{"id":72170,"date":"2015-01-15T15:08:22","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T14:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=72170&amp;preview_id=72170"},"modified":"2015-01-15T15:08:22","modified_gmt":"2015-01-15T15:08:22","slug":"uk-15-january-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/uk-15-january-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"UK &#8211; 15 January 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>This week\u2019s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including BuzzFeed News, The Press and the Independent News &amp; Media Group; fashion, lifestyle and entertainment titles including The Daily Telegraph, Marie Claire and the Daily Express; business and finance changes at Funds Europe and Marketing Week magazine; Health, Science &amp; Technology changes at the Mail Online.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>News &amp; Current Affairs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Fionnan Sheahan<\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/inmplc.com\/\">Independent News &amp; Media<\/a><\/strong> Group\u2019s political editor, has been appointed editor of the <strong>Irish Independent<\/strong> and <strong>Cormac Bourke<\/strong>, executive editor at the <strong>Irish Independent<\/strong>, has been appointed editor of the <strong>Sunday Independent<\/strong>. Both editors will report to INM editor-in-chief <strong>Stephen Rae<\/strong> and their appointments will begin with immediate effect<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Heidi Blake<\/strong> has been appointed UK investigations editor at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\">BuzzFeed News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Steve Hughes<\/strong>, managing editor of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yorkpress.co.uk\">The Press<\/a><\/strong>, has left the company after more than seven years<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Louise Hepburn<\/strong> has been appointed reporter at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/home\">Eastern Daily Press<\/a><\/strong> covering King&#8217;s Lynn and West Norfolk<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Bethan Evans<\/strong> has been appointed content editor at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westerndailypress.co.uk\/\">Western Daily Press<\/a>.<\/strong> She was previously a reporter at the <strong>Weston, Worle &amp; Somerset Mercury<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Jon Hebditch<\/strong> has been appointed \u00a0reporter at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressandjournal.co.uk\/\">The Press and Journal<\/a>.<\/strong> He was previously a reporter at the SWNS in Aberdeen<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Business &amp; Finance<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Russell Parsons<\/strong> has been named editor of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketingweek.com\">Marketing Week<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>David Stevenson<\/strong> has been appointed deputy editor at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funds-europe.com\/\">Funds Europe<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Fashion, Lifestyle &amp; Entertainent<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\">Telegraph Media Group<\/a><\/strong> has appointed <strong>Jane Bruton<\/strong> director of lifestyle and deputy editor of The Daily Telegraph. She joins from <strong>Grazia<\/strong> where she is currently editor-in-chief<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Emma Chandler<\/strong> has been promoted to fashion stylist &amp; writer at the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/\">Daily Express<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Anita Bhagwandas<\/strong> has been appointed senior beauty editor at <strong>Marie Claire<\/strong>. She was previously beauty editor at <strong>Women\u2019s Health<\/strong> magazine. She starts her new role on 26 January.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Sarah Whiteley<\/strong> has been promoted to deputy features editor at the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reveal.co.uk\/\">Reveal<\/a> <\/strong>magazine. She was previously senior features writer. <strong>Emma Hunt<\/strong> has been appointed celebrity editor on a permanent basis, having previously been acting celebrity editor at the magazine.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Izzy Hicks<\/strong> has been appointed acting deputy editor at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weddingideasmag.com\/\">Wedding Ideas<\/a><\/strong> magazine, covering for <strong>Sophie Grabham<\/strong>, deputy editor, who is on maternity leave<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Cecilia Lacombe<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed editorial assistant at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.image.ie\/\">Image<\/a><\/strong> magazine<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weightwatchers.co.uk\/shop\/mag\/\">Weight Watchers<\/a><\/strong> is to relaunch its UK magazine portfolio as part of a new content marketing strategy. The relaunch will see the brand\u2019s monthly consumer publication, <strong>Weight Watchers Magazine, <\/strong>and weekly magazine,<strong> Your Week<\/strong>, adopt a contemporary look and feel<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Dominique Sisley<\/strong> has been appointed editorial assistant at<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/\">Dazed<\/a><\/strong> magazine<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Health, Science &amp; Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/index.html\">Mail Online<\/a><\/strong> has promoted <strong>Ellie Zolfagharifard<\/strong> to assistant science &amp; technology editor. She was previously senior science reporter at the publication<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Cision Blog<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/social-media-index\/top-10-uk-health-blogs\/\">Baking Blogs UK Top 10<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Indulge in Cision UK\u2019s Top 10 Baking Blogs to beat the January blues<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/the-6-hottest-pr-trends-for-2015-stephen-waddington\/\">The six hottest PR trends in 2015<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In a guest post for Cision UK,\u00a0Stephen Waddington,\u00a0European digital and social media director for Ketchum, lists the 6 hottest PR trends and predictions for 2015<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/4-social-media-trends-to-watch-out-for-in-2015-matt-webster\/\">4 Social Media trends to watch in 2015<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Matt Webster,\u00a0co-founder and client services director of\u00a0Media Bounty, a digital marketing\u00a0agency,\u00a0shares his predictions for social media and consumer engagement in 2015<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/blogger-spotlight-turning-blogs-into-big-bucks-with-vicki-psarias\/\">Blogger Spotlight: Turning blogs into big bucks with Vicki Psarias<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u2018Blogging really is brilliant,\u2019 says\u00a0Vicki Psarias, a mum-of-two who has turned her two blogs,\u00a0Honest Mum\u00a0and\u00a0Mummy\u2019s Got Style, into successful businesses. How? From taking on many roles head on \u2013 a mum, blogger, writer, model, filmmaker, brand ambassador, YouTuber, lecturer and more. In this interview she spoke to us about how she does it all and the best practices bloggers should follow for effective outreach.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>If you have any media changes let us know on Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Media_Updates\">@Media_Updates<\/a>\u00a0or you can email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:marketing.uk@cision.com\">Priyanka Dayal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including BuzzFeed News, The Press and the Independent News &amp; Media Group; fashion, lifestyle and entertainment titles including The Daily Telegraph, Marie Claire and &#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":[139,152,3381,3529,4019,6689,6763,6925,6926],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72170"}],"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=72170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72170\/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=72170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}