tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62198958825814373332011-05-03T13:06:19.820+01:00All that's happening in Scotland's fast moving newspaper industryGamezplaynoreply@blogger.comBlogger2891100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-19327006537976679832008-08-17T01:15:00.001+01:002008-08-17T01:17:02.053+01:00

Sorry, my other blogs including Gamezplay take all my time when I'm not working hard for Newsquest.

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-17439613782043873662007-11-07T12:19:00.000Z2007-11-07T12:20:15.890Z

NUJ members at the Ayrshire newspaper titles of the Clyde & Forth group have voted to accept a new pay and conditions structure.It follows a work to rule over staffing levels and responsibilities - with some staff being asked to perform editorial duties beyond their official titles.More here

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-70566353332683301592007-11-07T12:18:00.000Z2007-11-07T12:19:24.257Z

A former political editor of the Sunday Mail newspaper has been appointed as senior adviser to the leader of Glasgow City Council. Brian Lironi is to work for Councillor Steven Purcell. He was most recently director of communications for the Labour Group at the Scottish Parliament.Source: All Media Scotland

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Iain S. Bruce has been made multi-media editor. Says Sunday Herald editor, Richard Walker: “Iain has, of course, been the Sunday Herald’s online editor since time began. His new role will herald a greater integration between the Sunday Herald in print and online. His duties include attending all newspaper conferences to drive extra content into the Sunday Herald website, to promote the Sunday

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The Daily Record has appointed a new news editor, to take over from Tom Hamilton, who has been made assistant editor of the title.More here

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-15649484438772247872007-11-01T09:30:00.000Z2007-11-01T09:32:38.682Z

The website of The Scotsman newspaper has added another service to its roster: births, deaths, marriages and other family announcements. The site, which enjoys some four million unique users per month, still allows families to include their notices in the newspaper.P.S. The Herald has had this service for some time now.Source: All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-63942000847647014152007-10-30T23:14:00.000Z2007-10-30T23:16:08.475Z

Rupert Murdoch today opened News International’s new printing plant in Glasgow.Alongside the First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, Murdoch cut the ribbon to the Eurocentral plant, which the company claims houses the largest and fastest press in the world. The plant will will print Scottish editions of The Sun, The Times, the News of the World and the Sunday Times.The plant is the first stage

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-77841643273275147872007-10-30T12:03:00.000Z2007-10-30T12:04:33.766Z

The Herald has a new City reporter, recruited from London-based financial publishers, Citywire.Remaining in London is Tim Sharp, whose career has also seen him work at the Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph and the Stonehaven newspaper, the Mearns Leader.He was at Citywire for two years.Source: All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-59731695068462971652007-10-30T12:01:00.000Z2007-10-30T12:03:02.101Z

Spike hears the Sunday Herald has a new business editor lined up, to succeed Ken Symon, who has joined a PR and public affairs consultancy.Colin Donald, business correspondent at The Scotsman, is understood to be joining the paper, with Symon having left recently for McGarvie Morrison Media.Source: All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-61051324722514028312007-10-26T09:36:00.000+01:002007-10-26T09:37:43.453+01:00

Between 15 and 20 redundancies are being predicted at the Herald group of newspapers, following the planned introduction of a new production system that will see, among other things, a central news hub operating for all three of the group’s titles: The Herald, Sunday Herald and Evening Times.Also on the cards is a single website for all the titles, with the decision being made that, with the

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-73322353464747350682007-10-26T09:35:00.000+01:002007-10-26T09:36:28.705+01:00

A new newspaper - “with a republican and libertarian agenda” - is launching tomorrow in Edinburgh, with contributions from broadcaster, Lesley Riddoch, and Andy Wightman - author of Who Owns Scotland - appearing in its debut issue. In it, Wightman argues that the ultimate community buy-out would be to unseat the Queen from Balmoral, which he contends the Windsor's don't actually own. More from:

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It had been something of a soft launch until Friday, when the Daily Record splashed with an exclusive interview with Scottish band, Wet Wet Wet.Supporting a two-page article in the newspaper was video footage on the Record’s new-look website.More from All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-87117893413778472692007-10-19T11:06:00.000+01:002007-10-19T11:07:55.970+01:00

Scotland's leading young journalists have hatched an ambitious plan to launch a free student newspaper in a Berliner format across five universities in Edinburgh.The Journal, a 32-page full-colour newspaper, will print about 14,000 copies each fortnight and aims to reach 60,000 students - making it Scotland's largest university newspaper.Copying a distribution method used by London freesheets,

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-35274502414625937842007-10-17T15:09:00.000+01:002007-10-17T15:10:26.946+01:00

