MOVERS

Attic Futura has promoted Bridget Marrison to group publisher. She

moves from her role as publisher of Shine and Real Health and Beauty,

and assumes responsibility for TV Hits, Boyzone and special projects, as

well as her existing titles. Marrison joined Attic Futura from Dennis

Publishing in February to run the launch of Shine. The day-to-day

publishing responsibility for TV Hits will go to Rimi Atwal, who has

been made associate publisher. Atwal was previously product manager for

Shine and Real Health and Beauty.

Jane Ostler, one of MindShare Digital’s directors, is leaving to launch

her own new-media venture. Details of the new company are still unknown.

Ostler has been at MindShare since its launch in 1997, when she joined

the from The Network.

IPC Southbank has appointed Elaine Foran publisher of its relaunched

style magazine Nova. Foran has been with IPC’s rival Emap Elan since

1992, most recently as international publisher, having joined the

company as advertisement director of New Woman. She was promoted to

joint ad director for Elle and New Woman in 1993. Since then she has

been publisher of Elle before becoming group publisher of Elle and

Red.

Emap Elan has promoted fashion ad manager Jane Stevens to the position

of international fashion ad director across all the glossy titles.

Stevens has been at Elan in her present role for two years. A fashion ad

manager is now being sought to handle UK fashion business for the

group.

Independent Digital has appointed Gary Knapton to the role of

sponsorship executive. Knapton moves to his new position from Loaded,

where he was promotions and advertorials executive. Knapton will report

to Richard Lee, who heads the sponsorship and e-commerce team.

MBS Media is continuing its graduate recruitment drive. Emma Smith, Jane

Oliver, Sharon Boddie, Rob Bellass and Matthew Worrall are the latest

additions to the press buying team. They have all been hired as

planner/buyers.

AP Information Services, the business directory and database publisher,

has taken on James Howard as sales and marketing manager. Howard joins

from Intertec Publishing where he was associate publisher for a group of

five building and construction magazines. He previously spent ten years

at Miller Freeman, where he was sales manager on Manufacturing Chemist

and developed the IT side of the business. He was also a sales executive

on Building Design and Catering magazines.

Western International Media has hired Sylvia Benaim to be the head of

the planning department it has created jointly with Lowe Direct. Benaim

joins the joint venture from Smith Bundy Carlson, where she was media

director.

Chrysalis radio has appointed Mary Gopsill managing director of

Chrysalis Radio Online. Gopsill joins Chrysalis from media strategy

consultant Hydra, where she was a senior adviser in charge of strategy

and change projects. Her new role will be to develop the Heart and

Galaxy radio brands online.