Men's magazine Jack, the most recent media creation from Loaded founder James Brown, has appointed a new editor just days after Brown quit his publishing company I Feel Good, just two months after he sold it to Dennis Publishing. Michael Hodges, a former executive editor of Maxim and Maxim Fashion who has also written for the Observer and the Sunday Times, will take over the editor post.
Hodges said: "I am extremely pleased to be joining what I regard as a unique magazine. Jack has already established an award-winning pedigree, due to its talented and dedicated team. I hope to build on that success by playing to Jack's strengths which, happily, is a matter of continuing to confound expectations."
Sources say that Brown will work alongside Hodges as consultant editorial director, and the pair will be joined by Alan Lewis, who co-launched Loaded and Uncut magazines.
Hodges will be faced with the challenge of increasing readership. While some of the earlier issues sold as many as 50,000 copies, in recent months circulation is thought to have dropped to between 30,000 and 40,000 – barely breaking even.