{"id":71415,"date":"2014-12-11T15:25:27","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T14:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=71415&amp;preview_id=71415"},"modified":"2014-12-11T15:25:27","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T15:25:27","slug":"media-updates-uk-11-december-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/media-updates-uk-11-december-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"UK &#8211; 11 December 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>This week\u2019s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including<\/b><b>\u00a0the Guardian, and The Economist; fashion, lifestyle and entertainment titles including Dazed, Prima and Style at Home; business and finance changes at Construction Manager and Pensions Expert; Health, Science &amp; Technology changes at Computer Shopper and gamesTM.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">News &amp; Current Affairs<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Alan Rusbridger<\/strong> will step down as editor of the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/\">Guardian<\/a><\/strong> next summer after 20 years at the helm. Rusbridger will become chair of the Scott Trust, replacing Liz Fogan, in 2016<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aimee Donnellan<\/strong> has been appointed banking correspondent at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesundaytimes.co.uk\/\">The Sunday Times<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ed Walker<\/strong>, digital development editor of Trinity Mirror Regionals, is joining\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getreading.co.uk\/\">getreading<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0as publisher. <strong>Lucy Thorne<\/strong>, currently news editor of <strong>The Wokingham Times<\/strong> and <strong>The Bracknell Times<\/strong>, will take the role of deputy publisher<\/li>\n<li><strong>John Micklethwait<\/strong> is leaving <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/\">The Economist<\/a><\/strong> to become editor-in-chief of <strong>Bloomberg<\/strong>. He has been editor at The Economist since 2006<\/li>\n<li><strong>Matt Holmes<\/strong>, deputy editor, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk\/\">The Citizen<\/a><\/strong>, has been appointed editor of the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk\/\">Gloucestershire Echo<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Debbie James<\/strong> has announced on Twitter that she has left her role as head of content at the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/\">Daily Post (Wales)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Peter Kay<\/strong> has left the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk\/\">Sheffield Telegraph<\/a><\/strong>, where he had been news editor. Richard Blackledge has joined the title as a reporter<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jess Bowie<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed editor of <strong>Civil Service News<\/strong>, replacing Matt Ross. Bowie was previously deputy editor at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.totalpolitics.com\/\"><strong>Total Politics<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Business &amp; Finance<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tom Ravenscroft<\/strong> has been appointed deputy editor at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.construction-manager.co.uk\/\">Construction Manager<\/a><\/strong>, the magazine announced on Twitter<\/li>\n<li><strong>Katherine Brook<\/strong> has been appointed as a reporter at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.conveniencestore.co.uk\/\">Convenience Store<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Maxine Kelly<\/strong> has been appointed deputy editor at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pensions-expert.com\/\">Pensions Expert<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sam Macdonald<\/strong> has been appointed as a reporter at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hfmweek.com\/\">HFMWeek<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fashion, Lifestyle &amp; Entertainment<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Karen Walker<\/strong> has been appointed acting deputy editor at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodhomes-magazine.com\/\">Good Homes<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Former make-up artist <strong>Yadim<\/strong> has been announced as beauty editor at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/\">Dazed &amp; Confused<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/\">Dazed Digital<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sabine Wiesel<\/strong> has been appointed beauty editor at <strong><a href=\"prima.co.uk\">Prima<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Elizabeth Hudson<\/strong> has been appointed acting editor at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.styleathome.com\/\">Style at Home<\/a><\/strong>, covering Jennifer Morgan&#8217;s maternity leave<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dennis Publishing<\/strong> has agreed the purchase of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossstitchermag.com\/\">CrossStitcher<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossstitchcollection.com\/\">Cross Stitch Collection<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourfamilytreemag.co.uk\/\">Your Family Tree<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><strong>Ink Publishing<\/strong> has moved headquarters. Its new address is Blackburn House, Blackburn Road, London, NW6 1RZ<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Health, Science &amp; Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tom Morgan<\/strong> has announced on Twitter his appointment as product editor at <a href=\"http:\/\/subscribe.computershopper.co.uk\/\"><strong>Computer Shopper<\/strong><\/a> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.expertreviews.co.uk\/\">expertreviews<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lalah-Simone Springer<\/strong> has been appointed senior content producer at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pulsetoday.co.uk\/\">Pulse<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>David Scarborough<\/strong> has left <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamestm.co.uk\/\">gamesTM<\/a><\/strong>, where he had been a feature writer<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Mobile Entertainment<\/strong> website has closed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/social-media-index\/top-50-uk-blogs\/\"><b>The Top 50\u00a0UK Blogs<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our annual list of Britain&#8217;s leading blogs &#8211; see who\u2019s up, who\u2019s down, and who\u2019s knocked Guido off top spot.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/advent-calendar-2014\/\">#JingleBlogs Advent Calendar<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Week Two of Cision\u2019s #JingleBlogs advent calendar, with the country\u2019s top fashion, photography and parenting bloggers in the spotlight. Check it out.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any media changes let us know on Twitter\u00a0<a title=\"Media Updates on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Media_Updates\" target=\"_blank\"><b>@Media_Updates<\/b><\/a>\u00a0or you can email\u00a0<a title=\"Marketing\" href=\"mailto:marketing.uk@cision.com\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Priyanka Dayal<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including\u00a0the Guardian, and The Economist; fashion, lifestyle and entertainment titles including Dazed, Prima and Style at Home; business and finance changes at Construction Manager &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":322,"featured_media":64746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[3319,4754,6689,6763,6920,139,152,3291],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71415"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/322"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}