Colin joined Media Week as deputy editor in August 2005 and contributes a weekly column to the magazine. Previously he was media editor of Marketing, chief reporter on Media Business and was a regular contributor to the media pages of the nationals, including the Financial Times and The Independent.
Prior to entering journalism he had a 12-year career in newspaper and magazine publishing, holding senior executive roles at the Los Angeles Times, The Daily Telegraph, Guardian Media Group and Emap.
Latest articles from Colin Grimshaw
US TV buoyancy highlights irrational UK depression (17-Jun-08)
Virgin Radio rebrand must hit the right button - and fast (10-Jun-08)
Quest for mobile Holy Grail lies in success of search (03-Jun-08)
Local radio needs to take the fight to the BBC (28-May-08)
Opie takes over Scott's marketing role at Five (16-Oct-07)
Film4+1 to be axed in favour of new C4 repeats channel (26-Jun-07)
Hallmark to review Sky sales contract (03-Apr-07)
MediaCom sets up Word of Mouth unit (03-Apr-07)
Carat set to retain £25m Royal Mail media (13-Mar-07)
Pathe reviews £7m media planning and buying task (13-Mar-07)
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