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gorkana alertMonday 3rd September 2007

Daily Mail 
Simon Duke
will be joining the City team on Monday 8th October 2007 and will be covering the media, telecoms and technology sectors, following the departure of James Ashton He leaves Thomson Financial News (formerly AFX News) on 21st September where he has been responsible for media and telecoms for the last three years.

Daily Mail
Justin Harper is back at Money Mail, the Daily Mail's personal finance section, doing regular shifts.  He can be reached on +44 (0)20 7938 6135 and justin.harper@dailymail.co.uk For non-Money Mail queries he can be reached on justin.harper@hotmail.co.uk

Independent on Sunday 
Julian Knight starts today as Personal Finance Editor of the Independent on Sunday, replacing Sam Dunn who has left to go freelance.  Julian was previously Personal Finance & Consumer Affairs Reporter for the BBC News website and can now be reached on +44 (0)20 7005 2357 and
j.knight@independent.co.uk  
 
Sunday Herald 
Friday was Ken Symon's last day as Business Editor of the Sunday Herald From today he is Business Development Director of Mcgarvie Morrison Media where he is contactable on +44 (0)141 229 6705.  His mobile number, +44 (0)7977 587 095, remains the same and his email is Ken@mcgarviemorrisonmedia.co.uk
 
Sunday Herald Deputy Editor, David Milne, will be looking after the desk until a replacement is appointed.  He can be reached on +44 (0)141 302 7804 and david.milne@sundayherald.com
 
Arabian Business 
Christina Corbett has joined Arabian Business as a Senior Staff Writer.  Christina joins from the Risk Advisory Group's Middle East and North Africa practice and can be reached on +971 4 210 8341 and christina.corbett@itp.com

Channel 4 News 
Benjamin Cohen, Technology Correspondent, who has been suffering from serious illness during July and August, has returned to work at Channel 4 News He will be working part-time during September and should be back full-time by October.  Pitches are welcome to either him or his producer, Andrew McFayden, by email only.  Benjamin can be reached on Benjamin.cohen@itn.co.uk, Andrew on Andrew.mcfadyen@itn.co.uk

 
Emerging Private Equity - NEW MAGAZINE LAUNCH
Emerging Private Equity (www.emergingpe.com), a bi-monthly magazine covering the emerging private equity markets of Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America and Middle East is launched  today It carries features, news analysis and deal coverage for each of the five regions A free trial can be ordered through the website.  The title is edited by Lisa Bushrod, previously Editor of European Venture Capital Journal between 2000 & 2006.  Lisa can be reached on tel: +44 (0)20 7870 7185, fax: +44 (0)20 7084 4052 and lisa.bushrod@emergingpe.com 

Ground Engineering / European Foundations   
Ground Engineering and European Foundations have moved.  The new address for editorial and advertising is, Greater London House, Hampstead Road, London, NW1 7EJ.  The Editor of both titles, Damon Schunmann, can be reached on +44 (0)20 7728 4552 and damon.schunmann@emap.com
 
IJ Online
The team at IJ Online hanew contact details which have now been updated on the website.  The email contact address remains in the same format of firstnameinitial.surname@ijonline.com The switchboard number is the standard Emap number, +44 (0)20 7728 5407, and from now on any member of the team can be reached on +44 (0)20 7728 plus the following extensions:
 
Angus Leslie MelvilleEditor x 5414
Ben Cobley, Senior Reporter x 5416
Simon Ellis, Features Editor  x 5419
Verity Ratcliffe, Power  x 5412
John Kjorstad, Renewables x 5413
Robert Lovell, PPP x 5417
IIa Halai, Transport  x 5418
Martin Malinowski, Researcher  x 5422
Vander Caceres, Researcher x 5421
Riz Malik, Researcher x 5420
 
Loan Radar 
Jelena Cvejic
has joined syndicated loan news service Loan Radar as a Reporter to further improve its emerging market loan coverage.  Jelena previously worked for Citadal Securities in Belgrade, as well as Merrill Lynch in the US She can be reached on +44 (0)20 7332 7393 and through the main Loan Radar email address, loans@loanradar.co.uk

People Management Magazine
James Brockett
is now Acting News Editor of People Management Magazine whilst Anna Scott is away on maternity leave.  James' contact details remain the same, he can be reached on +44 (0)20 7324 2723 and james.brockett@peoplemanagement.co.uk
 
Thisismoney.co.uk  
Today is Alan O' Sullivan's first day as Web Journalist at Thisismoney.co.uk He was previously a Funds Reporter at Citywire Alan can now be reached on +44 (0)20 7938 6266 alan.osullivan@thisismoney.co.uk
 
Freelance Update - David Lammie

David Lammie is a freelance journalist specialising in business issues in China.  He previously edited China Economic Review and China Business Handbook, both for 10 years, and has written on China for a number of titles including The Banker and Euromoney.  He continues to write China business features and also edits Yangtze Transport.  David can be reached on davidlammie@f2s.com

 
Freelance Update - Hilary Johnson 

Hilary Johnson has resigned from the American Banker and is currently accepting freelance writing assignments.  She has over 10 years of business writing experience, most recently covering national banks, the US stock market, and corporate governance.  She can be reached at on +1 (917) 860 4060 and hilaryaj@gmail.com

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