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BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
Business Insider
Cavendish Press
The Cheshire Times
Epicurean Life
Finextra.com
Immediate Media
LEOPARD
Reach plc
The Telegraph
TUI UK
What Hi-Fi?
Freelance Update - Gemma Wilcock
International Media Moves

BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
Professor Evert Verhagen, a human movement scientist and epidemiologist, has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, effective from January. He succeeds Professor Emmanuel Stamatakis who has been Editor-in-Chief since February 2019. Evert Verhagen is currently Professor of Epidemiology of Sports, Exercise & Health at the Amsterdam University Medical Center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is also the director of the Amsterdam Institute of Sport Science and the Amsterdam Collaboration on Health & Safety in Sports. He can be found on Twitter @EvertVerhagen

Business Insider
Lara O’Reilly has rejoined Business Insider as their Media and Advertising Editor. Lara was at Business Insider up until 2017, and most recently was a Senior Correspondent at Digiday. She can be found on Twitter as @larakiara

Cavendish Press
NCTJ Accredited Freelance Journalist Alec Whitaker will be joining Cavendish Press in the new year as a Trainee Reporter. Alec, who holds an MA in Sports Journalism, can be found on Twitter @AlecW95

The Cheshire Times
The free monthly newspaper South Warrington News has now been incorporated into the new title The Cheshire Times. The newspaper, still published by North West News Ltd, was first launched in 1993.

Epicurean Life
Epicurean Life magazine will launch their brand new website www.epicureanlife.co.uk. This is the website of the luxury-lifestyle magazine that features the best in; food, travel, fashion, H&B, Art and much more. To celebrate the launch one reader could win a magnum of RARE Champagne valued at £400. 

Finextra.com
Madhvi Mavadiya has been appointed Head of Content at Finextra.com, where she was previously Special Projects & Features Editor. Madhvi, who is also a Fintech Contributor for Forbes, can be reached via email. Her Twitter handle is @madhvimavadiya

Immediate Media
Janine Ratcliffe has been appointed as Deputy Editor across BBC Good Food and olive. Janine, who was previously Food Director at olive, will continue to host the title’s podcast. Find Janine on LinkedIn.

THE LEOPARD
The women’s news and lifestyle website THE LEOPARD has now been launched by Co-Founders Hannah Gale (formerly of LOOK, Metro and HannahGale.co.uk) and Gemma Yates (formerly of LOOK and Women’s Health). The site is aimed at millennial women aged 25-45 and covers fashion, beauty, TV, food, health and more. Find THE LEOPARD on Instagram @theleoparduk

Reach plc
Previously Senior Writer at OK!, Josie Copson has been appointed Features & Lifestyle Writer at Reach Plc, working across the Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Sunday People and Daily Star supplements, OK! and New magazines, as well as ok.co.uk. Josie now writes about food, health, real life, and lifestyle. Her social media handle is @JosieCopson

The Telegraph
Olivia Utley, currently Head of PR and Deputy Leader Writer at The Sun, will be joining The Telegraph in January as Assistant Comment Editor. Olivia can be found tweeting at @OliviaBUtley

TUI UK
Sarah Robinson has been promoted to Content Strategy and Editorial Lead at TUI UK. Sarah joined the company in 2014 and has held various roles, most recently as Copy Editor. She can be found on LinkedIn.

What Hi-Fi?
Andy Madden has been promoted to Deputy Editor at What Hi-Fi?, where he was previously Content Editor. Andy joined the publication back in 2008 as First Tests Editor. He can be found on Twitter @MandyAdden

Freelance Update - Gemma Wilcock
Freelance Journalist Gemma Wilcock is available for commissions related to real-life, health, lifestyle and parenting. She has worked across women's weekly magazines including Bella, Best and Woman's Own, where she was Deputy Features Editor, as well as writing features and in-depth product reviews for parenting titles.



International Media Moves

MoltoSalute 
The new monthly magazine MoltoSalute has now been launched by Caltagirone Editore as a supplement of the publisher’s newspapers Il Messaggero, Il Mattino, Il Gazzettino, Corriere Adriatico and Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia. Massimo Martinelli and Osvaldo De Paolini are Director and Deputy Director respectively; they hold the same roles at Il Messaggero. MoltoSalute will mainly cover health issues.

L’Osservatore Romano 
L’Osservatore Romano, the daily newspaper of Vatican City State, has changed addresses. The Editorial Team is now based at Piazza Pia, 3, Rome 00193 (Italy).