UK – 01 December 2016

This week’s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including the Guardian, Financial Times, The Times, Sun Online, Ideal Home, jamie magazine, Hair and International Rental News

News & current affairs

• Owen Gibson is now the Guardian’s head of sport. He was previously chief sports correspondent at the title
• Lewis Goodall has been appointed political correspondent at Sky News. He joins from BBC Newsnight where he is currently a reporter and producer. Goodall starts his role in the New Year
• Daniel Sanderson has been appointed reporter at The Times. He was previously political correspondent at the Herald
• Sophie Christie has been appointed digital consumer reporter at Sun Online
• Richard Amofa has been appointed what’s on reporter at the Herald (Plymouth)
• James Booker has left his role as content editor at the Croydon Advertiser

Fashion, lifestyle and entertainment

• Elizabeth Hudson has been appointed editor at Grand Designs magazine. She was previously editor at Style at Home
• Lucy Foster has now returned from maternity leave and is now acting associate editor at Stylist. She was previously features director at the title
• Jane Akers has been appointed deputy editor across Ideal Home and Style at Home. She was previously deputy editor at Country Homes & Interiors
• Anna Berrill has been appointed deputy editor at jamie magazine. She was previously acting deputy editor at Waitrose Food
• Tim Horner has been appointed men’s room editor at Hair magazine
• Rebecca Shepherd has been appointed senior digital writer at Asda Good Living. She was previously a senior news reporter at the Surrey Advertiser
• Greta Solomon has announced via Twitter her new role as expat round-up editor at Brit Mums
• Tom Earnshaw has been appointed football editor at Kettle
• Rachael Getzels has left her role as features writer at Take A Break
• Sugarscape, the teen culture website, has announced that it is to close down at the end of the year

Business and finance

• Javier Espinoza has been appointed private capital correspondent at the Financial Times and starts his role on 6 December. He was previously education editor at the Telegraph Media Group
• Lauren Applebey has been appointed as the new editor at SHP. Currently commissioning editor, she replaces Roz Sanderson who is leaving at the end of the year. Lauren will start her role in the New Year
• Joe Malone has been appointed editor at International Rental News replacing Helen Wright who has left the publication. Joe has been at the KHL Group for the last 14 months as deputy editor at Construction Europe and International Construction magazines
• Courtney Goldsmith has been appointed reporter at City A.M.
• Thomas Bridge has left his role as features editor at the MJ

Health, science and technology

• Helen McArdle has been appointed health correspondent at The Herald. She was previously transport correspondent at the title
• TechWeekEurope has been rebranded to Silicon UK. The website will continue to deliver news, features and interviews on business technology as well as transformative technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), cloud and big data