The NME has appointed Krissi Murison, music director of Nylon magazine, as the first female editor in its 57-year history.
She previously worked for the NME for six years, rising to become deputy editor, before leaving in February this year to move to Nylon. She replaces Conor McNicholas who has left after 7 years to front Top Gear magazine.
“Editor of NME has to be up there as one of the all-time dream jobs – and certainly the only one I’d ever consider coming back to a British ‘summer’ for ,” she says. “There’s a lot of work to do, but I am beyond excited to be at the helm of what has always been my favourite magazine in the world.”
It’s great news for her, and although a female editor doesn’t necessarily mean that there will be more female artists inside the magazine (Rebekah Wade hardly shifted the goalposts at the Sun), a woman at the helm will hopefully alter the indie boy preponderance a little. Plus, surely no more debacles such as when Beth Ditto topped the Cool List–but Muse made the cover.