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Krissi Murison named new NME editor
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 30 July 2009
Krissi Murison has been named the eleventh (and first female) editor of the NME. She will take over from Conor McNicholas, who is soon to depart the music magazine after six years as editor to take up the same position at BBC Top Gear magazine. Announcing his replacement via Twitter, he said “She’s brilliant. I’m delighted”.
Murison previously worked at the NME for six years, starting in a work experience position in 2003 and working her way up to deputy editor, before leaving in February to become musical director of Nylon magazine in New York. She has also written for The Guardian, The Observer and The Sunday Times.
Murison said of her appointment: “Editor of NME has to be up there as one of the all-time dream jobs – and certainly the only one I’d ever consider coming back to a British ‘summer’ for. There’s a lot of work to do, but I am beyond excited to be at the helm of what has always been my favourite magazine in the world”.
The magazine’s publishing editor Paul Cheal added: “There was an enormous amount of interest in this position and we interviewed some very strong internal and external candidates. However, I’m delighted that we’ve managed to lure Krissi back from New York to become the eleventh editor of the NME”.
She is expected to officially take up her new role in mid-September.
