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Mark Chillingworth

Mark became the News Editor of a consumer magazine initially before joining Sky TV as an online editor, which led to a stint producing television items. He then traveled for two years, before returning to be News Editor of publishing industry title Information World Review which he went on to edit before joining CIO in January 2008. As Editor of the online CIO title he is responsible for all online content and developments.

Mark Chillingworth

August 21, 2009

Twitter is moving up the cycle of importance

Personal experience demonstrates how Twitter can change the perception of a brand or name

Twitter is going through what you could call the "emergence" phase of its development, as it garners lots of attention from the mainstream media...

Posted by: Mark Chillingworth

August 13, 2009

Can Rorie Devine make Yell loud and proud?

Yellow Pages was search encased in a breeze block sized slab of Tonka Toy coloured dead wood

Rorie Devine was officially announced as the new CTO at Yell.com the online directory.  Devine told CIO UK a few weeks back of the move and...

Posted by: Mark Chillingworth

August 07, 2009

CIO salary rates under scrutiny

Sadly those scrutinising the numbers understands the CIO role it seems

That was the week where CIO salary rates came under scrutiny. The week started off at the weekend with the mid-rank newspaper the Daily Mail...

Posted by: Mark Chillingworth


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