Take one great festival, take one 40th anniversary celebration and take one great mashup artist and mix them together.

What you get is Bootstock a concept album put together by DJ Zebra for the 40th anniversary celebrations of the grand daddy of all festivals, Woodstock.

Using a mix of studio recordings, live festival recordings and the Woodstock movie, DJ Zebra has put together what is probably one best mashup concept albums of the year, and a close contender with The Kleptones’ 24 Hours for my personal favourite mashup concept of all time.

PR Newswire, the global leader in commercial news distribution, today announced the launch of its Meet the Media website http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/meetthemedia/. The website has been produced to help PRs develop a greater understanding of how to most effectively reach key media contacts, appropriately position stories, and gain press coverage.

As part of the release of “The Brightonomicon Audio Series” by BBC Audiobooks and Hokus Bloke Productions, the cast & crew have been raising awareness and money for The Stroke Association (Charity No. 211015) in memory of Peter Barnes, who passed away from a stroke aged just 30 back in Nov 2003.
On ebay they present a RARE opportunity to own 1 of 3 ROBERT RANKIN designed Brightonomicon posters (only 12 were ever printed!).
Each poster features artwork by the cult author himself, lots of spaniels (of course), Norris Styver in his …

BBC Director-General Mark Thompson today announced a package of tough measures to address the discovery of further serious breaches of editorial standards across some areas of BBC programmes and content.
The further emerging breaches, revealed following a BBC-wide search of around one million hours of output since January 2005, were reported today by Mr Thompson to the BBC Trust, and the Director-General announced the new measures in response to demands for action from the Trust.
The measures include a total suspension of all competitions. Phone-related competitions on BBC television and radio will …

Most of you are fully aware of the proposals and suggestions that Ofcom has put forward in its Future of Radio consultation, which closes on 29 June, but I just wanted to give you all a reminder of the key elements of that consultation which I hope will help to frame this morning’s debate.
We all know that the commercial radio industry has been facing tough conditions over the past couple of years and recent results, such as GCap’s last week, serve to confirm that. Radio advertising has stalled as advertisers …

London 30th April: It was announced at the 25th Sony Radio Academy Awards, the UK’s most prestigious radio accolades, that the late great John Peel is The Broadcasters’ Broadcaster, a special one-off award to mark the anniversary year. The posthumous Award to John Peel, himself a multiple Sony Gold winner across three decades, was collected by his wife Sheila, and was voted for by UK broadcasters from a short-list of 25 radio icons drawn up by the Sony Radio Academy Awards Committee, chosen to reflect the names most quoted by …

Ofcom has published (17/4/07) detailed research into illegal broadcasting – or so-called pirate radio – in the UK. The report examines levels of listening to illegal stations in Greater London, in particular the boroughs of Hackney, Haringey and Lambeth. The report also measures consumer awareness of interference to safety-of-life services and licensed broadcasters caused by illegal broadcasting.
Interference
The research found that 30% of all UK radio listeners say they have experienced some form of interference to their service. Of those, 14% believe the interference was caused by illegal broadcasters. In London, …

Ofcom today outlines a possible framework for future regulation and licensing of the radio sector. The framework takes into account the ongoing transition of analogue radio listening to digital platforms; including Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB), digital television and the internet.
There are a number of challenges currently facing the radio sector. These include increased competition from other technologies, such as the internet, and an increasing share of radio listening by digital platforms which places greater pressure on local analogue stations.
Ofcom’s proposed approach seeks to address these issues and ensure that as …

The BBC today submitted its response to Ofcom’s public consultation on the Digital Dividend Review.
Ofcom has proposed a technology neutral auction of the radio spectrum released by the switch to all-digital television broadcasting between 2008 and 2012.
In its response, the BBC argues for the allocation of spectrum to Public Service Broadcasters to develop free-to-air, universally available high definition (HD) channels on the Digital Terrestrial Television platform (DTT).
The BBC also discloses findings of independent consultants that the loss to the UK in private and social value, if public service broadcasters …

The first round of licensing community radio services is drawing to a close. This has been a very successful round, with 93 licence awards made so far. A diverse range of services is now starting to operate in communities all around the UK. Community radio is tailored to the needs of the target community, involving them in providing the service, bringing social benefits to that community, and provided on a not-for-profit basis.
Ofcom is planning to invite applications later this year for the second round of community radio licences.
‘Letters …