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Sir Jimmy Young's stand-in added 250,000 listeners to Radio 2 show
Sir Jimmy Young, the octogenarian broadcaster who grudgingly departed Radio 2's lunchtime slot after 28 years last ...
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Racist? Not me
Perhaps it was inevitable that a left-wing website would spring up offering a 'Punch Richard Littlejohn' interactiv...
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Tough times show no sign of ending for AOL
AOL Time Warner is attempting to draw a line under a horrible year. But the next 12 months could be just as challe...
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Capital Radio recovers as listener share holds up
Shares in Capital Radio climbed 10 per cent after the company defied investor fears and managed to maintain its sha...
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Opposites attract when it comes to the arts
When it comes to the arts programmes, there are as many opinionated listeners as there are professional pontificato...
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Dyke committed 'no impropriety'
The BBC has defended Greg Dyke, it's director general from the fall-out over the corporation's digital curriculum s...
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TV spy drama aims to span the pond
Granada and the American network ABC yesterday announced plans for the first transatlantic drama to be shown in bot...
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With JJY away, listeners gave his prog more play
According to figures released yesterday the number of listeners increased by 250,000 when he was off sick in the la...
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MTV's Gandhi 'insult' outrages Indian MPs
Nearly 150 Indian MPs and political activists pledged yesterday to fast all day in protest at an MTV show and an ar...
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Guinan's local TV licences revoked
The Independent Television Commission has revoked all the community TV licences granted to Ed Guinan, the former ch...
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Capital Radio changes its tune
Capital Radio chief executive David Mansfield warned investors that there would be 'no quick fixes' as it battles t...
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Audience figures show why BBC said TTFN to Sir Jimmy Young
Official figures released yesterday showed that Sir Jimmy Young's temporary replacement pulled in an extra 250,000 ...
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Disenchanted Turner quits AOL Time Warner amid soaring company losses
Ted Turner is walking away from his role as vice-president of AOL Time Warner ...
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NewsTarrant's loss is Wogan's gain
It was a tale of two breakfasts as the latest Rajar listening figures were revealed today, writes John Plunkett
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NewsBBC to take on Tonight
The BBC is planning a new 30-minute weekly current affairs show to rival Tonight with Trevor McDonald, writes Conor Dignam
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What Not to Wear gets BBC1 outing
BBC2 makeover strand What Not to Wear, which features acerbic presenters Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine dishing out fashion advice to shell-shocked members of the public, is to transfer to BBC1 for a celebrity special, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Wyatt: BBC must take initiative
Former BBC grandee Will Wyatt has criticised his former employer for lacking vision about the future of public service broadcasting, writes David Wood
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Fame Academy exec given BBC formats job
The BBC has rewarded the executive producer behind its recent Fame Academy reality show with a permanent job as creative head for format entertainment, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Endemol hires for new posts
Big Brother executive Philip Edgar-Jones and Dominic English, the producer behind the now defunct 11 O' Clock Show are to take up newly created senior positions at Endemol UK, writes Penny Hughes
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Maverick hires 4 Learning ed
Birmingham-based indie Maverick Television, producer of Channel 4's Celebrity Wheelchair Challenge, has poached 4 Learning managing editor, programme support Kate Norrish, writes Penny Hughes