- Rupert Murdoch’s youngest son, James, is to take on the role of chairman and chief executive of the News Corporation pan-Asian TV empire, Star TV. Last month another of the media mogul’s offspring, Elisabeth, quit her post at Sky to pursue other projects (see Elisabeth Murdoch To Quit Sky), including, it has recently emerged, the birth of her child.
- Eve Pollard’s fledgling company, Parkhill Publishing, has lost another key staff member. The resignation of group advertising director Fiona Davidson follows the departure in April of advertising director Jane Sproul.
- The National Magazine Company (Natmags) has appointed a replacement for Stephen Hemsted, who left his position as group financial director in March. Simon Horne will take on responsibilities including the finances of Natmags and distribution company Comag, in which Natmags holds a 65% stake.
- Denise Prior, marketing information manager at Trinity Mirror plc is to move to Talksport, where she will take up the same role. The latest RAJAR figures showed that the station had increased its weekly reach by 2.5% (see Radio 1 Continues To Lead National Radio).
- Sunday Times news editor Tim Kelsey has been lured away from pure print by a new cross-media enterprise. Kelsey is to be chief executive of the print, TV and radio venture said to be backed by a large media organisation. Details of the project, which has been recruiting elsewhere in Fleet Street, are expected to be unveiled later this month.
- Zenith Media has lost its press director and managing partner, Theresa Coligan, to Emap Advertising. Emap poached Coligan to take on a new post as magazine sales director. Emap Advertising is the merged sales operation which aims to create cross-media sales across the company’s magazine, TV, radio and new media brands.
- ITN has appointed a new head of core news, prior to its launch of a 24-hour channel this summer (see ITN Considers 24-Hour Rolling News Service). Jim Buchanan, ITV’s home news chief has been named for the job, and will start in the middle of this month.
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