The Daily Record has relaunched its website with a stronger focus on interactive, multi media and user-generated content.DailyRecord.co.uk now features video and audio clips as well as image galleries and blogs while readers can comment on and rate stories and vote on issues.Readers can submit their own stories, video and audio clips while each article has keyword tags to enable readers to access

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-4198235768705356912007-10-15T16:38:00.000+01:002007-10-15T16:39:19.083+01:00

The sales gap between the Scottish Sun and the Daily Record has widened slightly, according to the latest figures.The ‘ABCs’ for September reveal an average net circulation of 411,753 for the Scottish Sun - as opposed to 409,034 in August - and 373,702 for the Daily Record - compared to 375,235 the previous month.More from All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-29003297135674680462007-10-11T09:38:00.000+01:002007-10-11T09:40:52.308+01:00

This week sees the departure of three stalwarts at the Evening Times, with one headed for China.The Sun is the destination for deputy chief sub-editor, John Rathbone, while subbing and page planning is the expected role on the Inverness Courier for internet and news sub-editor, John Davidson.More from All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-90738414685173049702007-10-11T09:29:00.000+01:002007-10-11T09:30:17.144+01:00

Newsquest’s Glasgow Division, publisher of the Herald, Sunday Herald and Glasgow Evening Times, is expected to report operating profits of £22.9 million for last year – down £1.5 million on 2005.The published accounts are not available through Companies House until 31 October but the Evening Times and the Johnston Press-owned Scotsman today reported that they show an after tax profit of £17.6

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-74883896855222876002007-10-10T09:10:00.000+01:002007-10-10T09:12:06.283+01:00

According to numbers leaked to allmediascotland.com, the arm of Newsquest that specifically publishes The Herald, Sunday Herald and the Evening Times is scheduled to have made a £24 million pre-tax profit last year, the company’s financial year coinciding with the calendar one.More from All Media Scotland

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Trinity Mirror has launched its first free business publication which will be available in print and online.Business7 will target 20,000 “work hard, play hard ambitious young business professionals” in Scotland and will be available for pickup from targeted businesses and key commuter points including main line rail stations and airports.More from the UK Press Gazette

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-60388937549362102392007-10-04T21:41:00.000+01:002007-10-04T21:42:53.012+01:00

Trinity Mirror this week said its “technology-led” strategy for regional newspapers retained by the company would focus on driving revenues rather than saving costs.Titles which did not achieve the necessary asking price include the Birmingham Mail, Coventry Telegraph, South London Press and several weeklies in Hounslow.Director of corporation communications Nick Fullagar, who sits on Trinity’s

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-7693620305717837332007-10-02T09:18:00.000+01:002007-10-02T09:22:39.602+01:00

We have been consistently told that Trinity Mirror's disposal programme is on track, despite an announcement that it would realise less than originally expected. Now comes Katie Allen's revelation that the company is about to take its Midlands regional titles off the block because they have failed to attract high enough offers.The group's ceo, Sly Bailey, had promised unhappy shareholders a

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-86051871378159881092007-10-02T09:15:00.000+01:002007-10-02T09:16:57.250+01:00

Trinity Mirror chief executive Sly Bailey has defended the newspaper group's failure to offload its Midlands titles, saying shareholders will support the decision not to sell at just any price.The publisher of the Mirror announced today that it was selling the Racing Post for £170m to Irish private equity firm FL Partners but it was keeping its regional newspapers in the Midlands, including the

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-25003632746460604362007-10-01T09:46:00.000+01:002007-10-01T09:47:34.929+01:00

A new monthly sports magazine for north and north-east Scotland sports fans has hit the newstands.‘pitchside’ is an 84-page, A4, full-colour glossy publishedin Aberdeen by Dave McGinlay, with an initial print run of 6000.The magazine is contract-printed by The Herald’s publishers, Newsquest, and has a £3 cover price.More from All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-2718126089811493272007-09-29T10:48:00.000+01:002007-09-29T10:50:33.921+01:00

An article published earlier this week in Spiegel Online informs the public that the smoking ban in Scotland resulted in a dramatic 17% decline in heart attacks during the first ten months that the ban was in effect.In fact, I presented evidence that a 17% drop in heart attack admissions occurred in the 3 months prior to the smoking ban -- obviously, that much more drastic decline in heart

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-72338731835105832522007-09-29T10:44:00.000+01:002007-09-29T10:51:15.816+01:00

The British Library is putting the finishing touches to a website that will give journalists and academics access to two million pages from 43 newspapers from the 19th century.The library will launch its newspaper digitisation project next month, which will give readers access to electronic versions of every national, regional and locally important newspaper from 1800 to 1900. Though tailored for

