April 22's Swansea Bay Media Highlights

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For all those interested in & working in the Swansea Bay media
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Print South Wales Evening Post Click
Editorial - Police are treating the death of a 29-year-old Swansea woman as "unexplained."
Opinion - Someone with the talent of rugby star James Hook should not be treated as a jack of all trades; the Ospreys are pushing him to be an inside centre but Wales have played him in three other positions.
Commercial – A two-page advertising feature flags up this weekend's ambitious first Gorseinon Food Festival. Those involved include Simon Wright, of Nantgaredig's superb Y Polyn Restaurant, Sian Day's new Kids Cooking Academy and Millie’s Market from Shirley Price.
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Online South Wales Guardian Click
Editorial - Pub giant JD Wetherspoon has confirmed it is looking into the possibility of moving into Ammanford. Click
Commercial – The Guardian has hooked up with FindMeTV to offer a spiffing service to dig out all those small screen shows you missed but are now available as an online catch-up. Media Master's hunt for BBC4 documentary strangely compulsive series The Beauty of Maps on iPlayer quickly came up trumps. Click
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Broadcast Scarlet FM Click
Key local story - Carmarthen police would like to talk to a man in connection with the theft of necklaces worth more than £4,000 from the town's market. Click
You heard it here - Tonight's General Election leaders' debate is likely to include key questions on Iraq, Trident and Europe.
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Community Afan FM Click
Commercial - Swansea music venue Sin City is backing the station's gig guide, with a handy commercial spin-off. Click
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Hurlingham hurrah for Swansea Bay media

This Wednesday brings the media launch of the 2010 RBS 6 Nations. It'll see the rugby union media of the Northern Hemisphere gather at London's impeccably presented Hurlingham Club to interview some of thew game's biggest guns.
Wales are due to be represented Thames-side by head coach Warren Gatland and skipper Ryan Jones. What they say will hold few surprises - "all opposition to be feared" ... "tough opener at Twickenham" ... "the competition gets more intense by the year" - but I predict strong coverage in Thursday's Western Mail and South Wales Evening Post.
It's rare you can predict for certain the content of newpapers but this is one of those rare instances. This launch will be fed back by the laptopful from this quintessentially English green setting in Fulham.
So, if you've got rugby-related goods or services to shift, reserve an ad slot on Thursday's Swansea Bay sports pages right now.
And, if you're in any doubt as the to lingering pull rugby has on the South Wales public, hear this: Within days of ad strips going on sale for the forthcoming Evening Post 6 Nations pull-out they were all gone. Sold. Gone.
Sometimes you must pounce like Tommy Bowe chasing a James Hook grubber into a Liberty Stadium corner. Go for it for Thursday ... or, even better, let me do your bidding for you. I'm the man to steer you through the Swansea Bay media minefield.