New editor appointed to take over at The Scotsman

THE new editor of The Scotsman was yesterday announced by the newspaper's owners, Johnston Press.

Mike Gilson, currently editor of The News in Portsmouth, will take up the position on a date yet to be confirmed.


Mr Gilson, 43, has a track record of producing award-winning titles. The News, which he has edited since 2000, is currently the Newspaper Society's Campaigning Newspaper of the Year.

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Johnston Press moves Portsmouth editor to Scotsman

Johnston Press has appointed Mike Gilson, editor of its The News in Portsmouth, as the new editor of The Scotsman. He replaces John McGurk, who left in June for the Telegraph Group.

Gilson has edited The News since 2000 and has been a member of the Press Complaints Commission's code committee for three years.

Prior to joining The Scotsman, he was editor of The Peterborough Evening Telegraph, night editor of The Western Mail, and news editor of the Hull Daily Mail.

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