18 Music Week 08.06.12 PEOPLE PERSONNEL IPC NAMES MIKE WILLIAMS AS NEW EDITOR OF NME IPC MEDIA
MIKE WILLIAMS has been hired as the new editor of NME. Williams replaces Krissi Murison, who steps down from the role this month. Williams worked at NME initially on a freelance basis and then as features editor of the magazine in September 2010. He was swiftly promoted to deputy editor in June 2011, working across NME’s multiple platforms. During his time as deputy editor, Williams has worked on various special projects, including planning and co-ordinating the editorial coverage of the magazine’s 60th birthday celebrations. Prior to joining NME, Williams was editor of Kruger magazine, which he
launched in 2004 and edited for six years - during which time he was named Editor of the Year at the Record of the Day Awards in 2009. Under his leadership, Kruger magazine went from a small fanzine in Cardiff to a national magazine with multi- platform offshoots. Williams said: “I’m super excited to be the new editor of NME. As far as dream positions go, it really doesn’t get any better than this. Krissi Murison has done an amazing job as my predecessor, and I’m totally honoured to pick up the baton from her. My challenge is to make NME magazine and the wider NME brand even sharper, our message more coherent and to engage even more with NME’s audience of passionate music fans. With the brilliant team we’ve got in place, I can’t wait to get started.” Publishing director Emily Hutchings added: “Mike brings with him a wealth of editorial experience as well as knowledge in managing multiplatform brand extensions. He demonstrated a clear strategic vision and passion
for NME that will help take the brand on to even greater success.”
SAINSBURY’S Changes have been made to the Entertainment Trading structure within Sainsbury’s. The Entertainment team will
now report into ROBBIE FEATHER, (1) business unit director of General Merchandise - to align the Entertainment and Non-Food
overseeing the migration to direct trading following the collapse of EUK as well as the launch of the Entertainment website and subsequent acquisition of GMV. MATT NEWMAN (3) is appointed
businesses. Prior to joining Sainsbury’s, Feather was the Buying Director for Electricals at John Lewis. RICHARD CRAMPTON (2) left has moved to take on the role of category manager for Petrol and Kiosk. Richard has run the Entertainment team for four years,
as category manager Entertainment, heading up the trading teams and taking primary responsibility for the in-store proposition. Newman has been managing the Film & TV category within Entertainment, and prior to that worked in a number of DVD and Music roles at EUK. He will report to Crampton, and his replacement will be announced in due course.
MARK BENNETT (4) is the new head of Digital Entertainment, and will focus exclusively on the development of Sainsbury’s entertainment online and digital proposition. Also reporting directly to Crampton, Bennett will lead the integration of Global Media Vault into Sainsbury’s, as well as exploring new opportunities.
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The station’s editor PAUL RODGERS has been appointed as acting head of programmes at BBC Radio 2. The move follows Lewis Carnie’s temporary move to Entertainment Television as head of special projects from early June, working on Children in Need and new entertainment formats. Elsewhere at
6Music, LAUREN BRENNAN has been promoted to the role of producer, music, Radio 2 and 6
Music. She will continue to produce the music schedule for 6 Music but will work closely with head of music Jeff Smith and develop the station’s relationship with the wider music industry. 6Music publicist SELINA GOVAN has left to join Channel 4.
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MY BIG BREAK Clara Amfo Entertainment Producer and Presenter, KISS FM UK
How UK luminaries arrived in the music industry…
“After graduating , I got a job as a video logger at a TV station where I met Karen Sibindi (who’s now the marketing manager at KISS). She told me about a short-term marketing assistant job that was open at KISS – I’d always loved the station, so I went for it and luckily I was hired. “I was kept on permanently as station co-ordinator and, as well as doing that, I would voice
our adverts and jingles. “My boss Andy asked me to cover some Christmas shows, so I worked closely with Simon Long who helped me develop my on-air skills. As that stint went well, I presented the overnights for a year and was then given the Saturday morning show that I do now. “I’m also entertainment producer and presenter, which means I do the entertainment news daily and artist interviews for KISS’s YouTube channel. I also do the voiceover for MTV Top 40, 20 Charts shows and Viva’s Top 20.”
Natalie Judge has been the European label manager for Matador Records, part of the Beggars Group for five years. During this period, she has managed large campaigns with artists such as Cat Power, Sonic Youth and Yo La Tengo, as well as smaller projects that have had success with less mainstream bands, such as Fucked Up and her first signing, Brighton’s Esben and the Witch, who appeared in the BBC’s Sound Of 2011 list.
#32 Natalie Judge European Label Manager, Matador Records Prior to Matador, Judge
worked at 4AD and the Drowned in Sound Record labels. She has also been on the
board for AIM – the Association of Independent Music – for almost three years, where she works to promote and support independent music in the UK. Judge was featured in the
Billboard ‘30 Under 30’ list in 2010 and this year she appeared in the Q feature The 18 Most Influential New Voices in British Music.
TOP TIPBe prepared to work hard with genuine enthusiasm! You’ll probably find yourself working long hours for little or no money but if people keep employing you to do so, you must be half decent, so keep working hard and hopefully this will lead to bigger things!
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