UK – 10 September 2015
This week’s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including News UK, BBC, Press Association and Daily Star Sunday; fashion, lifestyle and entertainment titles including Cosmopolitan, WhatsOnStage and Empire magazine; business and finance changes at Times Higher Education and M&M Global and Health, Science & Technology changes at City A.M and Pocket Gamer
News & Current Affairs
- News Corp announced leadership changes at News UK, with the appointment of Rebekah Brooks as chief executive officer, David Dinsmore as chief operating officer, and Tony Gallagher as editor-in-chief of The Sun. Rebekah Brooks will replace Mike Darcey, who is departing as CEO after three years in the post
- Bill Turnbull has announced he is leaving BBC Breakfast after nearly 15 years
- Danya Bazaraa has been appointed real life features writer at the Press Association
- Isobel Dickinson has been promoted to chief reporter from her previous position of reporter at the Daily Star Sunday
- Tom Cotterill has been appointed defence correspondent at Portsmouth News. He was previously the chief reporter at the Littlehampton Gazette
- Jon Sharman has been appointed content editor at Croydon Guardian and Sutton Guardian. He was previously a reporter at the Surrey Comet and Kingston Guardian
- Hayley Mortimer has left her role as public affairs reporter at Gloucester Citizen
- Steve Madeley has announced via Twitter that he is leaving the Express & Star after 18 years. He will be moving to The Wardle Whittell Agency, a sports editorial freelance agency, as Midlands football reporter
Fashion, Lifestyle & Entertainment
- Hearst Magazines UK, the publisher of Cosmopolitan magazine, has announced that the title will undergo a redesign under new editor Farrah Storr. Cosmopolitan UK will also launch content on its Snapchat Discover platform
- Daisy Bowie-Sell has been appointed managing editor at WhatsOnStage. Daisy, who is currently Time Out London‘s deputy theatre editor, takes up the role on 1 October 2015, succeeding current managing editor Theo Bosanquet
- Terri White has been appointed editor in chief at Empire magazine
Business & Finance
- Carly Minsky has been appointed student content editor at Times Higher Education
- Anna Dobbie has been appointed reporter at M&M Global
- Liz Loxton has been appointed editor at Treasurer. She replaces former editor Sally Percy who has now left the publication
- Merle Crichton has been appointed reporter for the Middle East and Africa at Trade Finance
Health, Science & Technology
- Steve Hogarty has been appointed technology editor at City A.M.
- Peter Willington has been promoted to deputy editor at Pocket Gamer
- Kristoffer Stewart has been appointed CPD & clinical editor at Chemist and Druggist
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