Daily Press Summary

Daily Press Summary | Friday 24 May 2019

Heard radio’s good news story?
Commercial radio is at an all-time high
Campaign

BBC staff rally for editor over equal pay
Hundreds of BBC staff have signed a letter to the director-general in support of a senior female editor’s stand over unequal pay.
The Times (£)

Tony Dibbin leaves Gold ahead of upcoming station changes
Gold’s breakfast show presenter Tony Dibbin is leaving the station after 10 years on the programme.
Radio Today

The Jeremy Kyle Show generated £80m in ad revenue
Media agency figures make clearer financial impact of ITV cancelling show.
Campaign

Soundcloud enters agreement to acquire Repost Network
SoundCloud, used by many radio producers and presenters to host audio, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire rights management and distribution company, Repost Network.
Radio Today

Facebook removed 3.3bn fake accounts in six months
Meanwhile, its 2.4 billion real users will soon be able to use Facebook to pay for things without a bank account.
Campaign

Why GDPR is no longer the wolf at the door
A year since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation came into force, brands’ worries about its impact have faded, but that doesn’t mean the job is done.
Marketing Week

Facebook is cleaning up its content – but not for the sake of its advertisers
Facebook has revealed the extent of its changes to content moderation. Yet despite qualms regarding overzealous censorship, advertisers are largely unmoved by the news – for once, it was not for their benefit.
The Drum

‘There is a sense of loyalty to Radio 1’: Rhys Hughes on organising a Big Weekend
After taking part in last year’s network-spanning, BBC-wide, multi-venue festival the Biggest Weekend, BBC Radio 1’s summer stalwart the Big Weekend returns this weekend (May 24-26.)
Music Week

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