UK – 12 March 2015
This week’s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including The BBC, Daily Telegraph and the Sun; fashion, lifestyle and entertainment titles including OK!, Essentials and Zoo; business and finance changes at Brand Republic and Easyfairs and Health, Science & Technology changes at Tech City News
News & Current Affairs
- The BBC has announced that it has suspended Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson and is expected to scrap the remainder of the current series
- The Times’s media editor, Alex Spence, has left the newspaper, The Guardian reported
- Javier Espinoza has joined the Daily Telegraph as education editor
- Jack Hardwick has been appointed online showbiz reporter at the Daily Star
- Emma Gritt has been appointed TV reporter at The Sun. She was previously showbiz reporter at Bizarre magazine
- Phil Dewey has been appointed multimedia journalist at WalesOnline
Fashion, Lifestyle & Entertainment
- Anna Matheson has been appointed junior features writer at Essentials magazine. She was previously editorial assistant at the title
- Katie Langford-Foster has been appointed editorial assistant at OK! magazine
- Kashfia Kabir has been appointed first tests editor at What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision
- Kate Racovolis has been promoted from acting editor to editor at Mayfair magazine and Amy Welch has been appointed editorial assistant at the title
- Raphaelle Helmore has appointed as fashion assistant at the Financial Time’s How To Spend It magazine
- Jon Moody has been promoted to web and digital editor at Zoo. He was previously a writer at the magazine
- Immediate Media’s Cyclingnews.com, has been redesigned in celebration of its 20th birthday
- Hannah Watson and Sian Gregory have been promoted to senior features writers having previously been features writers at Take a Break magazine
- Clarissa Wills has been appointed as editorial assistant at Essential Kitchen Bathroom Bedroom magazine
- Holy Moly gossip website has closed down after 13 years
Business & Finance
- Samantha Edwards has been appointed community and social media editor at Brand Republic. She was previously news editor at Event magazine
- Easyfairs, trade show organisers, has acquired Tank Storage Magazine
- Clare Burnett has been appointed deputy editor at the BusinessDesk.com. She was previously editor for Bdaily business news in Yorkshire
- Piers Townley has been appointed editor at Inflight magazine
- Professional Pensions has redesigned its print edition and changed editorial workflow to integrate better with its web and mobile platforms
Health, Science & Technology
- Kirsty Styles has been appointed senior reporter at Tech City News
Cision Blog
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Jeremy Clarkson’s ‘punch’ breaks the internet: a social media analysis
Never mind Kim Kardashian, the news of BBC’s suspension of controversial Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has quite literally broken the internet with news, reactions, jokes and even petitions to #BringBackClarkson ruling online conversations on news sites and social media
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Blogger Spotlight: Shay Mason, What’s on the Blog?
Shay Mason, author of British beauty and lifestyle blog, What’s on the Blog? spoke to us about how she works with PR, attending a blogger bootcamp and the five best practices marketers need to follow for better blogger outreach
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