The Times has had a shakeup in its newsroom. Mike Smith has been made deputy home editor and Suzy Jagger has become foreign news editor. (Source: MediaGuardian)
Justin Davenport has been promoted to the position of crime editor for the London Evening Standard. Mark Prigg has been made science and technology editor, while Kiran Randhawa is becoming health and social affairs correspondent. Russel Lynch joins the paper as a business reporter. (Source: MediaGuardian)
Frank le Duc has left his position as editor of Northcliffe’s weekly Sussex and East Surrey newspapers after nine months. (Source: Press Gazette)
Jeremy Langmead has quit as editor of Esquire magazine. He leaves his position of three and a half years to join retail website Mr Porter. (Source: MediaGuardian)
Johnston Press has made three senior appointments. Henry Faure Walker has been appointed digital and business development director. Steve Brown is its new divisional managing director for the north and Tim Robinson has been appointed as the new editor of the Courier. (Source: Press Gazette)
GQ has appointed Justin Barriball as associate publisher, while Vanessa Kingori has been promoted to associate publisher of GQ Style. (Source: Brand Republic)
Andy Duncan, the former chief executive of Channel 4, has joined HR Owen in the same capacity. He takes over from Nick Lancaster, who left in May. (Source: MediaGuardian)
Fiona Walford has been recruited as strategic business development director at IPC Media. She moves from her position of eight years at MediaCom. (Source: Brand Republic)
GQ has hired two new columnists. Historian Simon Schama and culture, communications and the creative industries minister Ed Vaizley will appear in the October issue. (Source: journalism.co.uk)
Robin Esser is to become the new president of the Society of Editors. He will take over from current editor Donald Martin. (Source: Press Gazette)
Lucy Neville-Rolfe has swapped her role at Tesco for a non-executive director position at ITV. She will be charged with driving the team’s turnaround. (Source: The Independent)
Channel 5 staff are taking voluntary redundancy following Richard Desmond’s buyout of the channel. Nick Wilson (director of children’s programming), Chris Shaw (senior programme manager) and Robert Charles (sport controller) are leaving. (Source: MediaGuardian)



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