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Management Team
Editor
David manages the editorial team to bring 14 million monthly users over 200 news stories every day. Career highlights so far include interviewing Charlize Theron and being presented an award by Ronnie Corbett, whose fingers were the size of raisins.
Co-founder / Digital Technology Director, Hearst Magazines UK
A DS original, James manages the business from our office in New York City and is also a member of Hearst Magazines UK's digital management team. James lives in Connecticut and divides his time between New York and London.
Deputy Editor
Alex has worked at Digital Spy since 2007 when he began by writing stories about the often forgotten Big Brother romance between Ziggy and Chanelle. He has managed to recover from that ordeal and is now Deputy Editor and spends most of his days ruling with an iron fist over the TV section. Believing that is possible to love Mad Men and The X Factor in equal measure, he mixes trash and class on a day-to-day basis. Follow @dsrealitybites
Section Editors
Soaps Editor
Daniel is responsible for editing the soaps section on DS, which includes writing news articles, compiling spoilers, liaising with press offices and conducting interviews. He also writes the Soap Scoop blog. He loves all the soapland universes but, if forced to choose, his heart belongs to Neighbours.
Movies Editor
Simon joined DS in February 2008. As the movies editor, he can often be found attending screenings at the cinemas of WC2 or stalking celebrities at rainy premieres in Leicester Square. His fave films are Back to the Future, Being There and Dead Man's Shoes.
Gaming Editor
Matthew produces content for the gaming section, manages the Level Up blog and attends various gaming events. His favourite game of all time is Metal Gear Solid, and he longingly awaits for Shenmue to make a comeback. He's an athletic chap and ran the 2010 London Marathon in support of Save the Rhino.
News Editor
Mayer joined DS in January 2009 as a Big Brother reporter before becoming an entertainment reporter later that month. In April 2012 he became the site's news editor. He writes news, reviews and interviews and also does a spot of sub-editing when nagged. In his free time, he listens to pop music from the '50s-'10s.
Music Editor
Rob joined the team in March 2010 and produces music news, interviews and reviews. In August 2011, he became the site's new music editor. At 6'4", he is by far the tallest member of the DS team. His favourite female artist is Michelle Branch.
Sub-Editors
Chief Sub-Editor
Adam joined DS in April 2009 as a news sub-editor before his ascent to his current position in February 2011. He subs copy and keeps the site operational from the office. A huge fan of indie rock, his fave bands include Coldplay and Death Cab for Cutie. He also thinks Seinfeld is the greatest TV show ever made.
News Sub-Editor
Beth joined DS from the Press Association in June 2007 as a Big Brother reporter and now works as a news sub-editor, editing and approving news stories during the daytime on weekdays. Her fave films are Jaws, Field of Dreams and anything horror-related.
News Sub-Editor
Amy joined the DS team in February 2009 as a news sub-editor, working weekend evenings. When she grows up, she wants to be like the grumbling, gambling, gossiping, gin-drinking legend that
News Sub-Editor
Christian lives in London with two kittens. His proudest moment was a starring role in St. Trinian's 2 as Audience Member #139 and if he could bring back any TV show it would be Channel 5's criminally underloved The Mole. He says the best thing about working for DS is that he can keep tabs on Kyle Sandilands - who's less of a hero, more of a spiritual leader.
News Sub-Editor
Kate joined Digital Spy in February 2011 and is the site's resident night owl, often working to the strains of Pages From Ceefax until its untimely demise. When she's not watching motor racing or indulging in music from almost any genre, she can be found roaming the Northern countryside, camera in hand, looking for the way out.
News Sub-Editor
Greg joined DS's subbing team in February 2012, working during the week. After warming up with a five-year legal career, he is now happily living in the world of entertainment journalism.
Staff Reporters
TV Reporter
Catriona has been with DS since June 2008, working as a Big Brother reporter before joining the office full-time as a TV reporter in April 2010. She can usually be found sniffing around for free cake or angrily defending The Vampire Diaries.
TV Reporter
Morgan joined DS in June 2010 and has been writing about all things telly (with a particular focus on the cult and sci-fi stuff) ever since. In his spare time, he enjoys listening to indie music and repeatedly watching James Bond films.
Entertainment Reporter / Editorial Assistant
Ben joined in November 2010 as the site's editorial assistant. His role has expanded since, and now also manages the odd section and work experience.
Music Reporter
Lewis joined the team in February 2011, tasked with covering as much music as he can. His favourite music artists range from The Maccabees and Hurts to Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé. He's also a huge Jurassic Park fan and rates it as his all-time top movie.
