UK – 18 September 2014

This week’s Media Updates covers changes at news titles including The Financial Times, Daily Star and South Wales Evening Post; fashion and lifestyle changes at GQ magazine, Food and Travel and GoodHomes; and business and finance changes at Cover and M&M Global. Also, find out what’s new on Cision’s blog including the Top 10 Political Blogs, Scottish Referendum, blogger outreach and London Fashion Week.

News & Current Affairs

• The Financial Times has redesigned the print version of the newspaper, as the FT shifts focus to its digital operation. Changes introduced include new colour graphics, a revamped front page as well as new content features and columns
• Nigel Pauley has left his role as reporter at the Daily Star
• Chris Campbell has left his role as property and jobs editor at the Gloucester Citizen, Gloucestershire Echo & Stroud Life. He will be joining the South Wales Evening Post on 29 September as property editor
• Amy Downward has announced via Twitter that she has joined the Shropshire Star as a news reporter. She was previously a reporter for the South Wales Evening Post

Fashion, Lifestyle & Entertainment

• Conrad Quilty-Harper has announced via Twitter that he has joined GQ-magazine.co.uk as news editor
• Ben Homewood has been appointed reviews editor of NME, the magazine announced via Twitter
• Claire Holmes has been appointed deputy editor of Grow Your Own
• Imagine Publishing has announced the purchase of History of War magazine and its website HistoryofWar.co.uk from Bath-based Anthem Publishing for an undisclosed sum
• Mark Sansom has been appointed deputy editor at the Food and Travel magazine. He was previously commissioning editor at Men’s Health
• Georgie Corlett has been announced as the new editor of Yachts & Yachting, replacing Gael Pawson who has edited the monthly magazine for the past thirteen years
• GoodHomes magazine has been acquired by Media 10 Ltd. The first issue published by Media 10  will be out on 31 October
• Julia May Morgan has been promoted to fashion director from fashion editor at Woman & Home. The publication has also appointed Lynda Bell as fashion and shopping editor and Lucy Mulliner as acting junior fashion editor. Lucy will be covering Emma Faiers’ maternity leave

Business & Finance

• Alex Brownsell has been appointed editor of M&M Global and global case study database Cream. He was previously digital editor for Marketing magazine
• Fiona Murphy will take over as editor of COVER. She succeeds Paul Robertson from Monday 29 September

Cision Blog

Political Blogs UK Top 10

Find out what the country’s top political bloggers have to say about the Scottish Referendum campaign with Cision UK’s Top 10 Political Blogs in the UK

Twitter analysis show greater support for Yes vote as Scotland decides

The role of Twitter has been crucial in communications surrounding the Scottish Referendum debate and if the analysis of the hundreds and millions of tweets #IndyRef generated on the microblogging platform is anything to go by, the Yes vote seems to have overtaken the No in the year that has led up to this date when Scotland decides its fate

Social media heats up as Scottish referendum nears

Passions are running high on social media as we reach the final leg of Scotland’s historic referendum with politicians and the general public turning to their networks to express their political views and deliver their last emotional plea as the Scots take to the polls. A Cision Social Media analysis

Bringing London Fashion Week to a charity shop near you

On 12 September Emma Slade Edmondson, stylist and author of the blog Back of the Wardrobe, recreated the looks coming off the London Fashion Week catwalk in real time, using only the items she found in the British Red Cross’ Westminster charity store on Buckingham Palace Road, London

Blogger Outreach: Hungry Healthy Happy

Speedy Spotlight with Dannii Martin, author of the food and fitness blog, Hungry Healthy Happy. Dannii spoke to us about how her blog has helped her stay true to its name, the five best practices that marketers can learn from when working with bloggers, being featured in Huffington Post and an event she is currently working on

How Winston’s Wish increased its press coverage and reach by 228% in a year

A case study on how Cision helped Winston’s Wish reach out to and engage with key national media and boost  greater awareness of the charity’s work to help more bereaved children

Blogger Outreach: 5 best practices every marketer should know

Laura Agar Wilson is a health coach and author of the blog Wholeheartedly Healthy. The blog is made up of a fantastic mix of delicious (and healthy) recipes, fashion and beauty tips, and more recently, parenting.  In this interview with Cision UK, Laura  lists the five best practices brand marketers should follow when working with her and fellow bloggers. PRs take heed!

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