UK – 14 January 2016

This week’s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including The Daily Mail, Metro, the Guardian, North Norfolk News; lifestyle titles including Eat Healthy, ELLE UK, Cosmopolitan UK, The Pool, delicious, Glamour, heat, Closer, HELLO!, Woman’s Own, Guardian Weekend; business and finance titles including AccountancyAge, Financial Director, FT, Financial News, Money Mail, Biofuels International, Bioenergy Insight, Which? Money; health science and technology titles including APM Health Europe.

News & current affairs

• Ian Ladyman has been promoted to football editor at the Daily Mail. He was previously the Northern football correspondent
• Martin Ashplant has been appointed digital director at Metro UK. He was previously the digital and social media director at City A.M.
• Ally McGilvray has been appointed editor at North Norfolk News
• Jennifer Rankin has been appointed Brussels correspondent at the Guardian

Fashion, lifestyle and entertainment

• River Group have launched new magazine Eat Healthy. Ceri Moorhouse has been appointed as the editor
• Natasha Bird has been appointed content editor at ELLEUK.COM She was previously the editor-in-chief at Yahoo Style. Bibby Sowray has been appointed digital news and features editor at ELLEUK.COM
• Claire Hodgson has been promoted to digital editor at Cosmopolitan.co.uk. She was previously the acting digital editor
• Cosmopolitan.co.uk has moved to Hearst’s propriety technology platform, MediaOS, and ELLE UK will follow shortly
• Alanis Morissette has been appointed Guardian Weekend advice columnist
• Lucy Dunn has been appointed the deputy editor at The Pool. She was previously the associate editor of Grazia
• Ella Tarn has been appointed cookery assistant at delicious
• New men’s online lifestyle magazine Discerning Gent launched on the 7th January covering men’s fashion, style and grooming. Amit Chakravarty is the editor.
• Dominique Temple has been promoted to junior beauty editor at Glamour. She was previously the senior beauty assistant
• Jennifer Savin has been promoted to junior features writer at Cosmopolitan. She was previously the features intern
• Becca Wood has been appointed assistant managing editor at heat and Closer
• Abbie Murphy has been appointed picture editor at Sainsbury’s Magazine. She was previously the picture desk coordinator at YOU magazine
• Kerrina Gray has been appointed celebrity writer at Woman’s Own
• Helen Self has been appointed acting editor at Mollie Makes. She replaces the former editor Lara Watson who left the title in December
• Esther Coombes has been appointed fashion and beauty executive at HELLO! and HELLO! Fashion Monthly
• Neill Denny has been appointed co-editor of Bookbrunch

Business and finance

• Richard Crump has been promoted to editor at AccountancyAge and Financial Director. He was previously deputy editor. Kevin Reed has been promoted to head of editorial at AccountancyAge and Financial Director. He was previously the former editor at AccountancyAge and Financial Director
• Jonathan Derbyshire has been appointed executive comments editor at FT. He was previously the managing editor of Prospect magazine
• Elizabeth Pfeuti has been appointed Asset management special writer at Financial News
• James Burton has been appointed reporter at Money Mail, which is part of the Daily Mail. He was previously the business editor at the Hull Daily Mail
• Bernard Ginns is standing down as business editor of The Yorkshire Post to start up a new company. He leaves the paper at the end of March
• Michael Trudeau has been appointed senior investment researcher/writer at Which? Money
• Liz Gyekye has been appointed editor at Biofuels International and Bioenergy Insight. She was previously the chief reporter at Industrial Minerals
• LegalWeek has been bought by US publisher ALM

Health, science and technology

• Thomas Meek has been appointed reporter at APM Health Europe