Maisie McCabe

Senior Reporter

Maisie has been with Brand Republic Group since August 2008 and covers TV, radio, outdoor, cinema and regional media.
Maisie on Twitter: @MaisieMcCabe

Relevant experience: Work experience placements at The Guardian, The Independent on Sunday, Third Sector, Dazed and Confused, Olive and The Stool Pigeon in addition to freelancing for Time Out, NewStatesman.com and Dazed Digital. Maisie completed her postgraduate journalism diploma at City University in summer 2008.

Favourite ad: The Flat Eric ad for Levi’s Sta-Prest

Favourite track: It’s between Sister Nancy ‘Bam Bam’ and New Order ‘True Faith’.

One thing not a lot of people know about me: I’m a pretty open book…

If I wasn’t slaving away at Haymarket I’d be...? Researching seventeenth century political thought.

Latest articles from Maisie McCabe

Rajar Q1 2013: Views from Mindshare, RadioWorks and UM London: 17 May 2013; Radio specialists from Mindshare, RadioWorks and UM London were encouraged by the growth of digital listening and intrigued by the changes in the London market in yesterday's Rajar figures.

Rajar Q1 2013: Bauer Media and Absolute Radio share their views: 16 May 2013; Steve Parkinson, managing director, Bauer Radio London, and Tony Moorey, Absolute Radio's content director, give their views on this quarter's Rajar figures.

ITV ad revenue up 5.5% to £382m: 15 May 2013; ITV has reported revenues of £571m for the first three months of 2013, up 1.1% year on year fuelled by 5.5% increase in spot ad revenues but ad revenue could fall by double digits in the second quarter.

Channel 4 reports £29m loss in 2012: 14 May 2013; Channel 4 made an operating loss of £29m in 2012, down from an operating profit of £22m in 2011, after TV ad revenue declined and its coverage of the Paralympics helped its spend on UK originated content reach record levels.

Britain's Got Talent delivers biggest audience so far this year: 13 May 2013; ITV's 'Britain's Got Talent' has delivered the highest audience of this series so far, with an average audience of 10.5 million viewers on Saturday night.

Liberty Global hires Tom Mockridge to run Virgin Media: 08 May 2013; Liberty Global has appointed Tom Mockridge, the former chief executive of News International, as the chief executive of Virgin Media, ahead of its proposed £15bn acquisition of the company.

BSkyB pre-tax profits up 7.5% to £966m despite 2% ad decline: 02 May 2013; BSkyB has reported pre-tax profits up 7.5% to £966m in the nine months to 31 March 2013, after growth in divisions including digital TV service Sky Go offset slight declines in other areas, such as ad revenues.

Bauer Media to launch sister Kiss digital stations and close Q radio: 01 May 2013; Bauer Media is to launch two sister digital radio stations to its dance and R&B station Kiss, called Kisstory and KissFresh, and will scrap the Q radio station after 10 years.

Steve Bond becomes latest outdoor executive to join Talon: 30 April 2013; Steve Bond, the former chief operating officer of Postercope, is to join Omnicom Media Group's outdoor specialist Talon as a partner.

Channel 4 promotes David Amodio to digital and creative lead: 25 April 2013; Channel 4 has promoted David Amodio, an agency principal, to the new role of digital and creative lead, following the departure of Carl Read.

Virgin Media reports last quarterly pre-tax profits of £161.6m: 24 April 2013; Virgin Media has reported pre-tax profits of £161.6m in the three months to the end of March, more than 20 times the profit in the same period of 2012, according to what is likely to be its last results.

Global Radio defends tax arrangements: 22 April 2013; Global Radio, the owner of Classic FM and the Heart network, has defended its tax arrangements, after the Sunday Times reported it has paid no corporation tax in the past five years.

Rupinder Downie promoted as part of partnerships changes at Channel 4: 22 April 2013; Rupinder Downie, currently a partnership business manager at Channel 4, has been promoted to the new role of partnership controller, sponsorship, as part of changes to the broadcaster's partnerships team.

BT hands ad sales contract to Channel 4: 19 April 2013; BT has awarded its ad sales contract for its new sport channels to Channel 4, closing one of the avenues the telecoms giant could have taken to resolve its increasingly bitter conflict with rival BSkyB.

UTV boss Scott Taunton's pay down almost 17% in 2012 to £332,311: 18 April 2013; Scott Taunton, the managing director of TalkSport-owner UTV Media (GB), earned a total of £332,311 a year in 2012, down 16.8% year on year despite the GB division's operating profit rising 4.8%.

News Int promotes Brendan Judge to cover Karin Seymour's maternity: 18 April 2013; News International Commercial has promoted Brendan Judge, currently head of strategy at The Sun, to sales director, to cover Karin Seymour's maternity leave.

Freelance platform Newsmodo starts meetings with UK publishers: 15 April 2013; Newsmodo, the new online platform designed to bring journalists and publishers together, is meeting with British news publishers this week ahead of its global launch.

'Britain's Got Talent' brings 13 million to ITV: 15 April 2013; Simon Cowell's 'Britain's Got Talent' comfortably out-shined 'The Voice' on BBC, delivering a peak audience of 11.4 million viewers when the two shows went head-to-head on Saturday night.

JCDecaux and Clear Channel not involved in CBS Outdoor sale: 12 April 2013; CBS Outdoor International's sale process is believed to be progressing without the formal participation of the potential trade buyers, JCDecaux and Clear Channel Outdoor.

Ofcom to probe Sky's refusal to carry BT Sport ads: 09 April 2013; BSkyB has refused to carry advertising for BT Sport channels on its Sky Sports portfolio, prompting BT to complain to the regulator, which has launched an investigation.