Ofcom head Ed Richards sounds death knell for ITV regional news Yes we know that the media industry is going through hell at the moment - and this is particularly true of local media - but there is still something...

Local TV hasn't exactly had a particularly good start in the UK. Failed station followed failed station. Small scale ventures have risen in high profile, only to shatter not long after. Ofcom has a list of the stations, however several have never even launched.

Government must be bolder on digital radio, says Global chief Stephen Miron You can clearly hear the sound of desperation in Stephen Miron's voice as he pleads to central government for urgent action to be taken on that hot potato...

Michael Grade to step down as ITV chief executive This move comes as a modest surprise given the fact that Michael Grade was scheduled to stay on as chief executive for another year, but if he has done everything he...

It's not been long since the counter was started but already we're heading for the sixth radio station to close.

Peter Preston has a fantastic piece in the Guardian about Fox News, and what makes it a "success"

Fifty radio stations "could close" apparently. Well so far this year alone, we're on five, following the closure of Pennine FM in Huddersfield just yesterday.

'More than 50 local radio stations could close without regulatory shakeup' There's no denying that local radio in general is in a spot of bother, to put it mildly, and some hard decisions will have to be made as a...

Fox are starting a new reality TV programme where cash strapped businesses will let the staff decide which of their colleagues should be got rid off. In 'Someone's Gotta Go' the company books will be turned over, staff salaries will be revealed. And no doubt bitterness and agendas will be at the heart of the show.

Media companies back MPs on BBC Worldwide curbs Well of course other commercial media companies would back calls for BBC Worldwide's commercial activities to be reined in, since to claim anything else would be akin to turkeys voting for Christmas....

BBC fined £150,000 over Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross phone prank scandal 'Sachsgate' was basically the culmination of what can happen when star talent who have their own production company are given too much control over their own radio show,...

Is TV drama too metropolitan and middle class? The Broadcast Interview: Ben Stephenson Recently there has been a fair amount of discussion in relation to the quality (or otherwise) of UK television drama productions, and this has been in part...

Channel Five boss claims government sees logic of merger with Channel 4 It seems that Dawn Airey and RTL have spotted a gap in the broadcasting wilderness and are desperately trying to head for it. But what are the realistic...