Entertainment Reporter
Daniel joined DS in June 2010 as a Big Brother reporter, during which time he developed an inexplicable aversion to moaning Australians. After an extended stint freelancing on weekends, in May 2012 he was promoted to a full-time entertainment reporter. He speaks almost entirely in Friends quotes.
Entertainment Reporter
Emma joined DS in March 2012 as a freelance entertainment reporter before being promoted to full-time two months later in a movies-focused position. Her obsession with Breaking Bad and Sherlock borders on the psychologically unhealthy, and she also quite fancies Rimmer from Red Dwarf.
Engineering
Technical Architect
Jason develops the Digital Spy software platform across the main website and the back-end content management system. When he's not watching his beloved Chelsea football club or getting on stage to perform in theatres, he likes to watch reruns of Blackadder.
Front-End Developer
Miles works on the front-end side of development for Digital Spy - basically what you see when you're using the site. He splits his time between London and Bournemouth.
Production
Head of Video Production
Tom joined Digital Spy in May 2009 as a production assistant. Three years later, he became head of video production. Filming everything from interviews to set visits, Tom is involved with every section of the site. He unashamedly admits to photoshopping his profile picture.
Video Producer
Amie joined DS in May 2012 as a video wizard. As well as being an avid Arsenal fan, she loves the theatre and cinema. Amie's personal highlights so far include flying the FIFA Fair Play flag during the England vs Sweden national anthems and holding David Beckham's hand while walking with the rest of the England squad at Wembley.
Picture Production Editor
Naomi joined the Digital Spy offices in late August 2011, responsible for the production of images, posting photo galleries and looking after the Pictures section of the site. She's also grown rather fond of this cute phalanger.
Picture Editor
Kez joined the production team in mid-2010 as production assistant before going full-time in production in 2012, and subsequently becoming Picture Editor in April 2013. Kez is in charge of picture content across all sections of Digital Spy. His favourite things of all time are Game of Thrones, Chris Morris, Joanna Newsom and all types of cheese.
Production Assistant
Donna became a member of the production team in July 2011. Trained in acting, she harbours an ambition to work as an actress - in a perfect world as a long-lost Slater sister on EastEnders - while she has a strangely eclectic mix of tastes and hobbies that includes British drama, Glee, musical theatre, following her much beloved Spurs and eating cupcakes in Soho.
Production Assistant
Jamie joined the DS production team in June 2012. As a Francophile, he admits to having an unhealthy obsession to everything French. When not crossing the Channel for his French food fix of croissants
General Reporters
Entertainment Reporter
Paul joined the team in December 2009 as a general entertainment reporter. Having spent a summer holidaying at DS HQ, he ascended to a more TV-based role from July 2010 aimed specifically at ratings, soap spoilers and reality TV recaps. Paul's number one celebrity crush is currently Stephen Mulhern.
Entertainment Reporter
Colin joined the team in June 2010 as a weekend entertainment reporter. He is currently studying at university and hopes to become the next Louis Theroux (or Sarah Beeny!). His favourite TV show is Dexter and when he isn't writing for DS, he can be found attending gigs and watching Quentin Tarantino movies.
Entertainment Reporter
Tom joined Digital Spy in summer 2010 as a reporter for the last series of Big Brother and its 'Ultimate' spinoff. After eventually getting over its demise, he moved on to general entertainment news. He is also a radio producer and podcaster, and is obsessed with music and chart facts. He has random diverse loves for Red Dwarf, Lost, Gary Numan, Robbie Williams and Back to the Future.
Entertainment Reporter
Mark dabbles in a bit of everything, contributing gaming news, reviews and features as well as writing about comics, tech, movies and entertainment. Prior to this he was a music journalist, covering classical music and performing arts for Muso magazine and International Arts Manager. His favourite game is Super Mario World on the SNES and his fave console is the PS2.
Entertainment Reporter
Alison joined Digital Spy in June 2012 to report on all things entertainment. An unashamedly big Britney fan, subject matter magpie and life-long Londoner, she was brought up on a diet of Pet Shop Boys, ABBA and Michael Jackson and so has a soft spot for pop music. When she's not writing, she can be found frittering away precious time on Twitter.
Entertainment Reporter
Alice joined DS in mid-2012 and contributes stories for the Odd section. She writes about bacon sundaes, foxes riding the Underground and terrible waxworks.
Entertainment Reporter
Frances joined Digital Spy in October 2012 as an entertainment and X Factor reporter. Living in Brighton, she splits her time between writing about and watching TV. She says the best day of her life was when she met and interviewed David Mitchell, and she can recite every single episode of Father Ted.