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-56284033368961523072007-09-27T11:21:00.000+01:002007-09-27T11:25:05.570+01:00

Regional newspaper publisher Northcliffe Media has cut its staff by five per cent this year, according to parent company Daily Mail and General Trust.In a trading update this morning, DMGT said it had cut the cost of running its regional newspapers by £45m since last September.Advertising conditions in the regional press are "slowly improving", the company said, with like-for-like regional

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-24070976732338574472007-09-27T09:39:00.000+01:002007-09-27T09:42:37.766+01:00

Steve Sampson wasn't happy with the Edinburgh Evening News website who ran the story then changed it later, the top line wasn’t about the young man fined in court for assault, but who his father is.And on hearing how his son had been reported, former Sun editor, Steve Sampson, exploded. “I am not the story,” he said. “I was Sun editor so long ago, The Beatles were No.1 and Scotland was going to

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-44631730899802096702007-09-27T09:02:00.000+01:002007-09-27T09:03:57.280+01:00

Racing Post, British racing's only daily newspaper, is set to change ownership sometime next week in a deal believed to be worth in the vicinity of £170 million.At last, the finishing line is in sight after a marathon nine months of negotiations with the present owners, Trinity Mirror.The prospective new owners are a group of racing-friendly Irish investors coming under the banner of FL Partners.

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-8843832566843938252007-09-27T09:00:00.000+01:002007-09-27T09:01:35.888+01:00

Trinity Mirror is preparing to launch Scotland’s first free weekly business newspaper, Business7, on 5 October.The new title will have an initial print run of 20,000 and be accompanied by daily news and blogs online at business7.co.uk.The paper will be under the guidance of Trinity’s editor of Insider Magazine Alasdair Northrop, who takes the mantle of editor-in-chief. Jonathan Russell will take

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-78715450471890578172007-09-26T08:45:00.000+01:002007-09-26T08:47:35.165+01:00

A satirical website, run by a former Scotsman columnist and a former Sunday Times writer, has racked up its one millionth page view - just five months after launch.More from All media ScotlandHis website The Daily Mash

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-69531405023186284052007-09-25T23:40:00.000+01:002007-09-25T23:41:12.377+01:00

An appeal against Tommy Sheridan's libel victory against the News of the World has been put on hold.Judges agreed that the proceedings should be suspended at a hearing at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.The decision, by Lord Justice Clerk Lord Gill, Lord Kingarth and Lord Wheatley, means the case will now be suspended until the Crown inquiry into perjury allegations resulting from the case is

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-483442701408780112007-09-25T12:18:00.000+01:002007-09-25T12:19:14.485+01:00

The Herald newspaper is expected to announce - either at the end of this week or the beginning of next - the identity of the successor to sports writer, Mark Wilson, who is off soon to the Scottish Daily Mail.More from All media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-51184704094232417162007-09-24T23:09:00.000+01:002007-09-24T23:10:39.825+01:00

The Scottish judiciary is re-examining guidelines to allow judges’ sentencing statements in court to be filmed.The current guidelines, set out by Lord Hope in 1996, prohibit the use of cameras in court in order to avoid threatening the administration of justice.But the public information officer for the Scottish judiciary, Elizabeth Cutting – who already issues printed and electronic statements

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-52425873328964977682007-09-24T11:14:00.000+01:002007-09-24T11:15:40.056+01:00

A family of websites - including a jobs one - owned by The Herald publishers has been nominated among the best ever brands in Scotland - despite being on the go for just seven years.s1 received the accolade as part of a series of awards commemorating the 21st anniversary of the Scottish Advertising Awards. Other nominees include Tennent’s, Irn Bru and Glenmorangie. s1 has 30 staff.More form All

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-52576787250999344722007-09-24T11:13:00.000+01:002007-09-24T11:14:04.805+01:00

The free, morning newspaper, The Metro, hits the streets of Dundee for the first time today.Up 'til now available on in Edinburgh and Glasgow (and the commuter corridor in between), the paper will be distributed at what are described as ‘strategic locations’, such as railway stations, bus depots and hotels. More from All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-40714466935222955622007-09-22T10:21:00.000+01:002007-09-22T10:22:38.045+01:00

One of the fastest-growing newspaper publishers in the country has added yet another title to its portfolio.Glasgow-based Premier Publishing - which has launched half a dozen free, local newspapers in the west of Scotland in less than a year - has just launched a wedding magazine.More from All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-78776727892068954262007-09-22T10:13:00.000+01:002007-09-22T10:14:21.768+01:00

