View all newsletters
Sign up for our free email newsletters

Fighting for quality news media in the digital age.

  1. Archive content
October 30, 2003updated 17 May 2007 11:30am

Promotion at NME

By Press Gazette

NME has promoted associate editor Alex Needham to deputy editor. It means he is now No2 to editor Conor McNicholas.

Needham, above, will continue to write for NME each week, but will also be responsible for bringing in new writers and photographers.

The promotion is believed to be a result of his successful leadership of NME’s festival coverage this summer. The Glastonbury and joint Reading and Leeds festival issues were big sellers.

He said: “NME is an iconic title and is currently the best it’s been for years. I’m delighted to have the opportunity to make it even better and to continue working with such a fantastic team of people.”

Needham joined Smash Hits as a junior writer in 1996 and worked his way up to assistant editor before leaving in 1999 to join The Face as features editor. He joined NME in 2001. He has also contributed to Entertainment Weekly, the Evening Standard’s ES magazine, Observer Life and Heat.

Content from our partners
MHP Group's 30 To Watch awards for young journalists open for entries
How PA Media is helping newspapers make the digital transition
Publishing on the open web is broken, how generative AI could help fix it

Email pged@pressgazette.co.uk to point out mistakes, provide story tips or send in a letter for publication on our "Letters Page" blog

Select and enter your email address Weekly insight into the big strategic issues affecting the future of the news industry. Essential reading for media leaders every Thursday. Your morning brew of news about the world of news from Press Gazette and elsewhere in the media. Sent at around 10am UK time. Our weekly does of strategic insight about the future of news media aimed at US readers. A fortnightly update from the front-line of news and advertising. Aimed at marketers and those involved in the advertising industry.
  • Business owner/co-owner
  • CEO
  • COO
  • CFO
  • CTO
  • Chairperson
  • Non-Exec Director
  • Other C-Suite
  • Managing Director
  • President/Partner
  • Senior Executive/SVP or Corporate VP or equivalent
  • Director or equivalent
  • Group or Senior Manager
  • Head of Department/Function
  • Manager
  • Non-manager
  • Retired
  • Other
Visit our privacy Policy for more information about our services, how New Statesman Media Group may use, process and share your personal data, including information on your rights in respect of your personal data and how you can unsubscribe from future marketing communications.
Thank you

Thanks for subscribing.

Websites in our network