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The Times / Freelance Update
Rebecca O’Connor has now left The Times and is now working on freelance commissions

Mail Online
James White has recently joined the Daily Mail website Mail Online as a Reporter covering news.

Financial Mail on Sunday
Financial Mail on Sunday is expanding its coverage of the SME market with the introduction of daily news, advice and features to be carried on sister website, FMWF.com.

Enterprise Editor Helen Loveless will lead the growth in coverage, which is in response to demand from readers and is designed to complement the weekend pages. Enterprise Correspondent Vicki Owen will also contribute to both daily and weekend coverage.

 
Estates Gazette
Patrick Clift, a Reporter at Estates Gazette, has now left to become the British Property Federation’s Public Affairs Manager.

Legal Business
There have been some editorial changes to monthly legal publication Legal Business. Following the arrival of Richard Lloyd, who has joined the magazine as Editor, and Jeremy Hodges, who has joined as Senior Reporter, the Reporters are now as below:

Mark McAteer, Deputy Editor, now covers litigation, TMT, EU/Competition, regulation and insurance globally.

Chris Johnson, Senior Reporter, now covers finance (including structured finance) and capital markets.

Jeremy Hodges, Senior Reporter, now covers corporate, alternative business structures and outsourcing.

Becky Pritchard, Reporter, covers CSR, real estate, private client, corporate fraud and regulation.

Source: Gorkana

BBC London 94.9

Esther Stanhope, BBC London’s Breakfast Show Producer is now on maternity leave.  Kim Davis is now the best person to contact regarding all queries relating to the Breakfast Show.

Source: Gorkana

The Times is now charging for access to its online content.  News International has announced that The Times and The Sunday Times new websites went live yesterday.  There is an initial free trial period of one month for registered users, who will see a host of new digital features to enhance coverage and encourage interactivity.  The launch of the newly-designed sites, which will replace the combined Times Online, marks the first time that each title has had a dedicated online presence.

The sites can be viewed at www.thetimes.co.uk and www.thesundaytimes.co.uk respectively. From June, a charge of £1 for a day or £2 for a week will give customers access to both sites.  Access to the digital services will also be included in the seven-day subscriptions of print customers to The Times and The Sunday Times.

We will closely monitor the performance of the site traffic and keep you posted as to the implications of this move by The Times.  One assumes that where Rupert Murdoch goes, other papers may follow, but nothing is set in stone as social media, user-generated content and free content.  The FT reported that the paywall on the new Times website may deter 90% of Times online readers

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3f99bac0-685d-11df-a52f-00144feab49a.html - but they would say that, wouldn’t they!

Computing
As of 10 June, Computing is changing from a weekly to fortnightly publication. The publication will also be undergoing some content and design changes, including changes to page size and increasing the number of pages. The new-look Computing will aim to provide an informed analytical view on the industry news and developments that have an effect on a senior IT audience. It will contain more in-depth articles, analysis and opinion as well as interviews with leading figures from the IT industry. In addition to this, Computing’s new website is due to go live in early Autumn.

Financial Times
Alec Russell has been appointed Comment and Analysis Editor at the Financial Times. Alec, who is currently World News Editor, will replace Caroline Daniel, who will become Editor of FT Weekend in June.

Telegraph Media Group
Telegraph Media Group has announced that James Hurley starts today as the new Business Club Editor. He will be working with Richard Tyler to expand TMG’s coverage of small business and will, in particular, be developing the Business Club community in The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph and Telegraph.co.uk.

Guardian News & Media
Julia Kollewe has joined The Guardian / The Observer business desk as a Financial Reporter, covering property, insurance and other financial and business stories.

The Independent
The Independent now has a new Families section within the daily paper. The section, which used to be combined with health, is edited by Associate Features Editor Louisa Saunders.

Source: Gorkana

Reputation: Are management consultancies a threat to PR? - http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/features/1002720/Reputation-management-consultancies-threat-PR/ 

Great Coverage from the PR Week website announcing our appointment as the retained agency for ISIWIS.

http://www.prweek.com/news/998331/Technology-week-Technology/

Published: Wednesday, 21 April 2010, 13:12pm, Gorkana News

Corporate PR agency, Rostrum Communications, has been appointed by ISIWIS, a global document management company, to promote the company to the UK and Benelux media.
Mark Houlding, Rostrum’s managing director, will lead the account, with support from Chris Tuite and Chris Decroix.

“We’re delighted to be working on this assignment for ISIWIS – their offering is unique in the market, so we expect strong interest in ISIWIS content,” said Mark. “The initial focus for the campaign is brand profile and customer acquisition in targeted verticals including finance, insurance, real estate and legal with further roll-outs and territories planned for later in 2010.”

“It is important for us to have a PR partner that has the expertise to support the core objectives of the business,” added Mark. “I believe we’ve found that partner and we’re very much looking forward to working with the Rostrum Communications team as we aggressively launch this exciting offering”.

The campaign will focus on business, IT and trade media in the Benelux region and the Uk and is being managed out of London.

Great coverage from the Daily Telegraph for our prepaid MasterCard client Kalixa… http://tinyurl.com/yd5qooz

Condé Nast Traveller
Katie Edwards has recently been appointed Editorial Assistant for Condé Nast Traveller. Katie is responsible for the Diary pages of the magazine

Daily Mail
Julia Lawrence has recently joined the Daily Mail, Femail, as Feature Writer.

 
The Independent
Roger Alton has recently stepped down as Editor of The Independent. His duties in the meantime will fall to Editor-in-Chief and Managing Director Simon Kelner. A replacement will be announced after the General Election.

Telegraph Media Group
Telegraph Media Group has announced changes to its personal finance desk as part of a plan to grow and expand its coverage of this key subject for the company and its readers.

Ian Cowie is to assume an expanded writing role, which will include his Personal Account Column. He has recently become one of the most popular bloggers on Telegraph.co.uk and will be contributing other personal finance articles to The Daily Telegraph’s pages too. Ian, will retain his title of Head of Personal Finance.

Paul Farrow will become Personal Finance Editor, and will now be editing both the Your Money supplement in The Daily Telegraph on Saturday and The Sunday Telegraph‘s Money & Jobs section. He will also continue to oversee the website’s personal finance coverage at Telegraph.co.uk.

This year’s awards, sponsored by British Gas, has been announced. They are as follows:

Consumer Journalist of the Year:
Tony Hetherington (The Mail on Sunday)
Paul Lewis (BBC Moneybox)
Harry Wallop (The Daily Telegraph)

Business Journalist of the Year:
Alex Brummer (Daily Mail)
Iain Dey (The Sunday Times)
Andrew Hill (Financial Times)

Broadcasting Journalist of the Year:
Peter Allen (BBC Radio 5 Live)
Alex Crawford (Sky News)
Bill Neely (ITN)

Daily Newspaper of the Year:
Daily Mail
The Daily Telegraph
Financial Times

Sunday Newspaper of the Year:
The Mail on Sunday
News of the World
The Sunday Times

All winners will be announced at the LPC Awards lunch, taking place on Thursday 29th April at Claridges.