Permanent staff at News International will each receive a £679 profit-related bonus on October 1.The bonus will be paid to most of the company's full-time staff members and many part-timers, but not those on contracts.It is equivalent to 1% of the company's annual profit and follows the 4% annual pay rise News International gave staff on July 1.More from Guardian

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-16387057475727354212007-09-20T10:57:00.000+01:002007-09-20T10:58:38.207+01:00

A call is to be made today for the establishment of a Scottish media Ombudsman, to replace the operation of the Press Complaints Commission and the broadcasting regulators, Ofcom, in Scotland.Three years on from first having raised the idea, the Scottish Organiser of the National Union of Journalists, Paul Holleran, is to suggest the creation of a Scottish Media Commission this evening.More from

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-8956906692515992432007-09-20T10:02:00.000+01:002007-09-20T10:05:49.784+01:00

Obituary - Ian GrayA long-serving scriptwriter for the Beano and Dandy, he invented Gnasher Ian Gray, longtime scriptwriter for Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx, the Bash Street Kids, Desperate Dan, Biffo the Bear and other perennial favourites from the Beano and the Dandy, has died after a heart attack, aged 69. He was also the co-creator of Dennis's wild and woolly dog Gnasher, and became

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-63491216826791193142007-09-20T10:01:00.000+01:002007-09-20T10:02:03.459+01:00

Three news organisations are expected to appeal against a Sheriff's decision to fine each of them £1,750 for contempt of court after they published pictures of a footballer who was on trial on charges of assault and breach of the pace.Sheriff J Douglas Allan said publication of a photograph of Celtic player Derek Riordan had created a substantial risk of serious prejudice to the trial of the

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-165074695439568972007-09-09T15:31:00.000+01:002007-09-09T15:33:58.097+01:00

FORMER SCOTSMAN editor Iain Martin's future at The Sunday Telegraph looks doubtful following the unexpected departure of editor Patience Wheatcroft.Martin, who is deputy editor of the Sunday paper, was on holiday last week when it emerged that Wheatcroft was leaving after only 18 months in the post. Not only has he been passed over for the top job in favour of Daily Telegraph deputy editor Ian

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-55427250206038585712007-09-09T15:29:00.000+01:002007-09-09T15:30:46.142+01:00

BOTH SIDES blinked at the last minute in the row over Rugby World Cup picture rights, just before the whistle blew on the first match between the French hosts and Argentina last Friday.With Scottish newspapers, including the Daily Record, Sunday Mail, Scottish Sun, News Of The World and Sunday Herald, having decided to restrict use of pictures in support of the worldwide boycott by news

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-44288724291601976672007-09-07T08:56:00.000+01:002007-09-07T09:02:13.816+01:00

This Saturday The Herald is giving away a free ' Classical Experience' CD with the print edition.You can hear excerpts from all five tracks on The Herald web site hereSounds good to me...

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-63019487330773303252007-09-06T09:03:00.000+01:002007-09-06T09:05:44.145+01:00

Insider Media, the business publishing division of the Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail, is to launch Business 7, a free weekly newspaper targeting the Scottish business community.The 24pp title will be distributed across Scotland every Friday morning at commuter locations such as main line rail stations and airports.Some 20,000 copies of the publication will be circulated, aimed at a

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-58899108547191528962007-02-21T23:23:00.000Z2007-02-21T23:25:27.867Z

A former Scotsman managing director has been appointed to the role of managing director of News International Scotland, following the announcement of Colin McClatchie's resignation earlier this week.Steven Walker, who left The Scotsman early last year following its takeover by Johnston Press, has been lined-up for the top role.More from The Drum

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-78422795589717124042007-02-21T23:21:00.000Z2007-02-21T23:22:46.387Z

What is believed to be the first bilingual newspaper in Scotland for the Polish community is being launched next week.The 16-page full-colour tabloid newspaper - Gazeta z Highland - is being published by the Northern Times weekly in Golspie and will be a free with an initial distribution of 20,000.More from All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-41445616612482989472007-02-12T23:28:00.000Z2007-02-08T09:45:29.134Z

Compared to this time last year, The Scotsman has suffered a ten per cent drop in sales, according to the latest circulation figures.Reader the full figures here All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-14981335486365786292007-02-08T09:44:00.000Z2007-01-22T09:01:12.740Z

Colin McClatchie is expected to leave the publishers of, among others, the Scottish Sun, on Monday.In a statement issued by News International: “Colin has been with us for almost twelve years and has been instrumental in consolidating our market position in Scotland and latterly in Ireland. His energy, drive and enthusiasm mean that he leaves us with strong and successful management teams in both

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-32739039047485726792007-01-22T08:59:00.000Z2007-01-22T09:01:12.885Z

