Daily Press Summary | Friday 20th October

Audio Radio Industry Awards 2017 – winners
The 2017 Audio and Radio Industry Awards have been handed out in Leeds – here’s the full list of winners.
Radio Today

Silver for Radiocentre at ARIAS
On a night where commercial radio came away with eight golds, the Radiocentre was awarded in the Best Marketing Campaign category.
Radiocentre.org

Andrew Flintoff scores hat-trick of wins at Radio’s ‘Oscars’
The former England cricket captain is now one of radio’s brightest stars after taking a hat-trick of prizes at the industry’s top awards.
iNews

Rees-Mogg and Umunna to guest host LBC show
Politicians Jacob Rees-Mogg and Chuka Umunna will present programmes on LBC next week, covering for James O’Brien on the morning show.
Radio Today

Comparing media sector adspend: 1987 vs 2017
So how have different media fared over the last 30 years? Here are the headline numbers for the UK (adspend in £m at current prices):
Campaign (£)

BBC Radio 1 announces Teen Heroes for 2017
The four winners will be presented with their Teen Hero Award at Radio 1’s Teen Awards on 22nd October at London’s SSE Arena, Wembley.
Radio Today

What’s the appeal of slow radio?
Slow radio is popping up everywhere at the moment — programmes that have no outward form but just meander through the schedule.
Spectator

Opinion: The truth is Facebook and Google are publishers and so must take on the responsibilities that entails
Unfortunately layers of complexity and issues have to be unwrapped before you can even get close to the apparent simplicity of the question.
Mediatel