Sky Living High Flier Jane Johnson Leaves BSkyB

LONDON – The director of U.K. satcaster BSkyB's female-targeted Living channel Jane Johnson is stepping down.

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Johnson, the former editor of The Sun's Saturday edition and lifestyle magazine Closer, is quitting the satcaster to set up her own media consultancy.

Antonia Hurford-Jones, BSkyB's commissioning editor for entertainment, will take the role of acting director of Sky Living.

A spokeswoman for BSkyB said over the weekend that Johnson decided to leave to set up a consultancy "bringing together her knowledge of TV, print and digital."

In an internal memo to staff, Sky Entertainment Channels director Stuart Murphy said: "Jane leaves Sky Living with impressive stars signed up, including Rihanna, Rebecca Front, Benidorm writer Derren Litten and Love Machine's Chris Moyles and Stacey Solomon.

Johnson, a former deputy editor at the News of the World, was hired in February last year to run Sky Living and its spin-off channels for the satcaster.