With the Daily Record’s evening edition about to switch from being 15p to free - with Aberdeen and Dundee being added to the current distribution network of Edinburgh and Glasgow - hopes are relatively high that the damage to the four cities' paid-for titles will be minimal.More from All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-30229568499507651332007-01-22T08:56:00.000Z2007-01-22T08:57:34.553Z

A ratio of 80 per cent colour and 20 per cent black and white looks to have become the norm in the pages of Scotland’s biggest-selling newspaper, which last Sunday comprised over 200 pages and yesterday wasn’t that far behind in repeating the feat.More from All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-56172189744394549042007-01-19T23:20:00.000Z2007-01-19T23:21:43.942Z

Johnston Press has acquired Archant's Scottish Newspaper operation for £11.205 million.The acquisition includes eight weekly newspapers; three paid fors in the North East of Scotland around Peterhead and Fraserburgh and five free papers in central Scotland around Glasgow, Ayrshire, Lanarkshire and Paisley.More from Online Press Gazette

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-32348288752074837432007-01-19T22:26:00.000Z2007-01-19T22:27:11.919Z

The Press Complaints Commission will regulate newspapers' online video content, its chairman Sir Christopher Meyer has said.Meyer told BBC News 24's Straight Talk programme that the press watchdog would regulate audiovisual material on newspaper websites as well as text, and described the move as a great step forward.More from Online Press Gazette

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-84396261877217685602007-01-19T22:24:00.000Z2007-01-19T22:25:25.182Z

A former chief sportswriter at The Herald newspaper has died.Jim Reynolds passed away yesterday morning, from throat cancer, which had been diagnosed in the last two weeks. Jim had begun a course of chemotherapy only on Monday.A notice of the funeral arrangements is expected in the HeraldFrom: All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-83366077050282806612007-01-16T12:05:00.000Z2007-01-16T12:08:42.152Z

Daily Record publisher Trinity Mirror looks likely to follow up the launch of the free Record PM with free weekly newspapersforEdinburgh,Dundeeand Aberdeen along the same lines as its existing free title, The Glaswegian.To the horror of newsagents, this could well be followed later in the year by the extension into Aberdeen and Dundee of the Scottish edition of free morning paper Metro.Trinity

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-57832017832106772852007-01-15T08:54:00.000Z2007-01-15T08:56:10.034Z

It was pretty much a case of ‘as you were’ last month, in the race to be the biggest-selling daily newspaper in Scotland, with the Sun’s average circulation in December remaining at around 33,000 copies ahead of its rival, the Daily Record.To be more accurate, the gap of 33,583 in November narrowed slightly to 32,807 last month. But a sterner test of the Sun’s sales lead will come with this month

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-49107853764239204912007-01-14T00:47:00.000Z2007-01-14T00:49:04.542Z

The London Evening Standard suffered an 18% year-on-year drop in circulation in December as the effect of the capital's freesheet war continued to bruise the 50p paper.Meanwhile London Lite, the freesheet from the Standard's owner, Associated Newspapers, narrowed the gap with The London Paper, its News International rival.In the third full month of the London freesheet war, London Lite

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-83143382726373315622007-01-13T13:38:00.000Z2007-01-13T13:39:59.760Z

The Daily Record is to launch free evening titles in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee on 22 January.The paper first launched two evening editions titled Record PM in Glasgow and Edinburgh for 15p, which was seen as a response to The Scottish Sun replacing the Record as Scotland’s top-selling newspaper at 393,953.More from Online Press Gazette

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-84906554348818556592007-01-12T15:04:00.000Z2007-01-12T15:05:22.263Z

A prominent Scottish journalist yesterday lost his legal battle with the Sunday Herald newspaper.Angus MacLeod, Scottish political editor of The Times and a regular contributor to radio and television, sued the sister paper of The Herald over a diary item in the Sunday paper.More from The Herald

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-86941642110911536542007-01-12T15:02:00.000Z2007-01-12T15:03:45.901Z

The message preached by Sly Bailey, ceo of Trinity Mirror, a couple of days ago. Newspapers can thrive despite the online threat. Advertisers are not going to desert to the net. The current advertising downturn in newspapers is largely cyclical rather than structural.I guess Bailey must have been talking about newspapers in general rather than the specific ones owned by her company because the

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-34956208317335246522007-01-12T14:25:00.000Z2007-01-12T14:28:09.397Z

Trinity Mirror has reshuffled its celebrity and TV magazine portfolio following what it has described as a 'change of its reporting lines'.It is understood that the publisher, which publishes weekend celebrity and TV titles including Celebs on Sunday and We Love Telly!, has changed the structure of the portfolio, with each national newspaper editor now assuming responsibility for its magazine

