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Music Week appoints new editor
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 25 August 2011
UK industry trade mag Music Week has appointed a new editor following its recent acquisition by Intent Media. Despite only recently undergoing a team revamp under previous owners UBM, the implication is that new boss Tim Ingham will build a new team around him as Intent tries to make the music business weekly a commercially viable operation.
Ingham, who currently works for consumer-facing video game website CVG but previously worked for other Intent trade titles, will take over at Music Week on 3 Oct.
Confirming his new role, Ingham told reporters: “Entertainment media publications don’t come much more respected than Music Week. Even more excitingly, it’s a brand that carries an almighty potential, particularly online. My lifelong passion for music burns brighter than ever, and I’m ecstatic to take up such a prestigious role right in the belly of the business”.
Ingham will be joined by Darrell Carter who will be the mag’s Sales Manager, he already heading up sales for other music-related titles owned by Intent.
In other Music Week news, the trade mag admitted yesterday that the front page scoop on today’s edition, that Lady Gaga is to work with ‘X-Factor’ finalist Cher Lloyd is, in fact, not true. The story was the result of a big of a misunderstanding when producer RedOne revealed the Gaga was working with Cher. He, of course, meant the Cher, and not ‘X’ wannabe Lloyd.
Admitting their error on their website yesterday, the mag’s editorial team said: “Music Week has, of course, been ‘flamed’ online for [the error], and we accept all the barbs and brickbats in good grace. Tomorrow won’t be any better than today, as the print edition will hit your desks with that completely erroneous story on, you guessed it, the front page. Ignore it. Please. Concentrate on the excellent news about record-breaking single sales, maybe. That’s all totally true, promise”.
