Former Canadian Business editor Joe Chidley leaves magazines for PR

Joe Chidley, the former well-respected editor of Canadian Business magazine, has left the magazine business and gone into public relations, as senior vice-president of Veritas Communications. According to Marketing magazine:

"I'd been in magazine journalism for more than 20 years," Chidley said. He hadn't actively been looking to change jobs, but the offer from Veritas came at a time when "I had been thinking about what I was going to do after journalism for a while."

After nine years as CB editor, Chidley was appointed editor and associate publisher, special projects at Maclean's and Canadian Business last July. 

With Veritas,  Chidley will now work with clients such as the Ontario Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, Genworth Financial and Plan Canada as well as overseeing media training services and crisis management for the agency.