Syntagma’s designer, freelance Thord Hedengren — he designed this site and all our others — has been appointed editor of the Blog Herald by its owners, Splashpress Media.

He follows blog superstar Tony Hung, who also happens to be a medical doctor, so we can assume his time is at a premium.

The BH was started way back in 2003 by Duncan Riley, now at TechCrunch. In blog terms 2003 is the equivalent of 1903 for a print newspaper.

Thord also blogs on his own network in Sweden and on his site, tdhedengren.com. I’ve found him to have a detailed knowledge of the current internet scene, plus gossip and tech news around the blogosphere.

We wish Thord great success in his new gig. The Blog Herald, like all new media outlets, needs to stay fresh and vital with a stream of lively, world-class content.

With TDH at the helm it’s off to a flying restart.