Daily Press Summary | Monday 6 July 2020

Sir Trevor McDonald joins Classic FM to present new show
Sir Trevor McDonald is joining the line-up at Classic FM to present a special four-part Sunday evening series, which launches on Sunday 12 July at 9pm.
On The Radio

Coronavirus: Arts venues welcome £1.57bn government support
The government has unveiled a £1.57bn support package to help protect the futures of UK theatres, galleries, museums and other cultural venues.
BBC News

Charities to curb spend on social platforms that publish hate speech
37 UK charities say not enough is being done to stop posts which incite hate and violence.
The Guardian

Major restructuring and job cuts announced at Global
Staff at Global have been told about major restructuring and job losses as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Radio Today

TUI ‘welcomes back’ holidaymakers with nostalgia filled campaign
TUI is looking to build confidence as the travel sector begins to reopen with a multi-million pound campaign aimed at inspiring holiday nostalgia.
Marketing Week

How Pearl & Dean, DCM and Vue are planning for cinemas reopening
Lockdown has been brutal for indoor entertainment venues, and not least the movie theatres where strangers once sat side-by-side, sometimes for hours on end, transfixed to the dramas that played out before them.
The Drum

Scammers can create fake business ads on Google ‘within hours’
Which? investigation shows apparent ease of promoting fraudulent services online.
The Guardian

Not in front of the speaker! Words that wake up Alexa
Academics have listed more than 1,000 terms and phrases that popular smartspeaker brands incorrectly interpret as wake-up calls if they crop up in TV dialogue.
The Times (£)

Surviving recession: The class of 2008 on positivity, plan Bs and lateral thinking
How will graduates find entering the workplace during a downturn?
Marketing Week

Programmatic supply chain transparency study: reflections one month on
Sam Tomlinson, the author of a bombshell ISBA and PwC study exposing ‘unattributable’ supply chain costs, shares what he has learned since the report was first published.
Mediatel

Loaded Production Music wins international award
UK-based Loaded Production Music has been recognised at the Broadcast Production Awards held in the US by NewscastStudio.
Radio Today

Have you seen this?
Tuning In Finance takes place from 9.30am tomorrow. The one-hour event will show how financial brands can bank on advertising to help speak to customers by reaching commercial radio’s 36m weekly listeners.
Radiocentre