UK – 9 October 2015
This week’s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including ITV, The Times, Mail Online, Tatler magazine and more
News & Current Affairs
- Robert Peston has been appointed political editor at He was previously the BBC’s economics editor
- Mark Sellman has been appointed deputy home editor at the Times. He was previously the assistant news editor at the title
- Mark Hennessy has been appointed as news editor at the Irish Times. He was previously the London editor at the title
- Thea Lenarduzzi has been appointed assistant features editor at the Independent. She was previously commissioning editor at the Times Literary Supplement
- Will Metcalfe has been appointed local government reporter and chief reporter for the Chronicle (Newcastle, the Journal (Newcastle) and the Sunday Sun
- Tom McTague has announced via Twitter that he is to be the new political editor at the Independent on Sunday. He is currently Mail Online’s deputy political editor. Meanwhile, Mark Leftly has been promoted to deputy political editor at the Independent on Sunday. He was previously the political and business correspondent at the title
- Amy Glendinning has left her role as social reporter at the Manchester Evening News
Fashion, Lifestyle & Entertainment
- Karen Deeks has been appointed acting fashion and retail editor at Tatler magazine, covering for Mariella Tandy while she’s on maternity leave
- Becci Vallis has been appointed acting beauty director at HELLO! Fashion Monthly, covering for Charlotte Jolly while she’s on maternity leave
- Harriet Charnock-Bates has been appointed acting assistant lifestyle editor at HELLO! magazine, covering for Megan Conway who is now on maternity leave
- Jenn Selby has been appointed senior lifestyle editor at MSN UK. She was previously people editor at co.uk
- Dave Claridge has been appointed associate editor at Wedding magazine
- Lydia Winter has been appointed editorial assistant at Foodism. She was previously editorial assistant at the FT’s How To Spend It
- The Public Reviews is repositioning itself asThe Reviews Hub
- Helen Stuart has been promoted to deputy celebrity editor at Woman magazine from her previous role as senior celebrity writer
- Jamie Beach has been appointed deputy editor at bikeradar. He was previously digital editor at 220 Triathlon
- Carole Hamilton has been appointed editorial director at Good Things
- Dennis Publishing has launched a new men’s fitness magazine titled Coach. The Coach website has replaced Mensfitness.co.uk. The print edition of the new magazine will be edited by Ed Needham and the website by Joe Barnes
- Clare Foggett has been appointed editor of The English Garden
Business & Finance
- Lucy Warwick-Ching, the online money editor atcom, has now gone on maternity leave
- Taha Lokhandwala has been appointed news editor at Investment Advisor. He was previously a reporter at Investment & Pensions Europe
- Annie Byrne has been promoted to editor at Exhibition News. She was previously deputy editor
- Louise Banham has been appointed editor at Retail Express. She was previously deputy editor at the title
- Stefan Appleby has been appointed head of digital at He was previously editor at Retail Express
- Publisher Top Right is to move business-to-business brands including Drapers, Retail Week and Nursing Times out of print over the next 12 to 18 months
- Andrew Pentol has been appointed deputy editor at Duty Free News International. He was previously the features and Asia editor at the title
Health, Science & Technology
- Sam Shead has been appointed technology reporter at Business Insider UK. He was previously startup and innovations editor at TechWorld
- Aatif Sulleyman has been appointed news editor at Gizmodo. He was previously a staff writer at Trusted Reviews
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