{"id":66575,"date":"2014-06-19T14:51:20","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T13:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=66575"},"modified":"2014-06-19T14:51:20","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T14:51:20","slug":"uk-19-june-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/uk-19-june-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"UK &#8211; 19 June 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>This week\u2019s Media Updates covers changes at news titles including the Telegraph, Mirror Online and Bath Chronicle; fashion and lifestyle changes at Red. There are also blog spotlights featuring parenting and daddy bloggers.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>News &amp; Current Affairs<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/\">Telegraph Media Group<\/a><b> <\/b>has announced they are hiring 40 new recruits with many positions in the digital division, while a number of senior positions have been cut, with blogs editor <strong>Damian Thompson<\/strong> and former deputy editor <strong>Benedict Brogan<\/strong> among those leaving the organisation.<b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Adam Sills <\/b>has been promoted to head of sport at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/\">The Daily Telegraph<\/a>, <b>The Sunday Telegraph<\/b> and <b>Telegraph<\/b>. <b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Allister Heath<\/b>, editor of <b>City A.M.<\/b> joins <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/\">TMG<\/a> as deputy editor in charge of business next month. <b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Trinity Mirror <\/b>has announced the appointment of <b>Pete Picton<\/b> as editorial director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/\">Mirror Online<\/a>. <b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Alex Brown <\/b>has been appointed head of content at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bathchronicle.co.uk\/\">Bath Chronicle<\/a>. <b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Ken Duncan <\/b>has left his role as editor at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buchanobserver.co.uk\/\">Buchan Observer<\/a><b>. <\/b>Former deputy editor,<b> Morag Kuc<\/b>,<b> <\/b>becomes the new editor. <b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Lucy Clarke-Billings <\/b>is to leave her role as reporter at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courier.co.uk\/\">Kent &amp; Sussex Courier<\/a>.<b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Sutton Coldfield Observer <\/b>has changed its name to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk\/\">Royal Sutton Coldfield Observer<\/a>, following a campaign by the paper to change the town name. <b><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Fashion, Lifestyle &amp; Entertainment<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Becky Gee <\/b>has been appointed publisher, a newly created role for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redonline.co.uk\/\">Red<\/a>. Currently strategic director fashion and retail at <b>Grazia<\/b>, Becky will join 19 August.<b><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Speedy Spotlights<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An interview with Danny, a father of four from Essex and author of the blog <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/speedy-spotlight-daddy-blogger-danny-uk\/\">Danny UK<\/a>. He spoke to us about keeping his posts relevant to the average online reader and the dos and don\u2019ts of working with brand marketers.<\/li>\n<li>An interview with Jen Dixon, author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/speedy-spotlight-my-mummys-pennies\/\">My Mummy\u2019s Pennies<\/a>, a parenting and money-saving blog. She spoke to us about the mix of content that makes up her blog, what puts her off working with PRs and speaking at a blogging conference for the first time this year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s Media Updates covers changes at news titles including the Telegraph, Mirror Online and Bath Chronicle; fashion and lifestyle changes at Red. There are also blog spotlights featuring parenting and daddy bloggers. 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