31 Jan 2013
| by Mark Banham
Music retailer HMV has found its Twitter account revealing to the world that 60 staff were being made redundant in a 'mass execution', with comments including 'We are live tweeting from HR where we're all being fired!'.
Bauer Media's Magic 105.4 retained its position as the most listened to commercial radio station in London during the last three months of 2012, despite losing 6% of listeners.
Maria Miller, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, has promised to be a "cheerleader" for the advertising industry, following the revelation that marketing generates £100bn of the UK's GDP.
HMV employees have used the brand's official Twitter feed to live-blog mass redundancies taking place at the beleaguered high street entertainment chain.
Former Primelocation and FindaProperty marketing director Sheraz Dar has joined online letting agent OpenRent in a non-executive director role.
Tesco-backed Blinkbox is shaking up its comms as it seeks further growth for its film and online TV on-demand service in a crowded market.
Hearst Magazines UK, the publisher of Cosmopolitan and Red, has hired Max Raven, the former senior vice president of ad sales at CNN International, in the new role of group revenue director.
BSkyB helped the radio industry get on course to expand its share of display advertising in 2012, when the UK radio ad market grew by 3.8%, according to figures from the Radio Advertising Bureau.
EasyJet has cut its marketing budget by 15% over the past two years in the face of rising fuel costs, its chief executive has revealed.
Absolute Radio, Magic 105.4 and the growth of digital listening in the fourth quarter of 2012 have all been praised by radio buying from Mindshare, MediaCom, Carat and RadioWorks.