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Media Release: BBC axes deputy director general post and Mark Byford

Laura Oliver — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 09:45:11 +0000

The BBC has announced it will cut the role of deputy director general, making current incumbent Mark Byford redundant. Byford took up the post in 2004 and has been at the BBC for 32 years.

Speaking in a release, BBC director general Mark Thompson says:

We have concluded – and Mark fully accepts – that the work he has done to develop our journalism and editorial standards across the BBC has achieved the goals we set to such an extent that the role of deputy director-general can now end, that the post should close at the end of the current financial year, and that Mark himself should be made redundant.

Byford will step down from the corporation’s executive board at the end of March and depart from the BBC in early summer. Helen Boaden. director, BBC News, will join the executive board to represent BBC Journalism in April.

Full BBC press release at this link…Similar Posts:

MediaGuardian: Will Lewis brings former Telegraph lieutenants to News International

Laura Oliver — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:18:42 +0000

Will Lewis will be joined at News International by former “key lieutenants” Chris Lloyd and Rhidian Wynn Davies next week, reports MediaGuardian.

Lloyd will be director of editorial operations, while Wynn Davies will be director of editorial development.

Lewis brought the pair to Telegraph Media Group and all three were involved with the move to an integrated newsroom in Victoria and the digital project Euston Partners. Lloyd and Wynn Davies left TMG shortly after Lewis earlier this year.

Full story on MediaGuardian.co.uk at this link…Similar Posts:

Johnston Press Release: Board changes at Johnston Press

Laura Oliver — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:51:23 +0000

Ian Russell to succeed chairman Roger Parry from March 2009.

Simon Waugh to leave board from January 30 following appointment as chief executive of the new National Apprenticeship Service.

Full release at this link…Similar Posts:

Andrew Bagguley hired as consultant for Guardian mobile drive

Laura Oliver — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:04:47 +0000

Former head of mobile strategy for News International (NI), Andrew Bagguley has been hired as a consultant for Guardian News&Media (GNM), as the title begins its move into the mobile market.

Bagguley left NI in August following a reorganisation of the publisher’s digital arm. He helped The Sun and News of the World launch mobile websites and implement QR codes for mobile advertising.

After two years at NI Bagguley has just started at GNM, a spokeswoman for the group confirmed to Journalism.co.uk.

“We want to benefit from his experience launching mobile for News International so he’ll be working closely with our in house teams to formulate our plans,” she said.

GNM currently offers news alerts via text message and a version of Guardian.co.uk for PDA, SmartPhone and BlackBerry devices.Similar Posts:

PTC New Journalist Awards 2008: And the winners are…

Laura Oliver — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:27:15 +0000

Reed Business Information’s (RBI) Tom Vaughan was a double winner at today’s Periodical Training Council’s (PTC) New Journalist of the Year awards.

Vaughan, who writes for Caterer and Hotelkeeper, picked up the overall award and new business features journalist too. Unfortunately (or fortunately for him) he was in absent – busy holidaying in Switzerland – and had the awards collected on his behalf.

The awards, which focus on new or young journalists in the UK magazine industry, also saw prizes for Jheni Osman, editor of Focus from BBC Magazines, who was named new editor of the year.

Full list of the winners:

Overall winner - Tom Vaughan, Caterer and Hotelkeeper, RBI

New editor of the year – Jheni Osman, Focus, BBC Magazine; (highly commended) Lucy Scott, Property Week, CMP Information

New section editor of the year – Emma Dent, Health Service Journal, EMAP Inform; (highly commended) Tom Bill, Building, CMP Information

New consumer journalist of the year – Josh Woodfin, FHM, Bauer Media; (highly commended) Jo Adnitt, Look, IPC Media

New consumer specialist/customer magazine journalist of the year - Ben Brain, Photoplus, Future Publishing

New magazine designer of the year - Tina Smith, Property Week, CMP Information; (highly commended) Luke O’Neill, Computer Arts, Future Publishing

New business journalist of the year – Crispin Dowler, Inside Housing, Ocean Media Group; (highly commended) Victoria Gill, Chemistry World, Royal Society of Chemistry

New business features journalist of the year – Tom Vaughan, Caterer and Hotelkeeper, RBI; (highly commended) Lydia Stockdale, Property Week, CMP Information

Most promising student journalist of the year: Audrey Ward, MA magazine journalism, City University; (highly commended) Alix O’Neill, MA magazine, GoldsmithsSimilar Posts:

Guardian appoints roles in new editorial ‘pods’

Judith Townend — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:43:19 +0000

Guardian News & Media has this morning announced the heads of ‘its new integrated production, media and environment teams’, which are to be called pods. Appointments to its sport and picture desks were also announced.

New editorial roles are as follows (quoted from original article):

Damian Carrington: head of the environment pod

Jon Casson: head of production. Casson will be responsible for all sub-editors in the integrated production and subbing teams across the Guardian, the Observer and guardian.co.uk, and will also do news subbing.

Andy Beven: head of production, business and pods. He will line manage the subbing teams within the pods and the business desk.

David Marsh: production editor of the Guardian

Steve Busfield, news editor of guardian.co.uk: head of the media and technology pod (which will include MediaGuardian.co.uk, the MediaGuardian print section, the Guardian Technology print section and website, and the Observer’s media coverage.)

Jason Deans has been appointed editor of MediaGuardian.co.uk.

