UK – 5 March 2015

This week’s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including The Times, MailOnline and The Sun; fashion, lifestyle and entertainment titles including Star, Time Inc. and woman&home and Business and finance changes at TES, Money Management and BQ

News & Current Affairs

• Tim Webb has announced via Twitter that he has left his role of energy editor at The Times to join ofgem’s press office in April
• Katharine Viner wins staff ballot for Guardian editor. Ballot result means Viner is guaranteed place on shortlist of candidates to succeed Alan Rusbridger
• Carol Driver has been appointed acting editor for Femail at Mail Online. She was previously acting co-editor travel for the website
• Phil Cadden has been appointed sports reporter at The Sun
• David McCann has been appointed assistant news editor at the Daily Record. He was previously the news editor at the Edinburgh Evening News
• Gail Walker has been appointed editor of The Belfast Telegraph. She replaces Mike Gilson, who left in January
• Kate McMullin has been appointed reporter at Bolton News
• BBC Radio 1 has announced that Clara Amfo will become the new host of Radio 1’s Live Lounge, presenting the weekday 10am – 1pm show on the network from 25 May. It was also announced that Fearne Cotton, who joined Radio 1 in 2005, will be leaving the station

Fashion, Lifestyle & Entertainment

• Joel Cooper has been promoted to news editor at Star magazine. He was previously deputy news editor for the publication
• Charlotte Williamson has been appointed assistant editor (features) at woman&home. She was previously the Sunday Telegraph’s news review editor
• Katharine Wootton has been appointed editorial assistant at Yours magazine
• The Modern Mum Must-have (MMM) blog has been rebranded as The Edited
• Joe Dimbleby, editor of Sporting Gun at Time Inc. UK, will leave the title to take up the position of editor at Shooting Times. Kate Gatacre, Shooting Times’s deputy editor, will take replace Joe at Sporting Gun

Business & Finance

• William Martin has been appointed as editorial assistant at TES (Times Educational Supplement)
• Mike Hughes will join editor of Business Quarter (BQ) in April, taking over from outgoing editor Andrew Mernin, who is stepping down to pursue other interests after four years at BQ.
• Spriha Srivastava has been appointed senior staff writer at Money Management
• The Publican’s Morning Advertiser has appointed Ed Bedington as editor. He takes up the role from 30 March

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