{"id":65427,"date":"2014-05-22T14:46:31","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T13:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=65427"},"modified":"2014-05-22T14:46:31","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T14:46:31","slug":"uk-22-may-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/uk-22-may-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"UK \u2013 22 May 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>This week\u2019s Media Updates covers changes at news titles including Independent, BBC and Guardian and business changes at Financial Times and Broadcast Now.<\/b><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"News\">News &amp; Current Affairs<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/\">Telegraph Media Group<\/a><b> <\/b>has appointed\u00a0<b>Steve Huntingford\u00a0<\/b>as head of motoring. Also,\u00a0<b>Paul Hudson\u00a0<\/b>has been appointed deputy head and\u00a0<b>Chris Knapman\u00a0<\/b>will be<b>\u00a0<\/b>taking on the role as contributing editor of motoring.\u00a0<b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gmgplc.co.uk\/\">Guardian News &amp; Media<\/a><b> <\/b>has appointed <b>Aron Pilhofer<\/b> as executive editor of digital. Aaron is currently associate managing editor for digital strategy at the <b>New York Times.<\/b>\u00a0He will initially move to the Guardian US before completing his move to London in the summer. <b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Tom Giles <\/b>will leave his position as editor of <b>Panorama<\/b> in June. Tom is to devise and implement a blueprint to shape current affairs at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/\">BBC<\/a> for the future, before starting a senior role in the autumn. <b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hearst.co.uk\/\">Hearst Magazines<\/a><b> <\/b>has made three senior appointments.\u00a0<b>Michael Rowley<\/b>,<b> <\/b>group publishing director\u00a0has been promoted to managing director, brands. Product director\u00a0<b>Lee Wilkinson<\/b>\u00a0has been appointed strategy &amp; product director and\u00a0<b>Greg Witham<\/b>\u00a0will be promoted from group trading and partnerships director to group publishing director.<b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.localworld.co.uk\/\">Local World<\/a><b> <\/b>has appointed <b>Matt Kelly<\/b> as digital director.<\/li>\n<li><b>Paul Wiltshire <\/b>will be leaving his role as news editor of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bathchronicle.co.uk\/\">Bath Chronicle<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><b>Tim Gordon <\/b>will be leaving his role as editor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/\">South Wales Echo<\/a> in July. He is yet to be replaced.<\/li>\n<li><b>Simon Farrington <\/b>will be leaving his role as editor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/\">Wales on Sunday<\/a> and business development editor for the <b>Wales Online<\/b>, <b>Western Mail (Cardiff)<\/b> and <b>Business in Wales<\/b> in July. He is yet to be replaced.<\/li>\n<li><b>Joanna Hunt <\/b>has joined the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rugbyadvertiser.co.uk\/\">Rugby Advertiser<\/a> as a trainee reporter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 id=\"Business\">Business &amp; Finance<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/home\/uk\">Financial Times<\/a> has announced the appointment of <b>Gillian Tett<\/b> as US managing editor from 1 September.<\/li>\n<li><b>Louise Farrand <\/b>has announced <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pensionslouise\/status\/468738574087880704\">via Twitter<\/a> that she has been appointed editor of <b>Pensions Insight\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0<b>Engaged Investor<\/b>.\u00a0<b>David Blackman<\/b>\u00a0has been appointed editor-at-large at the publication.<\/li>\n<li><b>Alexandra Chapman<\/b> has announced <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ALChapman7\/status\/465846118300258304\">via Twitter<\/a> that she has joined <b>Broadcast Now<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><b>Nick Golding<\/b>, editor of <b>Local Government Chronicle <\/b>has announced <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickGolding\/status\/468358501354713088\">via Twitter<\/a> that<b> David Paine <\/b>has joined as senior reporter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 id=\"BlogSpotlights\">Speedy Spotlights<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><\/strong><strong>An interview with<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PDTechHD\">Purav Desai<\/a>, author and co-admin of the technology blog,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/speedy-spotlight-teckcomesfirst\/\">TeckComesFirst<\/a>, with inputs from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thetekguy\">Usman Hussain<\/a>, founder of the site. They spoke to us about the content strategy in place,\u00a0working with PRs and why wearable tech is a big focus for them this year.\u00a0<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><\/strong><strong>An interview with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoannaHC\">Jo Harris-Cooksley\u00a0<\/a>a Londoner who loves the city and blogs about it on<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/speedy-spotlight-she-loves-london\/\">She Loves London<\/a><\/strong><strong>. Jo spoke to us about the content that sets her site apart from other London-centric blogs, how she works with marketers and more interestingly, what PR and brands can do differently in better working with her and fellow bloggers.<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>An interview with<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lazyanansi\">Shem Douglas<\/a>, a blogger for the online dating website\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/speedy-spotlight-shem-douglas-rants-of-a-singleton\/\">Dating Price Guide<\/a>\u00a0and author of a new e-book\u00a0Mouth Open Story Fell Out: Cynical Rants Of A Singleton. She spoke to us about covering the dating game in a fun yet truthful way through her posts and working with PRs and marketers in getting her name \u2018out there.\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><b><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s Media Updates covers changes at news titles including Independent, BBC and Guardian and business changes at Financial Times and Broadcast Now. 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