Arif Durrani

Group news editor

Arif has been with Brand Republic Group since September 2008 and is responsible for managing the daily news output across Brand Republic, Campaign, Marketing and Media Week. His team produces seven digital bulletins a day and feeds the news pages of the weekly magazines.
Arif on twitter: @Durranimix

Relevant experience: Before joining Haymarket, Arif was news editor at Centaur’s media, marketing, advertising and design web portal. Prior to that he was guide editor and feature writer on a media and marketing title at Emap.

NCTJ-qualified, Arif entered journalism with stints at local newspapers after graduating in 1997. He also spent five years in corporate comms and customer publishing, and was launch editor of FIPP’s revamped Magazine World with John Brown.

Favourite ad: Guinness 'Surfer', AMV BBDO (Uninspired, but at least I didn’t say Sony Balls)

Favourite track: Paul Weller, Wild Wood (Similarly uninspired)

One thing not a lot of people know about me: My mum taught Andrew Rawnsley English (always had a talent apparently)

If I wasn’t slaving away at Haymarket I’d be...? Sitting on a beach making a dent in that growing pile of ‘must-read’ books.

Latest articles from Arif Durrani

'Unfulfilled' senior media talent eye-up Twitter, Google, C4 and Facebook: 13 February 2012; The UK's most desirable media companies to work for are Twitter, Google, Channel 4 and Facebook, according to a survey of top executives, which also identified growing company promiscuity among employees.

Apps help Rashbass prepare for The Economist's first fall: 08 February 2012; The Economist is the magazine industry's undisputed star performer, achieving 61 consecutive circulation rises over the last 31 years, but group chief executive Andrew Rashbass expects global print sales to fall for the first time in 2012, so why is he "delighted"?

Rajar Q4 2011: Capital's Johnny Vaughan bows out as London's no 1: 02 February 2012; Johnny Vaughan bowed out of his flagship breakfast show as the undisputed king of London's commercial radio, having helped Global Radio's 95.8 Capital FM extend its lead over rivals.

Facebook reports a 69% lift in ad revenue to £2bn in 2011: 01 February 2012; Facebook's advertising revenues rose 69% to hit $3,154m (£2bn) in 2011, according to accounts filed for its $5bn initial public offering (IPO) today.

Guardian's chief rules out 'closing in and having a paywall': 01 February 2012; Andrew Miller, chief executive of the Guardian Media Group, has ruled out erecting a paywall as he tries to stem £40m in annual losses with an ongoing restructure and redundancy programme, although he admitted "things may change".

Channel 4 celebrates 'very successful deals' with agencies: 27 January 2012; David Abraham, chief executive of Channel 4, has indicated that media agencies and advertisers are responding well to the broadcaster's new direction and Jonathan Allan's newly restructured commercial operation going into 2012.

Mail Online overtakes New York Times to become world's no 1: 26 January 2012; Mail Online, the website for the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday, has become the world's largest English-language "newspaper" site after leapfrogging the site for The New York Times, according to comScore.

Time Out prepares to launch online social TV guide: 25 January 2012; It's been almost 30 years since Time Out magazine sparked a revolution in a once closed TV listings market, and now the publisher is preparing to launch what it hopes will be the next generation of TV listings, by harnessing the power of social networks, Facebook and Twitter.

Bauer Media restructures sales around brands and breaks down digital silo: 24 January 2012; Bauer Media, the media group behind Grazia, FHM and Closer magazines, and radio stations Magic 105.4 and Kiss, is restructuring its commercial operations into platform-agnostic sales teams focused around individual brands.

London 2012 set to be the 'biggest media event in history': 23 January 2012; Its budget may not be as big as Beijing's, but the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are expected to break a record when it hosts around 26,000 journalists and broadcasters and become the biggest media event in the planet's history.

Guardian promotes Steve Wing to lead mobile: 18 January 2012; Guardian News & Media (GNM) has promoted its head of digital marketing, Steve Wing, to the new role of business director, Mobile, following an "incredible year" of growth in the area.

Challenging times as UK unemployment rises to 8.4%: 18 January 2012; The UK's official unemployment figure has risen to 2.68 million in the three months to November, or 8.4% of the population, representing the highest level in 17 years, according to new figures today.

ITV turns to Bauer Media for magazine show The Exclusives: 17 January 2012; ITV is set to broadcast a seven-part series in the second half of 2012 featuring aspiring journalists vying for a 12-month contract at Bauer Media's magazine portfolio, which includes Heat, FHM, Closer, More! and Empire.

ITV secures two year deal for FA Cup and England games: 16 January 2012; ITV, the UK's largest commercial broadcaster, has landed a new two-year deal with The Football Association for the broadcast rights for The FA Cup and England internationals, guaranteeing fans free-to-air coverage of home qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup, from the 2012/13 to 2013/14 seasons.

Bauer lures Clare Chamberlain from Immediate Media: 12 January 2012; Bauer Media has appointed Immediate Media's Clare Chamberlain to lead its 100-strong ad team as sales director across the publisher's print and digital operations.

BBC wins Christmas ratings with EastEnders, but ITV has reason for cheer: 27 December 2011; BBC One's soap 'EastEnders' won the TV ratings battle on Christmas Day 2011, but ITV's rival soap 'Coronation Street', and period drama 'Downton Abbey', helped the commercial broadcaster celebrate its best share performance for seven years.

Brand Republic Group promotes Lisa Lione to commercial lead role: 22 December 2011; Brand Republic Group, home to Campaign, Marketing and PR Week, has promoted advertising director Lisa Lione to the role of group commercial director.

The Sunday Times prepares iPad and Android editions for Christmas Day: 22 December 2011; The Sunday Times will be published on Christmas Day this year for the first time in its 190-year history, thanks to its new digital versions.

Radio outperforms the market in 2011: 22 December 2011; Commercial radio has outperformed the wider market and is set to achieve up to 5% growth in advertising expenditure in 2011, after a successful year of repositioning and united action.

Global Radio promotes Andrews to group programme co-ordinator: 22 December 2011; Global Radio has promoted Gareth Andrews to the newly created role of group programme co-ordinator.

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