UK – 27 August 2015
This week’s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including The Sunday Times, Daily Star, Sky News ; fashion, lifestyle and entertainment titles including Marie Claire, Yours and woman&home and business and finance changes at Legal Week and Mining Journal.
News & Current Affairs
- Mark Palmer has been appointed Scottish rugby correspondent at The Sunday Times. The publication has also appointed Michael Glackin as Scottish business correspondent
- Marc Walker has been promoted to deputy news editor at Daily Star Sunday. He was previously a reporter at the Daily Star
- Joey Jones, deputy political editor at Sky News, has announced via Twitter that he will now be leaving the company after 16 years
- Annabelle Dickson, political editor for Eastern Daily Press and East Anglian Daily Times, has been promoted to the newly-created role of group political editor at Archant
- Bill Tanner has left his role as senior reporter at Hereford Times
- Pippa Allen-Kinross and Ben Weich have both been appointed reporters at Epsom Guardian
- Donald Martin has been appointed head of publishing for consumer entertainment at DC Thomson. He was previously editor-in-chief of DC Thomson Newspapers, editor of the Sunday Post and the Weekly News. Neil O’Brien, who has held the position of head of publishing since 2012, is leaving the company to take up a new post as publisher for a London-based specialist firm
- Jane Kirby, health editor at the Press Association, has now returned from maternity leave. Meanwhile, Neil Lancefield has been appointed transport correspondent at the service
- Mark White has been appointed news and sports reporter at Lancashire Evening Post
Fashion, Lifestyle & Entertainment
- Sophie Tighe has been appointed digital news and features editor at Marie Claire and Charlotte Clark has been appointed beauty assistant at the publication
- Katharine Wootton has been promoted to news writer from her previous position of editorial assistant at Yours
- Charlie Bell has been appointed acting deputy fashion editor covering Aja Wallis’ maternity leave at Reveal
- Sara Huntington has been appointed commissioning editor at Simply Crochet
- Luba Gadjourov has been appointed assistant digital food editor at woman&home and goodtoknow
- Ali Plumb has been appointed entertainment reporter at Digital Spy
- Mary Forester has been appointed web editor at Hairdressers Journal International. She replaces Rachael Gibson in this role
Business & Finance
- Ruth Green has been appointed multimedia journalist at IBA Global Insight. She was previously features editor at the Mining Journal
- Kiran Stacey has been named energy correspondent at the Financial Times. He is currently political correspondent at the title
- Rachel Boagey has been appointed assistant editor at Professional Engineering. She was previously at Automotive World
- Mark Allen Group (MAG) is to acquire the 124 year old Optician, from Reed Business Information (RBI). The deal is due to complete in September 2015
- Rose Walker has been appointed as reporter at Legal Week
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