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Frith leaves Time Out
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 12 July 2011
Mark Frith is to step down as Editor of Time Out after two and a half years with the London listings magazine. Former Heat Editor Frith was brought in to the entertainment title as it struggled to compete with rival listings and review services online.
Many expected (and some Time Out purists feared) the man who totally reinvented Heat once in charge there, creating a hugely successful celeb magazine in the process, might make similarly dramatic changes at Time Out, especially once equity group Oakley Capital took a stake in the Time Out company, bringing with them lots of cash. But any changes this time round were much more subtle.
Confirming Frith’s departure from the magazine, which continues to lose readers year on year, Time Out’s CEO David King told reporters: “Mark has helped us through a period of huge change. He has been a great ambassador for the magazine and I have really enjoyed working with an editor with such a strong, commercial focus. His impact has been substantial and we wish him well”.
Frith himself added: “I’ve loved my two and a half years at Time Out and am over the moon with the success we’ve had but I’m very ambitious and feel now is the right time to take on a new challenge. To leave on the high of our second PPA Magazine Of The Year win is just perfect”.
Time Out’s Content Director Tim Arthur will fill in as Editor of the magazine until a replacement is found.
