UK – 18 May 2017

This week’s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including the Sunday Times, Irish Times, Vogue, Drapers, Glamour, HUFFPOST UK, Plastics News Europe and Moneywise

News & Current Affairs

• Becky Barrow has been appointed news editor at the Sunday Times. She was previously editor of the Sunday Times Money section
• Sean Dunne has been appointed news reporter at the Irish Times. Sean was previously a senior reporter at the Irish Mail on Sunday
• Malcolm Robinson has been appointed editor at Pathfinder replacing Michael Brash
• Emily Shackleton, current senior social producer at METRO, has announced via Twitter that she is to leave the title and join the MailOnline as assistant social media editor

Sports

• Gareth Hanna has been appointed digital sports reporter at the Belfast Telegraph. Gareth was previously a sports reporter at Johnston Press
• Jake Wilson has been appointed editorial assistant at Match of the Day magazine

Fashion & Beauty

• Lucinda Chambers has announced that she is to step down as fashion director at Vogue. She will depart this summer after a career spanning 36 years at the publication
• Kirsty McGregor has been promoted to deputy editor at Drapers. She was previously the head of content, news and features at the title
• Chloe Bloch has been appointed style editor at Glamour. Chloe was previously held the same role at Grazia magazine
• Jennifer Meredith has been promoted to assistant editor at Hair magazine. She was previously staff writer at the title
• Lauren Sharkey has been appointed writer at YAHOO! STYLE UK
• Isabella Nikolic has been appointed fashion assistant at the Daily Mail

Lifestyle

• Hearst UK, the publisher of Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Harper’s Bazaar and Esquire, will relocate its headquarters to LSQ London in Leicester Square. Hearst will move from its two Soho offices into the brand new development at 30 Panton Street in Summer 2018 to be the main occupier
• Angela Johnson has been appointed acting commissioning editor at Chat and Pick Me Up covering Francesca Bailey’s maternity leave. Angela was previously senior writer at the titles
• Juliana Piskorz has been appointed editorial assistant at the Observer Magazine
• Rachel Dyke has been appointed editorial assistant at Top Santé

Arts & Entertainment

• Ashley Percival has been promoted to entertainment editor at HUFFPOST UK. He was previously entertainment reporter at the website
• Katherine Parkes has now been appointed writer at Top of the Pops magazine. She was previously acting writer at the title

Business & Finance

• Karen Laird has been appointed editor at Plastics News Europe
• Edmund Greaves has been appointed web content manager and writer at Moneywise
• Alia Shoaib has been appointed junior editor at AccountancyAge

Media & Communications

• Katie Deighton has been appointed senior reporter – creative & video at The Drum. She was previously video reporter and researcher at the title

Technology

• Michael Moore has been appointed senior news writer at ITProPortal. Michael was previously technology reporter at the Daily Express

Motoring

• Dan Parton has been appointed editor at Truck & Driver. Dan was previously the editor at Mental Health Today and Learning Disability Today
• James Attwood has been appointed digital editor at Autocar