- Dave King, Emap’s broadcast sales director has been chosen to replace Tom Toumazis as managing director of Emap Advertising, following Toumazis’ resignation last month.
- Elan Closs Stephens CBE has been reappointed by Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell as chair to the Board of Sianel Pedwar Cymru (S4C). She will be reappointed from 1 April 2002 until 31 March 2006.
- Metro has restructured its senior management team. Shakeel Mughal is now head of client services while Saleem Bhatti becomes head of commercial development, in addition to continuing to oversee the Manchester office.
- A total of 129 jobs are to go as the BBC makes huge cutbacks in its factual programming department. The majority of job losses, believed to represent 5% of the broadcaster’s factual and learning department, will be in London. Meanwhile senior commissioning executive, John McHugh, has quit the BBC’s entertainment department for a job at Channel 4.
- Keith Jones, chief executive of Reed Business Information, has been appointed deputy chairman fo the Periodical Publishers Association.
- SMG TV Sales has appointed Malcolm MacMillan, currently marketing director of SMG Television, to the new position of client sales director.
- Trinity Mirror is to restructure Amra, its national sales house. The move will see chief executive Mike McCormack leave his role and become non-executive chairman, while day to day running of Amra will be handled by managing director Gary McNish.
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