UK – 14 August 2014
This week’s Media Updates covers changes at news titles including the The Times, Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard and Yorkshire Post; fashion and lifestyle changes at Harper’s BAZAAR; and business changes at Better Wholesaling. Also, find out what’s new on Cision’s blog including the Top 10 UK Charity Blogs and Speedy Spotlights with leading bloggers.
News & Current Affairs
- Adrian Pearson has been appointed political editor at the Yorkshire Post. He previously covered politics for the Journal in Newcastle.
- Gary Neville has joined the Daily Telegraph as a football columnist
- Paul Scholes has joined the London Evening Standard as a football columnist.
- Martin Swain has left the Express & Star, where he was chief sports writer
- Georgia Arlott has left the Coventry Telegraph, where she was a reporter
- Gina Marden has left the Basildon Echo, where she was a crime reporter
Fashion, Lifestyle & Entertainment
- Hearst Magazines UK has announced today that Company, the brand for street-style-obsessed young British women, will become a standalone digital brand from October 2014
- Sarah Karmali has been promoted to digital editor at Harper’s BAZAAR. She was previously deputy online editor
- The Cricketer magazine has appointed Simon Hughes as editor-at-large and Alec Swann as head of editorial planning & production. Hughes will join the title on September 1st
- Ted Macauley, Formula One correspondent for the Daily Star Sunday , has been appointed motoring editor of Surrey Hills Publishing, covering four monthly lifestyle magazines in the county.
- Tamoor Hussain has left his role as features editor at the website CVG
- Lucy Handley and Chantal Borciani have been appointed assistant editors for the High 50 website
- Katie Dean has been appointed editor of Bead Magazine
- Sienna Parulis-Cook has been appointed editor at Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine
- Men’s Fitness is to relaunch with its October issue promising bolder design, streamlined sections and new content
- Baby & Me magazine is to relaunch under the new title of Smallish on 17 September
- KISS, the monthly magazine aimed at teens in Ireland, is set to close, with the July issue as its last
Business & Finance
- Rebecca Clancy has been appointed head of breaking news, business at The Times
- Ben Woods has been appointed business editor at the Eastern Daily Press
- Tan Parsons has been appointed editor of Better Wholesaling. He was previously news and alcohol editor of Retail Express
Health, Science & Technology
- Louise Everett has been appointed editor at Holistic Therapy Magazine
- Imagine Publishing has launched RasPi, a digital-only magazine for Raspberry Pi enthusiasts from the experts behind Linux User & Developer
Cision Blog
Fundraising tips and campaign strategy from the UK’s leading independent charity bloggers.
Speedy Spotlight: Life And Times of a Student
Issy Goode, a student and blogger, talks about getting over 8,000 views in the run up to freshers’ week 2013 and answering student queries universities can’t.
Speedy Spotlight: Girl Talk With Laura
Laura Louise Cranston on photo shoots with cosmetics brand Benefit and prepping her blog for the Cosmopolitan Blog Awards next year
London Beauty Queen: Are we losing sight of the bigger picture?
With the rise of digital media and subsequent growth in e-commerce opportunities, have blogs become a sweet spot for marketers looking to disguise a sales pitch?
If you have any media changes let us know on Twitter @Media_Updates or you can email Priyanka Dayal
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