Daily Press Summary | Friday 20th July 2018

Mark Ritson: Three reasons having a digital prefix will stunt your career
Marketing was always going to absorb digital, it was never going to be the other way around, so when marketers label themselves with the dreaded D word all they’re doing is limiting their career progression.
Marketing Week

How the BBC Women Are Working Toward Equal Pay
When Carrie Gracie discovered that her salary was lower than that of her male peers, she blamed herself. But wage disparities are a social problem with far-reaching effects.
New Yorker

Burberry burning £28m of stock to ‘protect its brand’ could have the opposite effect
Fashion brands everywhere are struggling to stay relevant to an influential, connected audience that, for the first time in decades, feels way ahead of them.
The Drum

Resilient radio attracts young
Radio faces increased competition for audio time, with the growth of music streaming services and the explosion of podcasting, but it continues to be “resilient”, reaching nine in ten UK adults and claiming the highest proportion of listening hours.
Warc

Minster FM’s Roxy off-air after car accident
Roxanne Pallett, Minster FM Breakfast co-host, is off-air at the moment after an accident in a stock car.
Radio Today

Roxanne Pallett airlifted to hospital after blacking out in horror stock car crash
The former Emmerdale star, 35, lost consciousness for 30 seconds and spent two hours in the wreckage as firefighters cut her free.
The Sun

Carol Vorderman joins Radio Wales for the summer
Television personality Carol Vorderman will this weekend join BBC Radio Wales for five weeks to host ‘Sunday Morning with…’.
Radio Today

Zuckerberg defends free speech on Facebook with Holocaust denial example
Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has said the platform will not ban users from engaging in Holocaust denial or other content he finds offensive but Facebook does stop such content from appearing in other users’ news feeds.
Campaign (£)

Smart speakers are ‘the new radio’
The majority of US consumers who own smart speakers in the US are listening to more audio since they acquired the device, and women are more likely to have bought one than men, new research reveals.
Warc

Now That’s What I Call A Milestone! 100th album released
The landmark album will boast a second disc with almost two-dozen hits from down the years, stretching back to 1983.
Sky News

Greg James posts emotional message as he swaps shows on Radio 1
Greg James has written an emotional post to fans before taking on “the biggest challenge of my life” and swapping slots with Nick Grimshaw on Radio 1.
BBC News

Adrian Cronauer: veteran whose radio antics inspired Good Morning, Vietnam dies aged 79
Cronauer opened his Armed Forces Radio show with the phrase ‘Goooooood morning, Vietnam!’ – Robin Williams made the refrain famous in the 1987 film.
The Guardian