{"id":74044,"date":"2015-02-19T11:04:20","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T10:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=74044&amp;preview_id=74044"},"modified":"2015-02-19T11:04:20","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T11:04:20","slug":"uk-19-february-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/uk-19-february-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"UK &#8211; 19 February 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>This week\u2019s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including The Telegraph, Huffington Post UK and BBC Radio; fashion, lifestyle and entertainment titles including Marie Claire, Men\u2019s Fitness and woman&amp;home; business and finance changes at The Drum and IBT UK and Health, Science &amp; Technology changes at T3 and ComputerWeekly.com<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>News &amp; Current Affairs<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Peter Oborne<\/strong> has resigned as chief political commentator of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/\">The Telegraph<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Paul Waugh<\/strong> has announced via Twitter that he will be joining the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/\">Huffington Post UK<\/a><\/strong> as executive editor, Politics, after the general election.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paul Forde<\/strong> has been appointed deputy editor at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/radiowales\">BBC Radio Wales<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Annie Mac<\/strong> has been appointed as the new presenter of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/\">Radio 1\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> weekday evening new music show<\/li>\n<li><strong>Benjamin Lee<\/strong> has been appointed digital contributing editor of film at the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk\/\">Guardian<\/a><\/strong>. He was previously online editor at <strong>ShortList.com<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsquest.co.uk\/\">Newsquest Media Group<\/a><\/strong> has appointed <strong>Diarmuid Macdonagh<\/strong> acting editor of the <strong>Dorset Echo<\/strong> and <strong>Andy Martin<\/strong> acting editor at the <strong>Daily Echo in Bournemouth<\/strong>. Diarmuid and Andy are temporarily replacing\u00a0<strong>Toby Granville<\/strong>, who has been promoted to the role of group editorial development director for a secondment, which will initially be for 12 months<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk\/\">Hertfordshire Mercury<\/a><\/strong> has appointed <strong>Gaby Bissett<\/strong> as a reporter. Gaby will be covering East Herts<\/li>\n<li><strong>Derek Bish<\/strong> as been appointed deputy group sports editor at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/\">MNA Media\u2019s<\/a> Express &amp; Star <\/strong>and<strong> Shropshire Star<\/strong> newspapers. He was previously sports editor at <strong>Bury Free Press, Haverhill Echo, Newmarket Journal, Suffolk Free Press<\/strong> and <strong>Diss Express<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Fashion, Lifestyle &amp; Entertainment<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Madeleine Spencer<\/strong> has been promoted to beauty writer at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/\">Marie Claire<\/a><\/strong>. She was previously beauty assistant at the magazine<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeinc.com\/\">Golf Monthly<\/a><\/strong> is launching a free digital monthly magazine titled\u00a0<b>What\u2019s In the Bag<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>Frances Wasem<\/strong> has been appointed acting entertainment director at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redonline.co.uk\/\">Red<\/a><\/strong> magazine<\/li>\n<li><strong>Joel Snape<\/strong> has been appointed acting editor at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mensfitness.co.uk\/\">Men\u2019s Fitness<\/a><\/strong>. He replaces <strong>Nick Hutchings<\/strong> who has now left the title<\/li>\n<li><strong>Catherine Hales<\/strong> has been appointed acting editor at \u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/zest-media.com\/magazines-2\">Zest Media\u2019s<\/a> Absolutely East, Absolutely North by NorthWest<\/strong> and <strong>Absolutely City &amp; Ange<\/strong>l covering <strong>Helen Baron<\/strong> who is now on maternity leave. Catherine remains as editor of <strong>Absolutely South East, Absolutely Dulwich, Absolutely Greenwich &amp; Blackheath<\/strong> and <strong>Absolutely Bromley &amp; Chislehurst<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Coral Rickard<\/strong> has been appointed acting digital lifestyle editor at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/\">woman&amp;home<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Abi Harman<\/strong> has been appointed editorial assistant at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.athomemagazine.co.uk\/\">At Home<\/a><\/strong> magazine<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dazed magazine<\/strong> has appointed <strong>Aimee Cliff<\/strong> as music editor and <strong>Trey Taylor<\/strong> has been appointed film editor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.immediate.co.uk\/\"><b>Immediate Media Co<\/b><\/a>, has launched\u00a0<b>Simply Sewing<\/b>. The magazine which hit newsstands on 12 February, is priced at \u00a35.99<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Business &amp; Finance<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kevin Whitlock<\/strong> has been appointed editor at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wholesalenews.co.uk\/\">Wholesale News<\/a><\/strong>. He replaces outgoing editor <strong>Lisa Moore<\/strong> who will continue to contribute to the magazine as consultant