{"id":82493,"date":"2015-11-06T13:55:18","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T13:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=82493&#038;preview_id=82493"},"modified":"2015-11-06T13:56:13","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T13:56:13","slug":"uk-6-november-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/uk-6-november-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"UK &#8211; 6 November 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>This week\u2019s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including<\/strong><strong>\u00a0BBC, the FT, MEN, Wired, and more.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>News &amp; Current Affairs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Sian Williams<\/strong> has been announced as the new face<strong> Channel 5<\/strong>\u2019s flagship evening news programme. Williams has worked for the BBC for over ten years<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson<\/strong> has added the title of assistant editor to his existing role of US news editor for the <strong>FT<\/strong>. Under his leadership, the New York news desk will take more responsibility for global news from the end of the London day. The announcement was accompanied by news of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">several new U.S. appointments, including five new newsroom roles<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>James Ashton<\/strong> is to step down from his role as Executive Editor of the <strong>London Evening Standard<\/strong> and <strong>The Independent<\/strong> titles. He will continue to write a column for the Standard<\/li>\n<li><strong>Isabel Hunter<\/strong> has been appointed UK online reporter and Marc Jackson has been promoted to UK assistant showbusiness editor at the Mail Online<\/li>\n<li>Dennis Publishing has announced the launch of <strong>The Week Junior<\/strong>, a new edition of The Week aimed at children between the ages of 8 and 14. The title will be edited by <strong>Anna Bassi<\/strong> with the first issue available on Friday 20 November.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Simon Fielding<\/strong> has been appointed news editor at <strong>Spirit FM<\/strong>. \u00a0He was previously group head of news at Anglian Radio<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alice Cuffe<\/strong> has been appointed lifestyle and ecommerce editor at<strong> International Business Times UK<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Patrick Daly<\/strong> has left his role as political correspondent at the <strong>Plymouth Herald<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Kirsty Edwards<\/strong> has left her role as sports reporter at <strong>East Midlands Today<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fashion, lifestyle and entertainment<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Jane Taylor-Hayhurst<\/strong> been appointed acting senior fashion editor at <strong>Grazia (UK)<\/strong>, covering Gemma Hayward\u2019s maternity leave<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Cyan Turan<\/strong> has been promoted to features writer at The <strong>Sun on Sunday\u2019s Fabulous Magazine<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Harriet Notton<\/strong> has been appointed showbiz writer at <strong>Best<\/strong>. She was previously the entertainment writer and editorial assistant at ZOO<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Thomas Gorton<\/strong> has been appointed deputy online editor at <strong>Dazed Digital<\/strong>. He was previously news editor at the publication<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Julia Scirrotto<\/strong> has been appointed editor at <strong>You and Your Wedding<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Matt Burgess<\/strong> has been appointed staff writer at <strong>Wired<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Rebecca Holman<\/strong> has been appointed editor of <strong>The Debrief<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Lina Psaila<\/strong> has been appointed digital editor at <strong>Galante<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Mia Luckie<\/strong> has been appointed digital assistant at <strong>Sheerluxe<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Emma Bradley<\/strong> has been appointed editor at the <strong>Tots100<\/strong>. She is joined by a new vlogs editor Sian, author of the Helpful Mum blog.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Business and finance<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Gemma Balmford<\/strong>, editor at <strong>Retail Week<\/strong>, has returned from maternity leave<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Shelina Begum<\/strong> has been promoted to chief business reporter at <strong>Manchester Evening News<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Jeremy Wilson<\/strong> has been appointed politics reporter at <strong>Business Insider UK<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Tom Pakinkis<\/strong> is stepping down as editor of <strong>Music Week<\/strong> and will be replaced by\u00a0<strong>Mark Sutherland<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Tom Hall<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"> has been appointed editor at <\/span><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Exhibition World<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Emma Hudson<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"> has been promoted to editor at publication <\/span><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Access All Areas<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Legal Week<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"> has a brand new website. The new site, launched after extensive reader research, is designed to make the brand\u2019s news, analysis and features easier to find and more enjoyable to read on any device<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you have any media changes let us know on Twitter\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Media_Updates\"><strong>@Media_Updates<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0or you can email\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:info@vuelio.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>info@vuelio.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This week\u2019s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including\u00a0BBC, the FT, MEN, Wired, and more. 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