Starting Monday Slade, a former web editor at Music Week, will work alongside UK Music's press and communications executive Adam Webb.

She will step down as editor of Record of the Day with immediate effect, but will continue to contribute in a non-editorial capacity to the online magazine.

UK Music chief executive Feargal Sharkey welcomes the move. He says Slade is one of the most respected and talented music business journalists in the UK. "Her vast experience and insight will ...