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-21693369913944608672007-01-11T18:34:00.001Z2007-01-11T18:34:56.051Z

Newspapers as printed products will remain a powerful medium for years to come, according to newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror's chief executive Sly Bailey. Speaking to a business audience in Cardiff Bailey also accepted that some "old media companies" would be swept away by the internet, but maintained that Trinity Mirror would not be one of them.She said: "There's no question that the internet

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-6271738406203040392007-01-11T10:40:00.000Z2007-01-11T10:41:15.979Z

John Smith’s has struck a partnership deal with the Daily Mirror and Daily Record to create a charity race at this year’s Grand National.The beer brand, the title sponsor of the famous horse race, has set up the John Smith’s People’s Race

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-68006879903960173432007-01-11T09:09:00.000Z2007-01-11T09:10:45.982Z

The Johnston Press-owned Yorkshire Evening Post has launched a free weekly newspaper for the growing population of young professionals living in the Leeds city centre.More from Online Press Gazette

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-36107214520625284712007-01-10T15:39:00.000Z2007-01-10T15:41:44.829Z

With the ABCs due on Friday the Sunday Mirror is expected to be down by around 13%, or 200,000 copies.Still as far as the Sunday Mirror is concerned Sly has come up with a solution. The answer? Hike the paper's cover price to 90p and make it more expensive than top selling rival News of the World. Huh? Can someone call in a management consultant to explain that to me?More from Brand Republic blog

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-24777983529634256292007-01-10T15:36:00.001Z2007-01-10T15:37:41.243Z

After breaking the news, towards the end of last year, that the future of the Edinburgh Press Club was habging in the balance, we then failed to report the extraordinary general meeting that was to decide its fate. Our apologies. The EGM took place on Sunday evening and, as expected, members decided to shut the club down.More from All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-9453055949202887302007-01-10T15:34:00.000Z2007-01-10T15:35:49.877Z

A former chief executive of energy giants, ScottishPower, has been made a member of the board of directors at the publishers of The Scotsman newspaper.Ian Russell joins the board of Johnston Press as a non-executive director with immediate effect. He joined ScottishPower as its finance director in 1994.More from All Media Scotlsnd

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-21830416260070670962007-01-10T15:31:00.000Z2007-01-10T15:32:59.249Z

Trinity Mirror has closed down its magazine unit and is negotiating redundancies with some of its 39 staff.The closure of the unit, which produces the colour magazines for the group's newspapers, follows Trinity Mirror's failure to successfully launch a consumer magazine - part of the original justification of for the unit.More from Media Guardian

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-17244330586644016002007-01-10T11:02:00.000Z2007-01-10T11:05:23.063Z

Trinity Mirror chief Sly Bailey has told business leaders that the current downturn being experienced by newspaper publishers was primarily cyclical in nature.She told them that an explosion in technological development - in particular broadband uptake - had swept away all the old certainties.More from Hold the Front Page

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-54012307502193853602007-01-09T08:32:00.000Z2007-01-09T08:33:27.312Z

Metro International has closed its Polish edition – Metropol.The free newspaper – which claims 18 million readers in 20 countries – launched in Warsaw in 2000.A Metro spokesman said: “Metropol had grown to become one of Poland's largest daily newspapers. More from Online Press Gazette

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-12385269595097665982007-01-08T18:28:00.000Z2007-01-08T18:29:44.922Z

The Scottish Sun raised its cover price by 5p to 15p today, heralding a new chapter in its circulation war with rival title the Daily Record.The move comes after the Daily Record announced it was scrapping the 15p cover price of its Record PM afternoon edition and converting it into a freesheet.More from Media guardian registration required

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-87342649328887280252007-01-07T22:34:00.000Z2007-01-07T22:35:54.905Z

THE early evening spectacle of newspaper vendors elbowing one another out of the way on London's streets is about to be replicated north of the Border. A standalone Daily Record freesheet, to be distributed in four cities, heralds a new - but not necessarily prosperous - dawn for the Scottish newspaper industry. Between 15,000 and 20,000 copies of the new paper are to be given away in Glasgow,

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-396789250517291482007-01-06T10:53:00.000Z2007-01-06T10:55:09.952Z

Private equity groups Candover and Apax are considering bids for all or part of Trinity Mirror, owner of the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror. News of their interest comes as NM Rothschild, the investment bank appointed by Trinity chief executive SlyFrom 'Finacial Services News'

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The Daily Record PM is to transform into a free newspaper for commuters, six months after it was first published with a cover price of 15p.The afternoon edition circulates in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The freesheet will extend to Aberdeen and Dundee.More from BBC

