Sun launches online radio
Updated on 20 April 2009
Famed for its amusing headlines and page three models, the Sun has become the first newspaper to launch its own radio programme.
The three hour talk show will be streamed over the internet - and its presenter 'Gaunty' (Jon Gaunt) says that means he won't be bound by the rules on impartiality which cover traditional radio stations.
As newspapers become increasingly multi-media, the Minister of Communications Lord Carter has told this programme that existing regulations may need changing.
"The launch of the Sun Talk highlights the central challenge of this sector," Lord Carter told Channel4 News at Noon. "The legacy business, operators and rules were born in a different world from the new operators.
"I definitely think that one of the things we need to do is change that balance so we're not over-regulating or over-controlling one group of players and equally not leaving another group of players existing in a complete free for all."
