UK – 28 November 2014

This week’s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including the BuzzFeed UK, BBC Radio and Catholic Herald; fashion, lifestyle and entertainment titles including Marie Claire, Closer and Elle Decoration; business and finance changes at Drapers and Pension Expert; Health, Science & Technology changes at Research Information

Also, find out what’s new on Cision’s blog including the Top 10 PR Blogs in the UK, 10 steps to better brand storytelling, social media marketing tips and an interview with Alex Redfearn, author of the fashion, beauty and interiors blog, Champagne & Lemonade.

News & Current Affairs

• BBC Radio Manchester has appointed Sam Walker as the new drive time presenter from February 2015
• Emily Ashton has been appointed senior politics reporter at BuzzFeed UK while Robert Colvile will also be joining the website as news director
• Southport Visitor is moving its headquarters from Tulketh Street to new offices on Lord Street on 20 December
• Catholic Herald newspaper is to become a weekly magazine from next month

Fashion, Lifestyle & Entertainment

• Madeleine Spencer has been appointed beauty assistant at Marie Claire
• Georgia Devon-Spick has been appointed as fashion editor at About Time magazine
• Leo Wilkinson has announced via Twitter that he is stepping down as senior editor of MSN Cars UK to go freelance
• Rachael Martin has been appointed digital assistant at Woman and Woman’s Own magazines
• Mel Fallowfield has been appointed as acting features editor at Closer magazine while Emily Cope has been appointed  junior features writer at the publication
• Michelle Ogundehin has returned from maternity leave and resumed her role as editor-in-chief at Elle Decoration
• Rhiannon Derbyshire has now joined Bella magazine as junior fashion and beauty assistant
• Eve Barlow, previously deputy editor at NME, has now left the publication
• The websites of MadeForMums.com and Babyexpert.com have merged to one platform – all Babyexpert content has gone on to the Made For Mums website
• Sarah Dawood has been appointed reporter at Design Week
• Leigh-Anne Roberts has been promoted to assistant editor at Essential Kitchen & Bathroom Business. She was previously editorial assistant at the publication

Business & Finance

• Ronnie Dungan , managing editor at MI Pro, is leaving to start a new PR and marketing venture – Fastflash Media.
• Luke Todd has been appointed as reporter at Drapers magazine
• Sarah Cowburn has been appointed as a reporter at Pensions Expert

Health, Science & Technology

• Tim Gillett has been appointed editor of Research Information. He replaces Sian Harris who has left the publication.

Cision Blog

PR Blogs UK Top 10

Meet the UK’s top PR influencers on Cision UK’s PR Blogs UK Top 10

From PR to storyteller in 10 easy steps

Do PRs need to be writers and journalists too? Not quite, but they do need to regular brush-up on their content marketing skills to help them understand how they can design their content so as to highlight the peg and think like a journalist, a scrapbook collector and a search engine to maximise the output of their communication

Your social media questions answered

Matt Webster, co-founder and director at creative engagement agency Media Bounty, was the guest speaker at a Cision webinar where he discussed ‘What Makes Some Social Media Campaigns So Successful.’ Attendees engaged real-time with the conversation by sending in questions and tweets. In this post we address the key questions raised

Blogger Outreach: Champagne & Lemonade

An interview with Alex Redfearn, author of the fashion, beauty and interiors blog, Champagne & Lemonade. Alex spoke to us about how she measures success on her blog, the importance of networking with other bloggers and 5 outreach tips every PR should keep in mind

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