Real life king Paul Merrill takes the helm of Take 5 as Belinda Wallis departs
Paul Merrill – the man who brought Zoo magazine to Australia and once described his UK readers as having “three different kids by three different prisoners” – is to take the helm of Bauer Media’s Real Life Weeklies portfolio.
Merrill will be editor-in-chief of both Take 5 and Lucky Break, which is published in New Zealand.
Take 5 editor Belinda Wallis was made redundant on Friday, Mumbrella can reveal. Lucky Break editor Megan McChesney will step down from her role with a spokesman saying that it was unclear whether she will stay with the company.
Wallis has been with the title since 2004 and editor since 2005.
Desperate times indeed. It’ll take more than one salary shaved off the bottom line to save those turkeys.
I have been a reader of Take 5 since its inception and enjoy doing the puzzles.
I would like to comment on the printing and backgrounds with the print in quite a few articles. The most recent is in issue 2, pages 10 and 11 where the articles headed “No-one better in the sea” and “I look like a monster”. I find the print in both these articles practically impossible to read without using a magnifying glass as it is very unclear. I have noticed quite a few times where white lettering is used on a very light coloured background. I am sure I am not the only person who has trouble reading these articles so can something please be done to correct the problem. It would be much better if the colours of the background and print were kept completely clearer. I hope this can be rectified as it is disappointing not being able to read all the articles. Thankyou.