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Bauer’s Chief Content and Music Officer Ben Cooper is leaving the company after four years. The former BBC Radio 1 Controller will leave later this month and a successor will be announced shortly.   Ben joined Bauer during lockdown in 2020 played a part in evolving Greatest Hits Radio, overseeing talent signings including Ken Bruce […] […]

BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 6 Music will no longer post to their millions of followers on Facebook and X in favour of TikTok and Instagram. The stations made the announcements on their respective accounts today (X) and last week (Facebook) saying they will no longer be updating the feeds but will still monitor […] […]

Aiir has added WhatsApp support to its Studio Inbox product. Customers can now see and reply to messages, images, videos and voice recordings from WhatsApp, alongside other content like SMS, email, social posts, website form submissions and RSS feeds. Aiir’s new WhatsApp integration means users can get voice notes on air within seconds of them […] […]

The BBC is launching a new true crime strand for BBC Sounds with content provided by local and regional radio teams. All episodes of The Crime Next Door will bring together storytelling from communities across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The brand will become the new home for all local true crime podcasts including […] […]

There will be serious consequences for audiences if the BBC puts adverts around audio content in the UK, a coalition has warned. A group of commercial media and content businesses, including broadcasters, audio producers and publishers have written to the government about the proposals. In a letter to Lucy Frazer, Secretary of State for the […] […]

Capital’s Summertime Ball has officially sold out, the station has announced. The event takes place on Sunday June 16th at Wembley Stadium, London, and over 80,000 people have already secured a ticket via the Global Player. The line-up includes David Guetta, RAYE, Meghan Trainor, Aitch, Perrie, Sabrina Carpenter, Becky Hill, Benson Boone, Rudimental, Jax Jones, Sugababes, Bradley […] […]