Alex James to watch clips of Never Mind The Buzzcocks and then say things about them

Alex James to watch clips of Never Mind The Buzzcocks and then say things about them

15 May 2013

Everyone's favourite cheese maker (unless you happen to know the name of more than one cheese maker, I suppose) Alex...

Sony Awards presented

Sony Awards presented

14 May 2013

So the radio industry gathered last night for this year's Sony Awards, that night in the year when everyone who...

The Sun will launch paywall in August

The Sun will launch paywall in August

14 May 2013

The Sun has announced that it will put a paywall around it's website on 1 Aug. News International chief Mike...

Amazing Radio to return to DAB

Amazing Radio to return to DAB

10 May 2013

Amazing Radio has announced its return to DAB a year after contractual problems forced it off the national Digital One...

Little Mix want reality show

Little Mix want reality show

9 May 2013

Little Mix have said they want to make a reality TV show and screen it in America, which probably means...

We Love Pop announces Primark partnership

We Love Pop announces Primark partnership

8 May 2013

Good news for fans of pop music and dirt cheap clothing, some of it made in fatally dangerous conditions (the...

Capital music man moves to new Global role

Capital music man moves to new Global role

8 May 2013

Capital FM's long-serving Head Of Music Mark Findlay is moving to a new group-wide role with the station's owners Global...

Public performance royalties on ad music net publishing sector £10 million in 2012

Public performance royalties on ad music net publishing sector £10 million in 2012

3 May 2013

PRS For Music yesterday revealed that the songwriting and publishing community earned nearly £10 million in 2012 from the public ...

Two new Kiss stations to launch

Two new Kiss stations to launch

3 May 2013

Bauer Media is launching two new radio services under its Kiss brand - KissFresh for new music and Kisstory for...

Channel 4 to air One Direction documentary

Channel 4 to air One Direction documentary

3 May 2013

You might think that a 3D, Morgan Spurlock-directed documentary following One Direction around is quite enough to be getting on...

Geri Halliwell to replace Mel B on Australia’s Got Talent

Geri Halliwell to replace Mel B on Australia's Got Talent

1 May 2013

Geri Halliwell is to replace her former Spice Girls bandmate Mel B on the judging panel of 'Australia's Got Talent'....

Radio 1 boss to chair Radio Academy

Radio 1 boss to chair Radio Academy

30 April 2013

Radio industry trade group the Radio Academy has announced that Radio 1 boss Ben Cooper will be its next Chairman,...

SpinMedia acquires Vibe

SpinMedia acquires Vibe

26 April 2013

The ever acquisitive and recently renamed SpinMedia - formerly Buzzmedia - has acquired another classic American music magazine, the R&B...

Sonicbids and Billboard to be run out of same company

Sonicbids and Billboard to be run out of same company

19 April 2013

Sonicbids is to become part of the same company as US industry trade magazine Billboard, following a restructure of some...

Vice thumps down new dance music channel

Vice thumps down new dance music channel

18 April 2013

Vice has launched a new electronic music channel, in partnership with Recreation Worldwide, called Thump. Focused on documenting "every aspect...

PRS confirms new licensing deal with commercial radio sector

PRS confirms new licensing deal with commercial radio sector

16 April 2013

The UK music publishing sector's collecting society PRS yesterday confirmed it had reached a new licensing deal with the commercial...

Daily Mail in a ding dong over this weekend’s Radio 1 chart show

Daily Mail in a ding dong over this weekend's Radio 1 chart show

12 April 2013

The BBC is under pressure about this weekend's 'The Official Chart' show and whether or not to play all or...

Mark Cooper named BBC Head Of Music Television

Mark Cooper named BBC Head Of Music Television

12 April 2013

The BBC has appointed Mark Cooper as its new Head Of Music Television, stepping up from his previous role as...

Andrew Harrison steps down as Q Editor

Andrew Harrison steps down as Q Editor

12 April 2013

Andrew Harrison has stepped down as editor of Q Magazine, just fourteen months after replacing Paul Rees (who left after...

Sony Awards noms announced

Sony Awards noms announced

11 April 2013

The once doomed BBC Asian Network will compete with fellow BBC station 5 Live and Global Radio's Classic FM for...

Wind-up is latest indie to strike up FM/online royalty deal with Clear Channel

Wind-up is latest indie to strike up FM/online royalty deal with Clear Channel

11 April 2013

Another US independent has reached a deal with Clear Channel Radio which will see the broadcaster offer the label a...

Xfm hires Scroobius Pip

Xfm hires Scroobius Pip

11 April 2013

Xfm has announced that, later this month, rapper Scroobius Pip will launch a new hour long weekly show on the...

Mike Diver returns to Clash

Mike Diver returns to Clash

10 April 2013

Mike Diver, the former editor of the BBC's Album Reviews website until it was closed by the broadcaster in a...

Danielle Perry takes over Xfm evenings

Danielle Perry takes over Xfm evenings

9 April 2013

Global Radio's Xfm announced last week that Danielle Perry, formerly of Bauer's Kerrang! and Q radio stations, is to become...