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Brand Republic: Mike Moore leaves digital role at Telegraph after five months

Laura Oliver — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:57:27 +0000

Mike Moore, who was appointed general manager of digital operations at Telegraph Media Group just five months ago, has stepped down.

Moore, who joined TMG 18 months ago as executive director of consumer markets, leaves as part of wider restructuring put down to the ‘challenging economic environment’.Similar Posts:

Media Week: Happold appointed head of multimedia at GNM

Laura Oliver — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:30:24 +0000

Guardian News and Media’s network editor, Tom Happold has been promoted to head of multimedia, a newly created role.Similar Posts:

FT.com: Archant boss John Fry finalising contract with Johnston Press

Laura Oliver — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:54:00 +0000

Johnston Press is set to appoint John Fry, currently the chief executive of Archant newspaper group, to replace outgoing chief executive Tim Bowdler.Similar Posts:

Global News Enterprises makes editorial appointments

Sinaed Scanlon — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:54:09 +0000

Global News Enterprises has expanded its editorial and executive teams ahead of its official launch in January 2009.

The web-based news organisation has made a host of appointments to further its aim of providing daily international news coverage from internationally-based correspondents:

Thomas Mucha has been named managing editor and will oversee Global News’ body of correspondents and its multimedia operations. He will also contribute to special features and reporting projects, and pen a weekly column on global business.
Former deputy managing editor of Politico Barbara Martinez becomes managing editor for the web.
Andrew Meldrum has been hired as senior editor and regional editor for Africa.
Amy Jeffries takes on the role of webmaster and will be responsible for technical aspects of the website and the implementation of multimedia content. Jeffries was previously a reporter and producer for WNPR, Connecticut Public Radio and a freelance reporter for Frontline World Online.

The organisation has also named James Wooster as business manager and Richard Byrne as its new director of communications and marketing, it said in a press release.Similar Posts:

Digital developments at CNN: Gustav raises traffic, as new international digital role is created

Judith Townend — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:44:26 +0000

CNN‘s web traffic did rather well out of Hurricane Gustav: a press release issued yesterday told us that breaking news channel CNN.com Live ‘more than doubled its highest day on record on Monday, by serving more than 1.7 million live video streams globally’.

That figure represents a 124 percent increase on their previous highest day – February 21 – when it streamed the debate between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

In other news, another release announced the appointment of CNN’s first vice president of international digital services: Nick Wrenn, current managing editor for Europe, Middle East & Africa. Although based in Atlanta, Wrenn will manage all of the digital content outside of the US in his new role, bringing together CNN.com/international and mobile with its broadband services.

Wrenn will report to Tony Maddox, executive vice president and managing director of CNN International.

“Our digital services are playing an increasingly important part in the growth of CNN International and this new position ensures that they will be leveraged and incorporated into our current business appropriately,” said Maddox in the statement.Similar Posts:

ProPublica hires T. Christian Miller, Dan Nguyen and Lisa Schwartz, completes staffing

Laura Oliver — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:08:11 +0000

The not-for-profit news site ProPublica has appointed three more journalists to its ranks, completing its initial round of staffing.

Former LA Times staff writer T. Christian Miller joins the organisation as reporter, while Dan Nguyen, a reporter/web developer for the Sacramento Bee, becomes web producer.

Lisa Schwartz, previously an ABC News staffer and freelance researcher, has been named research director and completes the site’s aim to have 24 full-time reporters and editors.

Interns with the site Benjamin Protess and Sharona Coutts have also be named as fellows, a release from ProPublica said.Similar Posts:

Trinity Mirror overhauls senior management in Midlands

Laura Oliver — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:08:58 +0000

Trinity Mirror has announced a host of changes to the senior management of its Midlands newspaper titles.

Steve Dyson, who will remain in his post as editor of the Birmingham Mail, is to become additionally responsible for the Sunday Mercury.

He will also oversee the introduction of new centralised multimedia, newsroom and production operations to the region.

Marc Reeves, editor of the Birmingham Post, will take on new duties for the online development of Trinity’s titles in the area.

Dave Brookes, current editor of the Sunday Mercury, has been named as editor of the Coventry Telegraph and will take up the role in January replacing Alan Kirby, who will retire at Christmas.

Kirby and Brookes will remain as editor of their existing titles while the new processes are implemented.

Completing the changes Tony Lennox, editorial director of Midlands Weekly Media, has been appointed to the new role of business development editor for the Midlands.Similar Posts:

Los Angeles Times appoints Eddy W. Hartenstein as publisher

Laura Oliver — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:04:22 +0000

The Los Angeles Times has named Eddy W. Hartenstein as its new publisher, the Associated Press (via the New York Times) has reported.

Hartenstein replaces David Hiller, who resigned from the post last month.

A former satellite television executive with DirecTV, Hartenstein has no experience in the newspaper industry.Similar Posts:

Shiny Media co-founder Ashley Norris steps down

Laura Oliver — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:53:52 +0000

Five years after co-founding Shiny Media, creative director Ashley Norris is leaving the blog publisher.

Norris will remain ‘a significant shareholder’ in Shiny, he said in a blog post announcing his departure, and will work as a consultant for PR arm Shiny Red.

Future plans involve developing some new web projects and working with other start-ups, he said.

Read Journalism.co.uk’s interview with Ashley Norris on the growth of Shiny Media’s blogs.Similar Posts: