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Behind the scenes: Election edition 🌟 On Thursday, 4th July, our brands made history, working tirelessly through the night to deliver the highest quality election coverage possible. Here’s a look behind the scenes… 📻 Times Radio produced an incredible 100 hours of live election coverage. Matt Chorley led the overnight results show with political editor Kate McCann and Calum Macdonald. They were joined by some of the most distinguished voices in politics and journalism including Andrew Neil, William Hague, Peter Mandelson and Ayesha Hazarika. 📰 The Times newsroom showcased teamwork at its best, involving desk heads, the lobby team, commentators, graphics, design, pictures, video and production staff who all brought the journalism to life. 🎧The Times also produced some incredible podcasts that informed listeners throughout the whole election campaign, including The Story, How to Win an Election and The Election Shortcut with Kate McCann. 🎤On the morning of the election results, a special live edition of the "How To Win An Election" podcast was recorded on stage before an enthusiastic audience. 🤳 TalkTV election night coverage saw the station’s biggest stars keep the nation informed and entertained as the results came in overnight. Julia Hartley-Brewer broke the exit poll before established TV competitors, while Mike Graham and Ian Collins were joined by a star-studded cast of ex-politicians, Lords and News UK journalists. 🎙️ In the run up to the election, Harry Cole's Never Mind The Ballots turned into a daily morning show, hosting live episodes including the globally-viewed debate between readers and the Prime Minister and Prime Minister-in-waiting, making headlines everywhere. 🗞️The Sun's Lobby team created a blueprint for political journalism, producing a slick morning video show that generated digital copy and buzz, continuing into the next day's paper. 📽️On the night Never Mind The Ballots hosted two live shows at 10pm and 8am to update audiences with the key moments as well as producing copy for the website and multiple issues of the paper. 🌞 The Sun's “Time For A New Manager” election special front page was a hit and generated headlines. 🌐 The Sun's online team commissioned live maps and graphs that millions of readers used to find their local results, driving more readers to our site for longer, resulting in over 6 million impressions! A heartfelt thank you to everyone involved for their dedication and hard work. #passion #principle #purpose

Last night, talkSPORT paid a massive tribute to the England team 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ After the game, a series of giant projections were beamed onto The News Building, both with the slogan, ‘You did us proud’, to the delight of fans in the area after the game. From on the ground in Germany throughout the tournament all the way back to The News Building, talkSPORT had the Euros fully covered. ⚽

📣 Job of the week: Category Director 📣 News UK are hiring a Category Director to join the Client team. The role of the Category Director is to be responsible for developing and managing stakeholder relationships with clients directly for the Grocers Category. The successful candidate will have extensive leadership sales experience direct to Clients, key relationships in place in the Grocers sector and experience in developing digital-first propositions. Interested? Find out more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/efKeyHYT See our other vacancies here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ex5eNwNC

🌟 Last Night's Summer BBQ to celebrate 10 years of The News Building 🌟 We had a fantastic evening with our regular pop up bar, the TNB Tavern, to celebrate our 10-year anniversary at The News Building! 🎉 Highlights of the evening included: 🍔 A BBQ with prices you would’ve paid 10 years ago  🍷 The TNB Tavern bar, serving up wine, beer, and cocktails. 🧁 Delicious cupcakes 🎁 Raffle with fabulous prizes from our brands  🎶Live music from our DJ on the terrace And to top it all off, the sun came out to join the festivities! 🌞 A huge thank you to everyone who came out and made this celebration so special. Here's to many more years of great times at TNB Tavern! #10yearsatTheNewsBuilding

Exciting news! I am pleased to share that the News UK Apprentice Society has been shortlisted for the 'Outstanding New Network of the Year' category at the Diversity Network Awards. I officially launched the Apprentice Society in April, with the aim to provide all apprentices across News UK with the best community and social opportunities possible. To be shortlisted for an award at such an early stage is truly a privilege. I would like to extend thanks to my amazing team, who have made launching the network possible Yvonne Yewande Akinwande Shelley Bishton and Mark Hudson. #apprenticeship #earlytalent #ERG

We sat down with Tim Cook for an exclusive interview to talk about the Apple Vision Pro headset as it finally launches in the UK – and he shared his favourite ways to use the premium headgear. Watch the full interview on our YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/dchtNRYj

We’re celebrating a decade at The News Building today! It feels like only yesterday that Boris Johnson – then Mayor of London – opened the building. ✂ To mark the occasion we’ve joined forces with Dow Jones and HarperCollins Publishers UK to create a sizzle reel featuring our most memorable moments in the building across the past 10 years. From glittering awards ceremonies and star-studded visits, to The Tiger Who Came to Tea and sunset sessions. Take a trip down memory lane and watch the video below. 🎥

✨ Job of the week: Broadcast Intern - Virgin Radio ✨ Virgin Radio UK are looking for a creative, self-starter with a passion for starting a career in Radio to join them for a three month paid internship! 🎧 This is an opportunity for somebody looking to break into radio production who wants three-months’ paid work experience at Virgin Radio. You will be working on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show as a Broadcast Intern. Virgin Radio is a once-in-a-lifetime place to be – top names, top music, working at the top of the News UK tower looking out over London. The successful candidate will learn how to craft brilliant ideas ready for broadcast on one of the country’s leading radio stations, while also supporting the country’s leading producers in researching stories, developing new ideas as well as researching and booking guests for future shows. Interested? Find out more here 📻 https://lnkd.in/e_ygTeNz Find out more about our other vacancies here 📻 https://lnkd.in/ex5eNwNC

Piers Morgan Uncensored has hit THREE million subscribers on YouTube! 🎉 A string of sensational guest bookings - breaking world exclusives with everyone from the real-life ‘Martha’ from Baby Reindeer, Fiona Harvey, to disgraced actor Kevin Spacey - has seen an acceleration in subscriber numbers in recent weeks. 📈 Award-winning broadcaster Piers Morgan said: “It’s great to see the show building a strong, worldwide digital presence at such a swift pace. Our audience trusts we will be asking tough questions, challenging authority and engaging in intelligent, passionate debates" 🌟 Read more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eBgnAKNG Watch Piers Morgan Uncensored here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eAtVXDQr

News UK is pleased to announce the recipients of the annual News Corp Giving programme, which this year focussed on the theme of ‘Supporting the Future of Writing’ across three main areas: literacy and learning, safeguarding journalists, and championing the future of writing. 📚 The £100,000 fund has been split equally between three charities this year: The Children's Literacy Charity, First Story, and Marie Colvin Journalists' Network. 📝 Each year employees across News UK, HarperCollins Publishers UK , and Dow Jones are asked to nominate a charity they would like to see supported. Congratulations to the chosen charities! Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eJFq2nDv