UK Psychologies editor to leave

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div class="track"img alt="" src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.15.1/50375?ns=guardianpageName=UK+Psychologies+magazine +editor+to+leave%3AArticle%3A1254172ch=Mediac4=Mag azines+%28Media%29%2CPress+and+publishing%2CConsum er+magazines%2CMediac6=Mark+Sweneyc8=1254172c9=Art iclec10=Newsc11=Mediac13=c25=c30=contenth2=GU%2FMe dia%2FMagazines" width="1" height="1" //divpMaureen Rice, launch editor of British version of 'thinking woman's glossy', to leave after more than four years/pp/pp/ppMaureen Rice, the launch editor of the British version of Psychologies, is to leave after more than four years at the helm of the women's monthly magazine./pp/ppRice, who will stand down in October when a successor has been found, was shortlisted for the prestigious editors' editor of the year award won by Grazia's Jane Bruton a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/05/pressandpublishing" title="at the British Society of Magazine Editors awards in November"at the British Society of Magazine Editors awards in November/a. She is leaving to "pursue new challenges"./pp/ppShe joined Psychologies publisher Hachette Filipacchi UK in January 2005 to launch a British version of the hugely popular French "thinking woman's glossy"./pp/ppRice was named a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/05/pressandpublishing1" title="editor of the year in the lifestyle magazines category"editor of the year in the lifestyle magazines category/a and a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2008/may/08/ppamagazineawards" title="consumer editor of the year at the Periodical Publishers Association magazine awards"consumer editor of the year at the Periodical Publishers Association magazine awards/a./pp/pp"We respect Maureen's decision to step down as we know it wasn't an easy decision to make and wish her much success, both personally and professionally," said Nadia Dawson, the group publisher of Psychologies. "Maureen will remain as editor of Psychologies until the autumn, but in the meantime we will start the search for her successor."/pp/ppIn April, Psychologies signed a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/apr/02/psychologies-mariella-frostrup-david-baddiel" title="journalist and TV presenter Mariella Frostrup, comedian David Baddiel, former Labour spin doctor Derek Draper and journalist Victoria Moore as columnists"journalist and TV presenter Mariella Frostrup, comedian David Baddiel, former Labour spin doctor Derek Draper and journalist Victoria Moore as columnists/a./pp/ppPsychologies had an average monthly circulation of 140,438 in the six months to the end of December, according to the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations figures, almost flat year on year./pp/ppHachette Filipacchi publishes a number of women's titles in the UK, including Elle, Red and Sugar, alongside weekly titles Inside Soap and All About Soap./ppem•nbsp;To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editor@mediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000./pp• If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication"./em/pdiv class="related" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"ullia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/magazines"Magazines/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pressandpublishing"Newspapers magazines/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/consumer-magazines"Consumer magazines/a/li/ul/divdiv class="guRssAdvert"a href="http://ads.guardian.co.uk/click.ng/richmedia=yessite=Mediaspacedesc=rsssystem=rsstran sactionID=12487004134717770106634428579962"img src="http://ads.guardian.co.uk/image.ng/richmedia=yessite=Mediaspacedesc=rsssystem=rsstran sactionID=12487004134717770106634428579962" border="0" //a/divdiv class="terms"a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk"guardian.co.uk/a copy; Guardian News Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our a href="http://users.guardian.co.uk/help/article/0,,933909,00.html"Terms Conditions/a | a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/feeds"More Feeds/a/divp style="clear:both" /

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