Spot the difference
Posted on Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 at 1:25pm. #
On one side, Toronto-based Virgin Radio 999, a website which says on the bottom “© 2008 Astral Media, All Rights Reserved” (the station’s entirely owned by Astral in a licensing deal, as far as I can tell). Click to enlarge.
On the other side, London-based Virgin Radio UK, a website which was designed entirely in-house by a team I once managed and says on the bottom “© 1993-2008 Virgin Radio Ltd” (the station’s not been owned by Virgin since 2000). Click to enlarge.
One of these entirely commercially-separate websites is clearly a direct copy of the other. So, which came first? (Clue: Virgin Radio 999 in Toronto went live today.)
I assume there was some money that changed hands between Golden Square and Astral Media… ? That must have happened, right?
NB: For comparison, try Virgin Hitz in Thailand, or Virgin Radio Dubai. I tried to speak to Virgin Management’s press office to confirm the ownership of Virgin Radio 99.9 (”Hi! I’m from a media website!”), but there was nobody in.
Ben said at August 26th, 2008 at 5:34pm 
