May 12's Swansea Bay Media Highlights – Midweek Online Special

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For all those interested in & working in the Swansea Bay media
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South Wales Evening Post Click
All change – Labour politicians across South Wales salute former PM Gordon Brown. Click
Commercial – Nice Evening Post hook-up with leisure centre the LC, a competition offering the winners 12 months of free gym membership. Click
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Swansea Sound Click
All change – US President Barack Obama is thought to have congratulated David Cameron by telephone, while Downing Street staff showed Mr Cameron's wife Samantha around Number 10. Click
Commercial – Decent promo for garden centre Fforestmill with a Swansea in Bloom/Swansea Sound competition offering winners £250 worth of vouchers. Click
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BBC Wales Click
All change – Wales' First Minister Carwyn Jones says he wants a "constructive relationship" with the new Conservative-Liberal Democrat UK government. Click
Local news lead - Police detective arrested on underage girl sex claim. Click
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May 11'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 Western Mail Click
UK – Labour leader odds (thanks to William Hill): David Miliband 4/7, Harriet Harman 16/1, Alan Johnson 6/1, Ed Miliband 9/1, Ed Balls 16/1, Jack Straw 33/1.
Wales – A major new hotel, restaurant and housing development could soon be in the pipeline for Hafod Copperworks, one of Swansea's most historic industrial sites. Swansea Council has put the site on the market.
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Broadcast Bay Radio Click
Editorial – A Swansea pensioner has been convicted of sexually assaulting a passenger on a city bus.
Key home page ads include Directory Inquiries, Admiral Insurance.
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Online South Wales Evening Post Click
Editorial – Hain backs Brown as he pushes for Lib-Dem summit. Click
Most commented stories – 1 - Plaid attacks debates exclusion after failing to make ground in election - Click. 2 - Hain backs Brown as he pushes for Lib-Dem summit - Click. 3 - Hotel's marquee plea is set for council rejection - Click.
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April 26'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 - Comic star Eddie Izzard will be backing Labour with a guest appearance at Swansea University today.
Commercial – The Evening Post has joined BreakFree Holidays to offer readers weeks away for as little as £15 per person. Locations include Riviere Sands Holiday Park in Hayle, Hendra Holiday Park in Newquay and Perran Sands Holiday Park in Perranporth. Click
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Broadcast The Wave Click
Editorial - The countdown is on for Wednesday's Local Hero Awards night being hosted by The Wave and sister station Swansea Sound. Wales rugby skipper Ryan Jones is one of the judges.
Commercial - Typical ad break: Trade Centre Wales, webuyanycar.com, caravansinwales.com, FRF Vauxhall Swansea & Bridgend.
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Online BBC Cymru Wales Click
Sport - Swansea City midfielder Darren Pratley insists the Championship play-off pressure has shifted to Blackpool. Click
Video fun - A machine that carries British hopes of shattering the world land speed record for a lawnmower has been unveiled at a beach in Carmarthenshire. Click
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Community Radio Tircoed Click
News - A man has died following a fire at a house in Port Tennant.
Charity - The station is supporting a new fund-raising push for children's hospice Ty Hafan. Click
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More tabloid tales as Swansea West mimics the media

The General Election campaign's tabloid tide continues as the race for Swansea West hots up.
As previously reported, Lib Dem hopeful Peter May has busily issued Mirror lookalike publications.
Now tried and tested media style is being harnessed by May's national colleagues ... and by Labour candidate Geraint Davies.
A four-page red-top from Nick Clegg and co dropped through the Media Master letterbox this week.
The Cleggster's pictured on the front with warzone troops, there's a huge red CHANGE topping the page one lead and a predictable dig at the Tories.
The centre spread features a cleverly done Mirror-style feature complete with Labour report card, urgent tickertape fonts and headline lifts from the national press.
Nick Clegg photo count: Six.
Labour's punchy effort is a localised plea for support. It's called Swansea Families and plays the language card with a hint of Welsh.
The splash is an attack on Swansea Council's non-Labour administration and how it's handling education budget cuts.
Would-be MP Geraint Davies is pictured across half the front page in an uncaptioned image with three schoolkids, possibly his daughters.

Headlines inside include: Our NHS for all our futures, Jobs and services ... or cuts?, Building a stronger, greener Wales and For children, wildlife and hearts.
In tabloid terms, it's not quite as polished an effort as the Lib Dems' Your Community News - but it was printed in Wales and is a lively, worthwhile effort. I'm not sure when it was published but I picked it up yesterday in the foyer of a St Helen's Road office building occupied by chartered accountants McAlister & Co and the Castle ward's Communities First people.
Geraint Davies photo count: 15.