organisation

Global

Acquired GCap Media · Parent of Capital · Parent of Heart · Parent of LBC · Parent of Classic FM

Writing

RAJAR Q2/20265 August 2026 · On Audio
RAJAR Q4/20255 February 2026 · On Audio
Briefed: Lawsuits, Trust and Everything Being Television22 December 2025
Briefed: Battles, Bids and Boards15 December 2025
More Talent Transfers23 February 2022 · On Audio
Global's Tech Acquisitions21 December 2021 · On Audio
iHeart Tunes In, but will Global?3 August 2021 · On Audio
Global and Bauer's Busy Week16 February 2021 · On Audio
RAJAR Q2/2019 - Disappointment Haunted All My Dreams1 August 2019
RAJAR Q1/2019 - Evans, Consolidation and Digital Growth15 May 2019
RAJAR Q4/20186 February 2019
New Station Launches & Welcome Scala21 January 2019
Radio's New Localness Rules28 October 2018
RAJAR Q3/201824 October 2018
Chris Evans Leaves Radio 2 for Virgin Radio3 September 2018
Alexa, are you radio's saviour?8 May 2018
The Hits-ification of Bauer's Big City Network18 April 2018
RAJAR Q4/2018 - The Trend's Your Friend8 February 2018
RAJAR Q3/201726 October 2017
RAJAR Q2/2017 - Brand Power3 August 2017
All the RAJAR Hits, All Day Long - Q4/20168 February 2017
The most successful radio stations on YouTube3 December 2016
RAJAR Q3/201626 October 2016
RAJAR Q2/20164 August 2016
RAJAR Q1/201618 May 2016
Radio Market Shares6 May 2016
Chris Moyles - RAJAR Q4/20154 February 2016
RAJAR Q3/201528 October 2015
Moyles and the Clutter Battle21 September 2015
Simplicity and Confusion19 September 2015
Radio X - Moyles, Johnny Vaughan and Vernon Kay - The New XFM7 September 2015
Evans and Grimmy on the Telly17 June 2015
Forget About Dre? What Beats1 Means for Radio8 June 2015
RAJAR Q1/201521 May 2015
RAJAR Q4/20144 February 2015
Bidding for the Next National Multiplex29 January 2015
Absolute Radio's Website and Radio's Business Model1 November 2014
Ofcom backs Capital Xtra's Choices20 October 2014
The Business of Internet Radio9 October 2014
Bauer's Network Changes26 September 2014
RAJAR Q2/201430 July 2014
Radio Redundancy10 June 2014
Next Radio 201422 May 2014
RAJAR Q1/201414 May 2014
Communicorp Acquires Global's Disposals6 February 2014
Thoughts on RAJAR Q4/20135 February 2014
Working Together as One Product2 February 2014
2014 Radio Predictions19 December 2013
Phase 2 of Digital Radio in the UK15 December 2013
Choice FM Becomes Capital Xtra3 October 2013
Radio Changes and MXR27 August 2013
RAJAR Facts – Q2/201331 July 2013
Absolute & Bauer29 July 2013
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Consolidation?22 May 2013
RAJAR Facts - Q1/201315 May 2013
Tell Me About TeamRock20 April 2013
RAJAR Q4/2012: Radio Listening Facts30 January 2013
Guardian Rebuttal2 July 2012
Arguing with Phil Riley2 February 2012
Why changing the name of BRMB, Beacon, Wyvern and Mercia is the right thing to do9 January 2012
Capital Breakfast23 November 2011
RAJAR Q3/201127 October 2011
The Wanted & Global16 October 2011
Re-Orgs Are Good29 August 2011
Radioplayer Goes On-Air30 March 2011
Tweeknotes - 7th March to 13th March13 March 2011
Tweeknotes - 14th to 20th February20 February 2011
Radio App Stats. What does it all mean?9 February 2011
Comparing Radio 1 and Capital's Music24 October 2010
Feeding Global's Cash Cows13 September 2010
Student Radio Awards 200925 November 2009
Come in Analogue Radio, Your Time is Running Out15 November 2009
Pictures on the Radio17 September 2009
Going Viral13 September 2009
BBC One - The One To Go?30 August 2009
Next Step for our Little Radio Project26 June 2009
Has Global Radio Achieved The Impossible?7 May 2009
Student Radio Conference19 April 2009
Commercial Radio to Join iPlayer?23 March 2009
Not Being Contemporary Enough13 March 2009
Give It Some Heart30 December 2008
My Little Radio Station22 December 2008
OFT's Report on the GCap/Global Merger28 August 2008
GCap to Sell BRMB, Wyvern, Mercia, Beacon and Heart 1068 August 2008
Why Global Radio Needs to Sell Capital 95.84 August 2008
Radio is two inter-locking zero-sum games16 June 2008
All Change!1 June 2008
Fru Hazlitt's GCap Leaving Date Confirmed22 May 2008
Anti-Social Networking23 April 2008
XFM News11 April 2008
Global Radio Buys GCap Media31 March 2008
What Global Does Next...22 March 2008
GCap's New Strategy11 February 2008
What Fru Does Next8 February 2008
Why DAB Stations Closing Down is Good News10 January 2008
GCap's £100m Gamble6 January 2008
Bauer Buys EMAP Radio (and some magazines too)7 December 2007
Same Old, Same Old?9 October 2007

Talking

On The Media Club

Scottish Media In Focus and a Rajars SpecialDiscussed6 February 2026
Spotify’s Changes And What They Mean For YouDiscussed9 January 2026
Fellas Go Global, Guardian Pivots, Paddington SuesDiscussed10 October 2025
RAJAR Week, Celebrity Traitors & What's Next for Kay Burley?Discussed7 February 2025
The End Of Fact Checking?Discussed10 January 2025
The Endgame for Local RadioDiscussed25 October 2024
Backstage at the British Podcast AwardsDiscussed27 September 2024
The Spectator takeover and why it mattersDiscussed13 September 2024
Forget PR... Does The Media Need Better HR?Discussed3 May 2024
A Bad Week for Talk TV & GB News, Popbitch deep diveDiscussed8 March 2024
Launches Galore: BBC Stations, Freely and Sports AgentsDiscussed9 February 2024
Welcome to The Media Club!Discussed6 September 2023
Succession spoilers, Elon vs BBC & Global invests in GlasgowDiscussed13 April 2023
Journalists strike; Snap downsizes & The News Agents arrivesDiscussed2 September 2022
Global swoop again, Tik Tok explodes... and a farewell to JamalDiscussed25 February 2022

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