BID's May 19 Swansea Bay Media Highlights

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South Wales Evening Post Click
Editorial – Most commented stories: Six men rescued from drifting cruiser by Swansea Coastguard - Click; What do you think of the new coalition government? - Click; Jail and ban for man who killed pedestrian while driving without licence or insurance - Click.
Commercial – Did you know? The average issue readership of the Evening Post is 134,069. Click
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Swansea Sound Click
Editorial - Lots of photos from heat two of Swansea Sound's Search For a Star competition at Swansea's Norton House Hotel. Presenters Kev Johns and Claire Scott feature with big smiles. Click
Community – Swansea Sound - with Corus and Fusion Fitness - gives strong backing to this summer's Cancer Research Race for Life. Click
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BBC Wales Click
Editorial - You can keep your Premiership soccer riches ... this is where football's really at. Swansea's Dylan Thomas Centre is hosting a superb new exhibition of soccer-related photos by city snapper Beth Mitchell.  Click
Recommended - Vincent Kane, hippies, mini-skirts and a legend: a look back to the times of Richard Burton and Sir Geraint Evans with veteran broadcaster Kane. Click
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BID's April 27 Swansea Bay Media Highlights

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Print Western Mail Click
Editorial – Revealed: The secrets Richard Burton shared with his pocket diary - thanks to the Richard Burton Centre at Swansea University.
Commercial – Nice plug for one of South Wales' greatest pubs, Maesteg's Old House Inn, in a feature on new Peter Long book The Hidden Places of Wales (Travel Publishing).
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Broadcast Bay Radio Click
Editorial – The bosses of Swansea's closure-threatened Ethnic Cuisine say a WAG grant to upgrade its plant wouldn't have saved its 230 jobs ... a new customer contract was needed.
Commercial – Typical ad break: Ace Windows, Welsh Blood Service, Neath Port Talbot Council Recycling Services, Fortress Wales at Margam Park, Skoda UK, Car Arena Swansea.
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Online South Wales Evening Post Click
Editorial – The family of a young woman attacked on Llanelli beach are furious with the way police dealt with the case. They claim she was taken from the scene in a police van which contained one of her attackers. Click
Most viewed stories – An apology to Robert William Stevens - Click. Man dies as crews called to early-morning kitchen blaze - Click. We're down but we are not out - Click.
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BID's April 8 Swansea Bay Media Highlights

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Print South Wales Evening Post Click
Editorial - Three strong pages of southwest Wales General Election coverage include: Hain: Labour set for tough fight, Putting safety first could be key for parties.
Opinion - Although Swansea has a need for more affordable housing, it'd be a shame if the former Woolworth store was taken over - as is possible - by social housing group Gwalia. It's retail we need there.
Commercial – Richard Burton lives! Music fans are being urged, through advertising, to see Cardiff International Arena's War of the Worlds in December - complete with11ft hologram of the Port Talbot actor.
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Online South Wales Guardian Click
Editorial - Amman Valley goalkeeping legend Dai Davies has thrown his weight behind a campaign to bring the National Eisteddfod back to Ammanford in 2014. Click
Commercial – The Guardian’s Text Links give welcome online exposure to print ads, including Cross Hands’ Evolution Gym, auctioneers Peter Francis and pressure washer specialist PWS.
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Broadcast BBC Radio Wales Click
Key local story - A planned £450m gas-fired power station at Baglan Bay could get the ok from Neath Port Talbot councillors today. Its construction by Scottish & Southern Energy would create more than 1,000 jobs.
You heard it here - Proposed legislation to raise tax on cider is likely to be dropped today as MPs and peers face tonight's pre-General Election new laws deadline.
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