Mark Frith

Mark Frith (born 22 May 1970, in Sheffield) is a British journalist, music critic, and editor. He has been a writer and editor for magazines such as Smash Hits, Time Out and Heat. He has since branched into TV and radio presenting, and has written multiple books.

Early life Mark Frith was born in Sheffield on 22 May 1970. He attended Gleadless Valley Secondary Comprehensive School in Norton, Sheffield, before going on to study at the University of East London, where he edited the college magazine Overdraft, but did not graduate.

Career Frith joined the editorial team at Smash Hits in 1990, and became editor in 1994, at the age of 23. He then edited SKY Magazine from 1996 to late 1997, before helping to develop Heat magazine (which launched in 1999). Frith subsequently became a contributor to 1980s-themed music magazine Classic Pop.

In 2015, Frith became editor-in-chief of Now magazine. Two years later, he was appointed editorial director of TV and radio listings magazine Radio Times; he left the position in 2020.

Frith has won magazine publishing awards in Britain including PPA Editor of the Year (twice) and, in 2005, the Mark Boxer Award for Outstanding Achievement in British Magazines at the BSME Awards. and later appeared on Radio 4's Front Row and BBC2's The Apprentice: You're Fired!

The rights to adapt Frith's 2008 book, The Celeb Diaries, into a TV series, were acquired by Big Talk Studios.