UK – 31 July 2015
This week’s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including BBC, Epsom Guardian and Shields Gazette, ; fashion, lifestyle and entertainment titles including Marie Claire Grazia and U Magazine and business and finance changes at Bloomberg and InFlight magazine.
News & Current Affairs
- Lisa Clark is to become the new executive producer of BBC’s Top Gear. She takes up the post on Monday 3 August
- Alice Foster has left her role as a reporter at Epsom Guardian
- John Hoskins, longstanding court reporter, has retired from the Southern Daily Echo
- Janis Blower, features editor, has retired from the Shields Gazette after 44 years at the paper
- The Burton Mail has moved premises to Burton town centre at Milton House in Worthington Way
Fashion, Lifestyle & Entertainment
- Lauren Smith has been appointed social media editor at Grazia. She joins from Heatworld.com and closeronline.co.uk where she was social media and community manager
- Hannah Lyons Powell has been appointed digital content editor at Marie Claire
- Lizzie Pook has left her role as deputy features editor at Stylist magazine
- Kat Hill has been appointed news and features writer at Scratch magazine
- Suzy Cox has been appointed editor at Heat magazine
- Lorna McGinn has been appointed fashion and beauty assistant at U Magazine
- Sam Taylor has been appointed editor of The Lady
- Elizabeth Betts has been appointed editor at Popular Patchwork
- Eleanor Mills has been appointed deputy editor at Museums Journal. She was previously assistant editor at RA Magazine
- Joy Ejaria has been appointed editorial assistant at Blackhair magazine
- Jemima Bradley has been appointed fashion and shopping editor at Smallish
Business & Finance
- Arif Durrani will be leaving Haymarket to join Bloomberg Media as commercial editor for Europe, the Middle East and Africa
- Alexander Preston has been appointed editor at InFlight magazine
- Catlin Shi has been appointed senior reporter at Insurance Insider
- Rosie Bannister has been appointed money analyst at MoneySavingExpert.com
- Dave Baxter has joined Investment Adviser as deputy news editor. He was previously a reporter at Financial Adviser
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