One of EMAP's most senior radio executives, Shaun Gregory, is leaving the company. Gregory, who rose up the media company from the role of Sales Manager at Liverpool's Radio City to be MD for the group's national radio brands, apparently wants to step back from the radio industry. It is unlikely he will be replaced, with his team reporting directly to EMAP Head Of Radio Dee Ford instead.
Ford said yesterday: "We often refer to the growth opportunities offered to those people within EMAP who can demonstrate ability and delivery - Shaun is a living example of this in practice. Shaun leaves with my personal thanks for all the passion, drive and delivery that he has brought to EMAP radio over the past 10 years."
Elsewhere in EMAP news, the media group has announced it will sell its struggling French magazine business - an announcement which helped boost the company's share price by 5%.