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The Daily Record's afternoon edition is to be relaunched as a free commuter paper distributing in Glasgow and Edinburgh.Free PM, which is also planned to be distribute in Aberdeen and Dundee, will carry around 44 pages and will distribute to between 15,000 and 20,000 from 5pm and 7pm each weekday.More from Online Press Gazette

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-43845384280012020482007-01-05T17:38:00.000Z2007-01-05T17:39:51.314Z

A milestone in Scottish newspaper history was marked on Wednesday, when Malcolm Speed, the managing editor of the Scottish Sun, celebrated fifty years in journalism - the occasion marked by an impromptu ceremony organised by colleagues, who suddenly appeared, bearing a cake.More from All Media Scotland

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The future is free. The future is broke. The Record’s decision to make its PM edition free may solve the short-term needs of Trinity Mirror, but it marks a black day for the newspaper industry.More from All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-3546144694796128012007-01-01T20:04:00.000Z2007-01-01T20:05:22.037Z

Marmaduke Hussey was a former chairman of the BBC governors who presided over the broadcasting institution for 10 of its most turbulent years. He attended Rugby school before Trinity College, Oxford. After university he was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards and went to war. In 1943, he was machine-gunned down in Italy and lost a leg. More from The Herald

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Way out front, as Scotland’s most popular newspaper, remains the Sunday Mail, at 474,577.Next up is The Scottish News of the World, in at 305,572, with the Sunday Post reasonably close behind, at 295,932.More from All Media Scotland

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After going into administration, and closing last week, Press Gazette has been bought by specialist information group Wilmington and is back on the newsstand.More from Online Press Gazette

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Why Iain Martin Will Soon Edit a National NewspaperIain Martin was yesterday appointed deputy editor of The Sunday Telegraph. It is the latest in a series of moves that leaves the 35 year-old journalist one job away from becoming the first Scottish editor of a quality national newspaper since Andrew Neil left the Sunday Times in 1994.More from All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-7041325634939589192006-11-27T13:52:00.000Z2006-11-27T13:54:01.275Z

Hopes High for Solution at HeraldA dispute over the date staff are paid at the Herald group of titles could be resolved by end of today.More from All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-39873625109867170502006-11-24T19:19:00.000Z2006-11-24T19:20:56.574Z

Press Gazette closes after 41 yearsPress Gazette's editorial team would like to thank all of its readers over the past 41 years, and all of those who have given us support in the recent difficult weeks.The magazine's staff was informed tonight by managing director Simon Read that they were being made redundant with immediate effect.A sad day for the British Press - James Lland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-65689239271754652062006-11-24T12:02:00.000Z2006-11-24T18:20:46.046Z

Millionaire to make cut-price £500m offer for Mirror papersMarcus Evans, the multimillionaire conference organiser, is ready to bid for the Daily Mirror, but only if its current owners accept £200 million less than he offered two years ago, The Times has learnt.The low-profile Mr Evans, who made an unsuccessful attempt to buy the tabloid in 2004, is willing to offer about £550 million to £600

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-20821572253384365632006-11-24T11:55:00.000Z2006-11-24T11:58:06.984Z

Question On Scotland Titles In Trinity Bid UBS notes the reported interest of Marcus Evans in Trinity Mirror (TNI.LN), for between GBP550M and GBP600M. "This is roughly GBP200M less than his reported bid last time," analysts note. "Crucially, it is unclear whether the bid includes or excludes Scottish titles," analysts say.More from New Ratings

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Mirror's digital editions "likely to infringe photographers' copyright"The move to republish a century’s worth of newspapers digitally – which would also allow third parties to reproduce parts of the pages of the newspaper – could be the largest breach of copyright ever attempted by a UK publisher.The plans to make available electronic copies of the Daily Mirror is now at an advanced stage, and

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-8641128403354141062006-11-24T11:47:00.000Z2006-11-24T11:49:08.197Z

Trinity Mirror to decide on new structure, possible sale in early DecemberNewspaper group Trinity Mirror is to complete a strategic review, which could include the sale of some divisions, in early December, the Financial Times reported.The paper said Trinity Mirror, publisher of the Daily Mirror newspaper, could announce a decision at its December 14 trading update. The group is reported to have

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-84284861338383745342006-11-23T14:50:00.000Z2006-11-23T14:52:02.740Z

PCC Gets Pass Marks from PublicThe general public appear to think press regulation could not be improved much more than it already operates, accordinf to a poll.More from All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-13160619612452631812006-11-23T14:47:00.000Z2006-11-23T14:49:22.861Z

A former sports editor of the Daily Mail is tomorrow taking his specialism of producing ‘Big Interview’ sports features to the airwaves.More fromAll Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-5858312274099492382006-11-23T08:55:00.000Z2006-11-23T15:01:06.965Z

