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Pastures new for editor

Jane King, editor of Personnel Today and editorial director of the Personnel Today Portfolio, is leaving after six years to lead another editorial team within Reed Business Information. King was involved in the repositioning of Personnel Today as a weekly magazine in 1999, and the expansion of the portfolio to include Personneltoday.com, the Personnel Today Awards, the HR Directors Club and online subscription service, Xperthr. King will join Farmers Weekly magazine as editor on 4 January. Her successor will be announced in the New Year.

Heading for Hollywood

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