Marr set for Desert Island
Andrew Marr is the favourite to succeed Sue Lawley as presenter of Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, after she announced she would step down.…
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Time Out appoint new music editor
Time Out has appointed Eddy Lawrence as its music editor, replacing Chris Salmon who leaves next month.…
EMI Publishing revamp
EMI Music Publishing has announced staff promotions and appointments, including a Senior VP team and Felix Howard joining as A&R Manager.…
Virgin appoint former Heart drive man
Virgin Radio has hired former Heart 106.2 drive time presenter Greg Burns for a Sunday afternoon show and two late night shows.…
AIM appoint new digital man
Greg Eden, who runs Warp's Bleep.com, has been appointed general manager of AIM Digital on a consultancy basis, filling the post left by James Kyllo.…
Rickitt gets winnable seat
Former Coronation Street actor and pop star Adam Rickitt has been placed on the Conservative Party's A List of candidates for winnable seats by David Cameron.…
SonyBMG Euro appointments
SonyBMG has appointed Guy Goedgezelschap as VP for Belgium and the Netherlands, and Ulrich Jaerkel as Senior VP Strategic Marketing and Business Development for Continental Europe.…
New creative industry minister appointed
Shaun Woodward has been appointed Minister for Creative Industries and Tourism, replacing James Purnell in a government reshuffle, while Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell kept her post.…
Farrell loses Dylan role
Colin Farrell has reportedly been dropped from the Bob Dylan film I'm Not There, replaced by Heath Ledger, according to The Mirror, with the reason unknown.…
MTV appoint new corporate communications chief
Sao Bui-Van has been appointed VP Corporate Communications for MTV UK and Ireland, also covering Paramount Comedy and Nickelodeon.…
Choice FM programme director Ivor Etienne promoted to MD
GCap has promoted Ivor Etienne from Programme Director to Managing Director of Choice FM, while Head of Music Des Paul is leaving for MTV.…
Emap man joins Music Choice
Former EMAP radio executive Andrew Jeffries has joined Music Choice as Director of Music, overseeing music and content strategy across 17 countries.…