Thanks to the Bad Pitch Blog for his hilarious post about embargoes, which does for media relations what The Office did for working life. It’s funny because it’s painfully close to reality. If you want to understand how absolutely not to pitch a story, watch this. WARNING: the cartoon contains some strong language.

The Financial Times has appointed Gillian Tett as US managing editor overseeing print and online editions.

Tett, currently assistant editor responsible for the FT’s markets coverage, will take up her new role with immediate effect. She succeeds Chrystia Freeland, who is leaving for a role at Thomson Reuters. Tett was last year named Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards and will move to New York full-time in September.

Legal Business has announce that Richard Lloyd will be joining as editor on Tuesday 6 April. For the past three years, Richard has been chief European correspondent at American Lawyer in London. Prior to that, he was deputy editor on Legal Business. Richard will take over as editor from Claire Coe Smith, who stands down on Friday 23 April.

CaptiveRISK is a new quarterly journal from the editors of StrategicRISK magazine, designed for captive owners/managers in Europe. The first issue will be launched in June. Nathan Skinner, currently associate editor of StrategicRISK, will be editor of the new publication. Press releases and news covering captive insurance companies, the broader ILS market and captive domiciles are welcome.

Claire Coe Smith has now replaced James Baxter as editor of Legal Business and will work four days a week until the end of April, when a permanent editor will take over. Claire will return to her work as a full-time freelance writer and researcher in May 2010.