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.