Simon Farrington, former editor-in-chief of magazines and the Celtic titles, will become business development editor, but his old role will not be replaced.

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He has held a variety of positions in the publishing industry including product development manager, editor-in-chief and most recently associate publisher at O'Reilly Media.

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In another development, the Urals editor of popular Russian newspaper Argumenty i Fakty has denied any link to the doctored photograph.

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