Entertainment Reporter
Sam joined Digital Spy towards the end of 2012 as an entertainment reporter. He's known for his love for Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and Kate Winslet movies. Sam spends his time watching American dramas like Mad Men and campaigning for a Charmed reunion.
Entertainment Reporter
Catherine joined Digital Spy in February 2013 to cover entertainment. In short, she writes a lot of news stories.
Entertainment Reporter
Meg joined Digital Spy in March 2013 as an entertainment reporter. When she's not writing stories, she's probably in her bedroom singing along to some *NSYNC or Backstreet Boys.
Specialist Reporters
Movies Contributor
Ben is a freelance writer, critic and dreamweaver. He joined DS in September 2006 as a full-time entertainment reporter and currently contributes reviews and interviews for the Movies section. He was also the site's Cult editor for three years, knocking out 348 editions of the tragically defunct Cult Spy.
Movies Contributor
Stella has been contributing to Digital Spy for a number of years now as a movies reviewer - attending screenings, writing up her thoughts afterwards and occasionally carrying out interviews.
Movies / Comics Reporter
Hugh joined DS in June 2009 to write about comics - following a year of not taking pictures of naked men for Gay Times magazine - and later expanded his remit into movies to monitor the endless stream of unlikely superhero adaptation rumors. He worships at the altars of Grant Morrison and Jonathan Hickman. For all our sakes, don't ask him to list favourites in any medium or genre.
Gaming Reporter
Liam provides gaming news, reviews, features as well as the weekly game charts. He is a freelance journalist and has written for a number of other sites on a variety of subjects and has also worked in local and sports radio. Liam's favourite gaming memories involve shunning the sunshine in favour of epic sessions with his Mega Drive.
Bollywood Reporter
Zakia Uddin joined the DS team in May 2010. When not writing, she loves noise gigs, making cakes, running a book club, Googling the antics of minor celebrities, and watching films such as Smithereens, Final Destination, and Anti-Christ.
Bollywood Reporter
Steven joined DS as a Bollywood reporter in September 2010. He is a freelance journalist and has worked as a columnist for Hindustan Times. Steven has an MA in Indian cinema and has appeared in over twenty Bollywood films.
Bollywood Reporter
Priya joined the DS team as a Bollywood reporter in June 2011. She is an established freelance journalist with a background in film production and scriptwriting. Her fave films are Sholay, A Matter of Life and Death and Kill Bill Vol. 1. Priya is also mildly obsessed with '70s US TV series such as Star Trek.
Soaps Reporter
Sophie joined Digital Spy in March 2013 as a Soaps Reporter. A self-confessed fan of '90s boybands, she can probably recite the words to all of Boyzone's songs. She is an avid runner, a proficient clothes shopper and a general TV geek. Her favourite soap character is Alfie Moon, closely followed by Toadie from Neighbours.
US Reporters
Entertainment Reporter
Jennifer joined the DS team in 2010 as an entertainment reporter and has since become the queen of live blogging - by her own standards, anyway. When not watching terrible reality TV (and secretly loving it), you can find her over at HelloGiggles, where she's the managing editor, and on Tumblr, which she's really only on for the animated .gifs.
Entertainment Reporter
Justin joined DS in 2010, covering the latest developments in Hollywood and beyond. He spends his free time reading about the golden era of Hollywood, watching pretentious art films and obsessing over TV shows like Doctor Who, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Arrested Development.
Gaming Reporter
Scott became Digital Spy's first US-based gaming reporter in March 2011. He primarily writes news content for the section, but occasionally reviews games including a mobile roundup every Tuesday.
Entertainment Reporter
Kristina joined Digital Spy in October 2011 and covers news shifts regularly from the States.
Entertainment Reporter
Leah joined DS from Express Newspapers in January 2012 after relocating from London to LA. When she's not glued to reality TV, you'll find her schmoozing at events, indulging in her love of spa days and trying to complete her own A-Z list of restaurants to frequent. A fan of holidays and house music, she's also partial to a bit of Hanson (yes, as in 'MMMBop'!).
Entertainment Reporter
Zeba joined the Digital Spy team in January 2012 as a US reporter. When she's not studying film criticism at The New School in New York, she enjoys watching Doctor Who, blogging, listening to the Spice Girls without irony and hanging out in exotic locales with her BFF Beyoncé.
Entertainment Reporter
Sarah joined Digital Spy in November 2012 where she enjoys reporting on all things in entertainment. When she isn't writing, Sarah spends her free time catching up on her favourite TV shows. She is a serious fan of Downton Abbey, Parenthood and the sadly demised Everwood.