Tycoon looking at 600 mln stg bid for Trinity Mirror national titles - reportMulti-millionaire conference organiser Marcus Evans is considering tabling a 550-600 mln stg bid for Trinity Mirror's Daily Mirror title, just over a year after 700-800 mln bid was rebuffed by the UK newspaper group, according to a report in the Times.More from ForbesTrinity Mirror denies "auction" as £600m offer for

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-64467339055282632852006-11-22T14:53:00.000Z2006-11-22T14:55:49.855Z

Back to Old Stomping Ground for Former ReporterA former reporter at one of Scotland’s biggest local newspapers is returning to his former stomping ground - this time, to become editor. Brian Stormont is leaving Fife - where he currently edits the Glenrothes Gazette - to become editor of the Arbroath Herald.More from All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-503379426400566782006-11-22T14:51:00.000Z2006-11-22T14:53:38.803Z

Nicoll Named as Comment EditorAn Edinburgh writer has swung a prestigious appointment down south.Columnist and novelist, Ruaridh Nicoll, has been elevated to the job of comment editor at The Observer, taking over from Barbara Gunnell, who has moved over to the New Statesman.More from All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-73733610508642436852006-11-22T14:49:00.000Z2006-11-22T14:51:29.900Z

Farquharson Follows Snowdon to SoSThe assistant editor at Sunday Times Scotland, has been appointed by his former boss, to the assistant editor’s post at Scotland on Sunday.More from All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-54792186733499330132006-11-21T17:36:00.000Z2006-11-21T17:38:01.589Z

Objectivity Still Prime Motivation for Newspaper ReportersFour out of five newspaper journalists hold by the established principle that their job is about reporting objectively, with less than one in ten strongly believing their job is about giving their opinion.It follows a survey conducted by the media website, Hold the Front Page, which surveyed over 400 people, among them reporters, student

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-12029413271957665622006-11-21T17:33:00.000Z2006-11-21T17:35:24.924Z

Early Success for Sunday Herald Publishing ForayThe Sunday Herald has not only made a foray into book publishing, its debut title is proving a sales success. Earlier this month, the newspaper's name was lent to the publication of a book on the conflict in Iraq, 'The War on Truth', by its investigations editor, Neil Mackay.More from All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-18763821997574926842006-11-20T13:00:00.000Z2006-11-20T13:02:44.880Z

Newspaper Publisher Launches Next Phase in Digital DriveThe publishers of the Daily Record has launched a website tapping into the lucrative market that is car sales.scotwheels.co.uk is a joint venture spearheaded by Trinity Mirror’s Scottish Daily Record & Sunday Mail Ltd and sister company, Scottish and Universal Newspapers.More from All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-34589466191886392342006-11-15T14:22:00.000Z2006-11-15T14:23:57.278Z

Local Newspapers Might Have Little to Fear, Says ReportAn independent report has found that local newspapers may have no reason to fear BBC plans to broadcast ‘ultra local’ TV, which last week took a new twist when BBC director-general, Mark Thompson, told the Society of Editors annual conference in Glasgow that the Corporation might even pay local papers for content.More from All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-27099880754844792782006-11-15T14:17:00.000Z2006-11-15T14:19:44.506Z

Thomson Headed for Industrial TribunalThe now former deputy sports editor at The Sunday Herald is intending to take his employers to industrial tribunal after being sacked for 'gross misconduct'. Following an internal disciplinary procedure, Roddy Thomson is first going to pursue an internal appeal against the sacking.More from All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-41008170703913473602006-11-13T16:28:00.000Z2006-11-13T16:29:53.064Z

Love to be Recognised in Reporter AwardAn award recognising a former editor of the Inverness Courier newspaper has been set up as part of the annual Highlands and Islands Media Awards.More from All Media Scotland

Gamezplaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6219895882581437333.post-48505023663208678982006-11-13T16:24:00.000Z2006-11-13T16:27:18.267Z

Sun Sales Steady, Record’s Fall - AgainWhile there was little change in the average sales enjoyed by the Sun newspaper in Scotland, between last month and the previous one, it was not such good news for rival, the Daily Record, which suffered a third successive drop in its circulation.Meanwhile, the Sunday Mail still far and away the biggest-selling newspaper in Scotland, coming in at 484,243.

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Press and Journal writer receives Royal recognitionA writer from the Press and Journal in Aberdeen has been nominated for an award for her efforts to raise awareness of the work of carers.Columnist Nicola Barry is in line for a media award from the Princess Royal Trust for Carers.More from Hold the Front Page

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