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Cultural Enterprise
The specialist support service for cultural & creative businesses in Wales. The site contains up-to-date information about free mentoring services & how to access them, information about business, funding, training & marketing opportunities for the cultural sector, weekly news updates & comprehensive links to other sites useful to arts & media businesses.

Media UK
One of the best UK sources for radio, television, newspapers and magazines.

ADAM
Information gateway to quality assured Internet resources for the general areas of art, design, architecture and media. It is a searchable catalogue of 2546 Internet resources.

About.com: Radio
Starting points for information on the industry worldwide.

BECTU
Good set of links from BECTU, the independent union for those working in broadcasting, film, theatre, entertainment, leisure, interactive media and allied industries who are primarily based in the United Kingdom.

British Academy of Film & TV Arts
A guide to BAFTA, including award winners, details of its history, the development of television in the UK, press releases, education and events, and membership details.

Ofcom
Ofcom is the regulator for the UK communications industries, with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services.

New Media Knowledge
NMK is a is publicly-funded business resource for individuals & companies working in the new digital media.

The Bullet
The UK's alternative media portal.

Journalism Links
A good set of links from BUBL, the catalogue of Internet Resources.

Newspaper Society
This site acts as a gateway to the regional newspaper industry. It offers a huge amount of good quality statistics and reports on the industry, for example links to over 600 regional newspaper sites (searchable), facts and figures on the regional newspaper market and two powerful databases of information. There is a large list of Newspaper Society publications for sale (paper-based) on subjects like consumer behaviour, lifestages, newspaper advertising, the UK property market and marketing information.

Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC)
ABC audits the circulation of over 3400 magazines and newspapers. The information is freely available on the Web site and is of particular interest to advertising agencies and advertisers.

National Readership Survey
NRS is a data-gathering service for British newspapers and magazines. You can obtain statistics on about 300 publications, plus key marketing information. Basic information is open to anyone but fuller information can only be viewed by subscribing to NRS.

Radio Advertising Bureau
RAB is funded by UK commercial radio stations, but is impartial. It acts as an intermediary between national advertisers and radio stations. There is a useful directory of UK radio stations on the site, with contact details. There is a section of advice on media planning and the radio marketplace. Some parts of the site can only be accessed if users register (free). The section called Understanding Radio is useful for newcomers to the industry, covering such areas as brand response, market share, the audience, consumer behaviour, ratings and digital radio. A good site with plenty of market information.

AUKML
The Association of UK Media Librarians, AUKML, was formed in 1986 to create links between librarians and information workers in all areas of the media industry. Useful links on their website.

IMDB
An amazingly detailed website - the Internet Movie Database is indispensable for everything you want to know about films. Also worth a look is Rotten Tomatoes, a search engine for movie reviews.