{"id":73622,"date":"2015-02-05T15:15:33","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T14:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=73622&preview_id=73622"},"modified":"2015-02-05T15:15:33","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T15:15:33","slug":"uk-5-february-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/uk-5-february-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"UK – 5 February 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week\u2019s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including the Guardian and Daily Star; fashion, lifestyle and entertainment titles including GQ Style and Fabulous Magazine ; business and finance changes at Retail Week and Air Cargo Week.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Aaron Bower<\/strong> has been appointed rugby league correspondent at the Guardian<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Duncan Wright<\/strong> has announced that he will be leaving his role as head of sport online at Express Newspapers<\/a><\/strong> at the end of February<\/p>\n

Kim Carr, Daily Star<\/a><\/strong> music features editor, has left the paper after 10 years to go freelance, covering entertainment, particularly music, showbiz and TV, parenthood, babies and toddlers, and general copywriting assignments. Kim can be contacted on kimdcarr@icloud.com or Twitter @kimdcarr1<\/p>\n

Hannah Devlin<\/strong> been appointed science correspondent at the Guardian<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Katherine Rushton<\/strong> has been appointed media and technology editor at the Daily Mail<\/a><\/strong>. She was previously US business editor at the Daily Telegraph<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cathal McMaho<\/strong>n has left his role as crime reporter at the Irish Daily Mirror<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sam Meadows<\/strong> has been appointed reporter at Hertfordshire Mercury<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Newsquest Media Group<\/strong><\/a> has appointed Toby Granville<\/strong> as editorial development director. Toby is currently group editor of Newsquest Dorset<\/strong> which includes the Dorset Echo<\/strong> and the Daily Echo<\/strong> in Bournemouth<\/p>\n

Keith Ridley<\/strong>, has left his role as editor-in-chief for Johnston Press<\/a><\/strong> in East Sussex after a 42-year career in local newspapers and media., Keith has been responsible for the Herald and Gazette<\/strong> in Eastbourne, as well as the Hastings Observer<\/strong> series in Hastings, Bexhill, Rye and Battle, and latterly, the Sussex Express<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A new metered paywall has been launched for the Jersey Evening Post<\/a><\/strong> website<\/p>\n

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

Caroline Baldwin<\/strong> has been appointed senior reporter at Retail Week<\/a><\/strong>. She joins from the website ComputerWeekly.com<\/strong> where she was business editor<\/p>\n

\u00a0Justin Burns<\/strong> has been appointed assistant editor at Air Cargo Week<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Alpha Journal<\/a><\/strong>, a site aimed at the global alternative investment fund community, has launched<\/p>\n

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

Backpass magazine<\/a><\/strong> has been acquired by Extra Time Publishing<\/strong> and renamed as Extra Time & Backpass<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joshua Atkins<\/strong> has been promoted to food editor at the LGBT lifestyle magazine, So So Gay<\/a><\/strong>. He was previously food writer at the publication<\/p>\n

Matt Mueller<\/strong> has been appointed as the new editor of Screen International<\/strong> and ScreenDaily.com<\/a><\/strong>. He was formerly editor of Total Film<\/strong> for six years and the UK edition of Premiere<\/strong> magazine for three years.<\/p>\n

Screen International<\/strong> has appointed Fionnuala Halligan<\/strong> as chief film critic and reviews editor<\/p>\n

Luke Day<\/strong> has been promoted to editor of GQ Style<\/a><\/strong>. He was previously fashion director at the publication<\/p>\n

Sinead McIntyre<\/strong> has appointed editor of The Sun on Sunday\u2019s Fabulous Magazine<\/a><\/strong>, after almost two years as acting editor<\/p>\n

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

Film Blogs UK Top 10<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Check out the nominees for the forthcoming BAFTAs & Oscars 2015 in Cision UK’s Top 10 Film blogs!<\/p>\n

11 takeaways from the webinar with BBC\u2019s Mark Frankel on how journalists use social media<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Twitter at the forefront of journalism, but for how long?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite the role Twitter plays for journalists, a larger question on the matter of profitability looms large for the company that is yet to break even. Can the microblogging platform\u2019s future depend on breaking news alone?<\/p>\n

Journalist Spotlight: Paul Bond, Auto Trader<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Paul Bond, senior road tester at Auto Trader UK, spoke to us about embracing the digital era, the \u201ckey strengths\u201d of good PRs and being labelled a \u201cless handsome\u201d Jason Statham.<\/p>\n

PR Guest Post: How to Pitch to Journalists on Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A guest post by Jim Hawker, co-owner of Threepipe, an integrated marketing agency, on the latest Cision Social Journalism Study and what it means for PRs using social media to pitch to the press<\/p>\n

How Brand Britain is part of Super Bowl frenzy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Americans were estimated to have spent over $14 billion on Super Bowl XLIX, and while it may be some time before UK firms match that investment, a number of them are using online channels to contribute to the advertising extravaganza<\/p>\n

Blogger Spotlight: girlycopyright<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jessica Jade, author of beauty, hair and lifestyle blog, girlycopyright, spoke to us about the best practices marketers need to keep in mind when working with her and partnering with top brands including the House of Fraser.<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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