardian hunts Autotrader 2.0
As the pressure mounts, no-one is now going to put their head above the parapets and stick up for Google.
Mediatel