{"id":69927,"date":"2014-10-23T13:28:10","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T12:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=69927&preview_id=69927"},"modified":"2019-02-27T15:51:21","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T14:51:21","slug":"uk-23-october-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/uk-23-october-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"UK – 23 October 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week\u2019s Media Updates covers changes at news titles including The BBC, North Wales Chronicle, Hereford Times and the Manchester Evening News ; fashion, lifestyle and entertainment titles including Star magazine, The Debrief, Closer and evo ; and business and finance changes at The Drum, Insurance Age and APL Media and Health, Science & Technology changes at International Business Times UK and Carbon Brief.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Also, find out what\u2019s new on Cision\u2019s blog including the Top 10 Art Blogs in the UK, \u00a0London\u2019s 1,000 most influential people, media coverage of the Ebola outbreak and blogger spotlights of the Voguish Vagabond and Fairysocks<\/strong><\/p>\n

News & Current Affairs<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Francesca Unsworth has been appointed director of the BBC World Service Group<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ceri Thomas has been appointed as the new editor of BBC One\u2019s<\/a> Panorama. He will take up the post with immediate effect<\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Geraint Jones is leaving the North Wales Chronicle<\/a> to join its sister paper the Leader. He will be replaced by Mike Williams who joins from the North Wales Pioneer<\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Rebecca Cain has been appointed as senior reporter at the Hereford Times<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Samuel Luckhurst has been appointed as sports writer and reporter at the Manchester Evening News<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Lincolnshire Media<\/a>, publisher of the Lincolnshire Echo, has announced plans for a new newspaper in Grantham. The first edition of the Grantham Target will launch on January 7, 2015, costing 50 pence a week.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Hannah Hulme, senior news reporter at The Sentinel<\/a> has now left the publication<\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Keith Perry has been appointed football editor at Birmingham Mail<\/a>. He was previously sports editor at the Coventry Telegraph<\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Donna-Louise Bishop, senior reporter at Eastern Daily Press<\/a>, has started her maternity leave<\/p>\n

Fashion, Lifestyle & Entertainment<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Nikita Lee has been appointed assistant editor at Star<\/a> magazine<\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Charlie Byrne has been appointed as fashion editor for The Debrief<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Rebecca Twomey has been appointed deputy news editor at Closer<\/a>. Sarah Packer has also joined the magazine as a showbiz writer<\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Car magazine evo is launching a website www.evo.co.uk<\/a> in line with its new digital strategy<\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s Nice That<\/a> has appointed Emily Gosling as online editor, overseeing the day-to-day running of itsnicethat.com. She joins the company from Design Week. The website has also appointed Liv Siddall as features editor and Jamie McIntyre as art director.<\/p>\n

Business & Finance<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Drum<\/a> has appointed former Design Week editor Lynda Relph-Knight to the newly created role of consulting design editor. She will take up her new role from 1 November<\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ida Axling has been appointed as a reporter at Insurance Age<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Emma Powell, currently a reporter at Pensions Expert<\/a>, has announced via Twitter that she will be joining Investors Chronicle mid-November. While Lisa Botter, deputy editor at the Pensions Expert, has announced via Twitter that she is leaving to join Agenda in New York mid-November.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Absolute Publishing Ltd<\/a> has rebranded as APL Media and is set to move from Old Street to its new offices in Highgate Studios, Kentish Town, on 7 November.<\/p>\n

Health, Science & Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Alistair Charlton has joined the International Business Times UK<\/a> as senior technology reporter. He was previously the devices editor at Mobile Choice magazine<\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Christian Hunt has announced via Twitter that he is to leave the role as editor of Carbon Brief<\/a>. He will be replaced by Leo Hickman in January.<\/p>\n

Cision Blog<\/strong><\/p>\n

Art Blogs UK Top 10<\/a><\/p>\n

The top 10 art blogs you should be reading!<\/p>\n

Ebola coverage: \u2018Panic is spreading faster than the virus itself\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

The Ebola virus has been shaping the agenda of media around the world in recent months. From the beginning of May, Cision found over 1.5m references to the Ebola virus in online news items, from 190 countries. But the question is, which countries or areas of the globe are contributing most towards editorial coverage of the Ebola outbreak?<\/p>\n

The 1,000 London influencers \u2013 but you can\u2019t find them all on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

The Evening Standard published its annual list of London\u2019s 1,000 most influential people on 16 October. \u00a0Cision decided to have some fun with the list so we\u2019ve created our own ranking with the Top 10, based solely on their Twitter followers. What we found was that of the 10 power people, only four had active Twitter accounts and if we go by their Twitter influence, things sure look different, don\u2019t they?<\/p>\n

Blogger Outreach: The Voguish Vagabond<\/a><\/p>\n

Speedy Spotlight with Deano, author of the men\u2019s fashion and lifestyle blog, The Voguish Vagabond. He spoke to us about keeping his posts relevant to the \u2018average guy,\u2019 working with PR and the five steps PR should follow for better blogger outreach.<\/p>\n

Blogger Outreach: Fairysocks<\/a><\/p>\n

Speedy Spotlight with Joyce Vernals, a 19-year old psychology student from the North of England and author of \u00a0the beauty blog Fairysocks. Joyce spoke to us about keeping her blog true to her life (and that includes the imperfections!), the importance of networking with fellow bloggers and more posts to watch out for on student lifestyle.<\/p>\n

If you have any media changes let us know on Twitter @Media_Updates<\/a> or you can email Priyanka Dayal<\/strong><\/p>\n

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