UK – 21 January 2016

This week’s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including Gloucestershire Echo, Gloucester Citizen, Spectator, BBC Persian Service, The Star; lifestyle titles including Look, Cycling Weekly, Cycle Sport, Mountain Biker Rider and Cycling Active, Grazia,  Men’s Health, Girl Talk, Girl Talk Art, HELLO! GQ, Crafts Beautiful, Artists & Illustrators Magazine; business and finance titles including Money Management, Pensions Insight, Engaged Investor, Governance; health science and technology titles including Infosecurity.

News & current affairs

• Tanya Gledhill has now returned from her maternity leave. She returns as assistant editor at Gloucestershire Echo and Gloucester Citizen, and group features editor for Gloucestershire Media
• Tom Goodenough has been appointed as online news editor at the Spectator
• Rozita Lotfi has been appointed as the new head of the BBC Persian Service and begins her new role on 25 January 2016
• The Sheffield Star have relaunched its website thestar.co.uk

Fashion, lifestyle and entertainment

• Gilly Ferguson is to become the editor at Look and starts her role on the 1st February 2016. She is currently the style content director at Now
• Steve Prentice has been appointed publishing director at Cycling Weekly, Cycle Sport, Mountain Biker Rider and Cycling Active, as well as the brand websites cyclingweekly.co.uk and mbr.co.uk
• Phoebe McDowell has been appointed junior beauty writer at Grazia
• Tom Ward has been appointed features editor at Men’s Health. He was previously the upgrade editor at FHM
• Emily Grimson has been appointed junior writer at Girl Talk and Girl Talk Art
• Kelly Bowerbank has been appointed as digital editor at womanandhome.com
• Esther Coombes has been appointed as fashion and beauty executive at HELLO!/HELLO! Fashion Monthly. She is covering Gila Polak’s maternity leave
• Anna Ford has been appointed PA to the editor at GQ
• Tie the Knot Scotland is the new name for The Best Scottish Weddings magazine. From January 2016, the rebranded magazine will be published six times a year
• Carolyn Kirkpatrick has been appointed deputy editor at Crafts Beautiful
• Katie McCabe has been appointed deputy editor at Artists & Illustrators Magazine
• Sophie Hines has been appointed deputy online editor at goodhousekeeping.co.uk
• Georgia Farquharson has been appointed acting online editor at new! She was previously junior online writer and is covering for Zara Zubeidi who is away travelling
• Cathy Ma has been appointed audience development director at Bauer Media. Hannah Rouch has been promoted to digital director at Bauer Media and will work on entertainment titles such as Empire and women’s titles including Grazia, heat and Closer. Alice Farmiloe is promoted to editor-in-chief, Lifestyle at Bauer Media and will work on lifestyle titles Grazia, heat and Closer. Ali Wilkinson is promoted to head of content, Radio at Bauer Media

Business and finance

• Craig Rickman has been appointed as editorial assistant at Money Management
• Alice Cooke has been appointed as content editor at British Baker. She was previously deputy editor at Sussex Style
• James Coney has been promoted to finance editor at Daily Mail. He was previously the Money Mail editor
• Ruth Sunderland has been promoted to city features editor at Daily Mail. She was previously the associate city editor for the paper
• Jack Jones has been appointed as editor at Pensions Insight and Engaged Investor. He was previously news editor at Professional Pensions and replaces Louise Farrand who has now left the titles
• Mark Shields has been appointed as business editor at Eastern Daily Press
• Melanie Stern has been appointed as editor at Governance
• John Geoghegan has been appointed as features editor at Planning

Health, science and technology

• Michael Hill has been appointed as deputy editor at Infosecurity
• Anuji Varma has now returned from maternity leave as the health correspondent of the Birmingham Mail, Birmingham Post and Sunday Mercury