editor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elsa Buchanan<\/strong> has been appointed foreign news reporter at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.uk\/\">International Business Times UK<\/a><\/strong> covering general international news with a focus on Latin America<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedrum.com\/\">The Drum<\/a> <\/strong>has promoted online editor <strong>Stephen Lepitak<\/strong> to the position of editor, taking over from <strong>Gordon Young<\/strong> who is moving to the post of editor-in-chief<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.incisivemedia.com\/\">Incisive Media<\/a><\/strong> has announced the appointment of <strong>Lee Hartt<\/strong> as the group publishing director of the risk management and trading technology groups of brands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Health, Science &amp; Technology<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>James Peckham<\/strong> has been appointed phones &amp; tablets writer at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.t3.com\/\">T3<\/a>.<\/strong> He was previously a staff writer at <strong>Know Your Mobile<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Caroline Donnelly<\/strong> has been appointed datacentre &amp; cloud editor at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/\">ComputerWeekly.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Cision Blog<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/fashion-blogs.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74051\" alt=\"fashion blogs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/fashion-blogs.png\" width=\"635\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/fashion-blogs.png 635w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/fashion-blogs-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/fashion-blogs-450x253.png 450w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/fashion-blogs-500x281.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/social-media-index\/top-20-uk-fashion-blogs\/\">Fashion Blogs UK Top 20<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>UK\u2019s top fashion blogs revealed just in time for the London Fashion Week<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permanent Link: Apple remains world\u2019s most valuable brand; Lego named most powerful brand\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/apple-remains-worlds-most-valuable-brand-lego-named-most-powerful-brand\/\">Apple remains world\u2019s most valuable brand; Lego named most powerful brand<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Apple remains world&#8217;s most valuable brand, Lego overtakes Ferrari for most powerful brand title and Twitter named world&#8217;s fastest growing brand. A Study by Brand Finance Global 500<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/brands-are-getting-smarter-more-reactive-on-twitter\/\">How the world\u2019s top 100 brands use Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brands are getting smarter about their presence on Twitter by ditching quantity for quality content that is geared to drive engagement with audiences at ever-higher levels, according to a new Twitter Benchmark report published by\u00a0Simply Measured, a social analytics company<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permanent Link: Valentine\u2019s Day ads on Twitter: The Misfits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/valentines-day-ads-on-twitter-the-misfits\/\">Valentine\u2019s Day ads on Twitter: The Misfits<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Social media has made it possible for unlikely brands and campaigns to join the Valentine\u2019s Day marketing extravaganza. Here\u2019s a look at some of the unusual suspects that spread love on Twitter in unusual ways in the run up to Valentine\u2019s Day<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permanent Link: \u2018Sponsorship disclosure is necessary for bloggers\u2019 Laetitia Wajnapel, Mademoiselle Robot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/sponsorship-disclosure-is-necessary-for-bloggers-laetitia-wajnapel-mademoiselle-robot\/\">\u2018Sponsorship disclosure is necessary for bloggers\u2019 Laetitia Wajnapel, Mademoiselle Robot<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Laetitia Wajnapel, author of\u00a0UK\u2019s leading fashion blog Mademoiselle Robot, spoke to us about why bloggers need to be compensated, the importance of\u00a0sponsorship disclosure and working with her\u00a0favourite\u00a0brands including\u00a0Pandora and LK Bennett<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permanent Link: \u2018Bloggers need to be better compensated\u2019 Becca Hermitt of Fashion Train\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/bloggers-need-to-be-better-compensated-becca-hermitt-of-fashion-train\/\">\u2018Bloggers need to be better compensated\u2019 Becca Hermitt of Fashion Train<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Becca Hermitt, author of\u00a0Fashion Train, spoke to us about how her blog has evolved, why she feels bloggers need to be compensated for the work they do and the three best practices PRs need to follow for better blogger outreach<\/p>\n<p><b>If you have any media changes let us know on Twitter <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Media_Updates\"><b>@Media_Updates<\/b><\/a><b> or you can email Priyanka Dayal<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including The Telegraph, Huffington Post UK and BBC Radio; fashion, lifestyle and entertainment titles including Marie Claire, Men\u2019s Fitness and woman&amp;home; business and finance &#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\/74044"}],"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=74044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74044\/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=74044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}