CMU Insights provides guide to navigating music media

CMU Insights provides guide to navigating music media

5 April 2013

The CMU Insights team has added another article to the CMU:DIY guide, the free online resource that provides advice and...

TeamRock confirms radio service

TeamRock confirms radio service

4 April 2013

The new owner of Classic Rock and Metal Hammer magazines has announced that it will also launch a new national...

Variety recruits Lefsetz

Variety recruits Lefsetz

3 April 2013

American entertainment industry magazine Variety has recruited US music industry veteran and prolific blogger Bob Lefsetz to pen a regular...

New rock-focused media firm buys Classic Rock and Metal Hammer

New rock-focused media firm buys Classic Rock and Metal Hammer

2 April 2013

A new business led by the former boss of the Guardian Media Group's one-time radio company, John Myers, has bought...

The Fly to relaunch at Great Escape

The Fly to relaunch at Great Escape

2 April 2013

Free monthly music mag The Fly will relaunch during The Great Escape in May, with a new look and new...

Tim Minchin to host Bowie radio show

Tim Minchin to host Bowie radio show

2 April 2013

A new radio series detailing David Bowie's life and times is to air on Absolute Radio, with piano-playing funny man...

Exec changes at Planet Rock

Exec changes at Planet Rock

28 March 2013

As digital station Planet Rock moved into the London HQ of its new parent company Bauer Media yesterday, a few...

4Music aims for older audience with new Vice show

4Music aims for older audience with new Vice show

28 March 2013

4Music has commissioned a new post-watershed six episode series from Vice in the hope of attracting an older audience to...

Pixie Lott joins Inspector George Gently cast

Pixie Lott joins Inspector George Gently cast

28 March 2013

Pixie Lott has been cast in the role of a singer for a new feature-length episode of BBC One's 60s...

Marvin JLS joins Capital

Marvin JLS joins Capital

28 March 2013

Capital FM has announced the recruitment of one quarter of JLS to present a weekly mix show on a Friday...

Sun and Telegraph planning paywalls

Sun and Telegraph planning paywalls

27 March 2013

And so it's begun. Both the Telegraph and Sun newspapers have revealed that they will introduce paywalls this year, for...

Absolute to launch new evening show to include live sessions

Absolute to launch new evening show to include live sessions

27 March 2013

Absolute Radio is revamping its evening output with a new show to be fronted by Pete Donaldson, replacing Mark Crossley...

Will Cowell have to testify in Cole’s X-USA litigation?

Will Cowell have to testify in Cole's X-USA litigation?

26 March 2013

Simon Cowell could be forced to testify in a legal battle between Cheryl Cole and US TV production company Blue...

NME Radio closes

NME Radio closes

26 March 2013

NME Radio has shut down again after another franchisee decided that it couldn't make a radio spin-off of the music...

Buzzmedia relaunches as SpinMedia

Buzzmedia relaunches as SpinMedia

26 March 2013

American blog and website operator Buzzmedia has announced that it is relaunching under the name SpinMedia. This follows the company's...

Pop Powerlist returns to 4Music

Pop Powerlist returns to 4Music

26 March 2013

4Music will again consider who are the most powerful on-stage players in pop this weekend with 'The Pop Powerlist', a...

AATW to launch new pop-themed TV channel

AATW to launch new pop-themed TV channel

25 March 2013

The Universal-allied dance and urban music company All Around The World will launch a new pop music based TV station...

ITV planning Now! documentary

ITV planning Now! documentary

22 March 2013

ITV will screen a one-off documentary about the Now That's What I Call Music franchise, telling the story of the...

inthemix to launch US operations

inthemix to launch US operations

22 March 2013

Aussie-based dance music website inthemix has announced plans to formally launch in America, with bases in New York, LA and...

Popbitch to launch tablet magazine

Popbitch to launch tablet magazine

21 March 2013

Weekly gossip email Popbitch has launched a Kickstarter fund to raise money to launch a new tablet magazine, aiming to...

Rihanna’s 777 film made into TV special, airing in May

Rihanna's 777 film made into TV special, airing in May

20 March 2013

So, it transpires that the in-air '777' pop hop Rihanna shared with 200 crazed press reps - the one that...

Greg Cochrane named new NME.com editor

Greg Cochrane named new NME.com editor

20 March 2013

NME Editor Mike Williams yesterday announced the hiring of Greg Cochrane as the new editor of NME.com. Currently a reporter for...

Sharon Osbourne set for X-Factor return

Sharon Osbourne set for X-Factor return

19 March 2013

Despite Tulisa insisting last week that no decisions had been made about whether or not she will return as a...

Kerrang! Radio gives show to a dog

Kerrang! Radio gives show to a dog

15 March 2013

Now, the first of April is approaching, but seemingly this isn't an early fool of a story. Kerrang! Radio's latest...

BBC to shut album reviews website

BBC to shut album reviews website

14 March 2013

The BBC is shutting down its music reviews website. The service is the latest to be axed as part of...

Radio 3 to broadcast Baroque Bieber for Red Nose Day

Radio 3 to broadcast Baroque Bieber for Red Nose Day

14 March 2013

As part of the BBC's Red Nose Day money-raising activities this Friday, Radio 3 will broadcast a new arrangement of...