Hearst Magazines UK has appointed former Heat editor Julian Linley as editor-in-chief of Digital Spy to relaunch the brand. Under Julian’s leadership, Digital Spy will focus on tone of voice, with a greater emphasis placed on video, visual story-telling and social sharing of content, with the aim of growing it into a global entertainment news brand.  Currently attracting 15 million unique users, the brand will continue to be at the forefront of delivering news and features about the worlds of TV, film, music, tech and gaming. Julian will also take on a number of special projects for Hearst, details of which will be revealed in due course. Julian has over 20 years’ experience of creating innovative and engaging content for some of the World’s most famous media brands.  He was launch editor of heatworld.com, before being made editor of the Heat brand in May 2008, becoming the magazine industry's first major multi-platform editor, overseeing print, digital, mobile and radio. Julian was also appointed Creative Director of Bauer Media in September 2009 where he oversaw a number of industry-first brand partnerships.

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