New Scotman editor speaks...

'Readers are far more demanding, rightfully so'

"IF EDITING were easy, our grannies would be doing it," declares Mike Gilson, the newly-appointed editor of The Scotsman.

Few would pretend editing at The Scotsman has ever been easy. Under the ownership of the Barclays and former editor-in-chief Andrew Neil, this newspaper went through seven editors in ten years.

New Scotsman editor sets out to emphasise paper’s unique identity

The new editor of The Scotsman, Mike Gilson, has said carving out a unique identity for the paper is one of his main priorities.

Gilson, who currently edits The News in Portsmouth, said: "It's a ferocious market and there is so much competition, there are huge challenges. One of the things we need to start looking at is how The Scotsman is differentiated, how is it unique and what it is saying to its readers.

More from Online Press Gazette