BEGINS pressgazette.co.uk: “The editor and deputy editor of the Paisley Daily Express, Scotland’s smallest daily newspaper, have taken voluntary redundancy.
“John Hutcheson is to be replaced as editor of the title, which recorded an average circulation of 5,965 in the second half of 2014 (down 12 per cent), by Cheryl McEvoy.
“McEvoy, who will take over the Paisley title on 3 August, is currently editor of the Ayrshire Post.”
Read more, here.
And the story is also reported by holdthefrontpage.co.uk, here, which begins: “A regional daily will be under entirely new management from next week with the editor and his deputy both taking redundancy.
“John Hutcheson will leave the Paisley Daily Express on 3 August to be replaced by Cheryl McEvoy, who is currently editor of the weekly Ayrshire Post.
“John, who has been editor of the Express for four years, leaves at the same time as deputy editor, Gavin Pennie, after both took voluntary redundancy.”
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A TWITTER hashtag, celebrating Edinburgh and launched by the city’s marketing body, is said to have been among the most popular used last week.
Says an announcement on behalf of Marketing Edinburgh: “Over 5,000 individual posts used the hashtag, #ThisisEdinburgh24, between 6am on Wednesday 22 July and 6am the following morning, generating a reach of over 1.3million and 9.5million impressions.
“The hashtag was the city’s number one trending topic for the majority of the day, also reaching number three in the UK’s top trending lists.”
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A SENIOR reporter is being sought by the Evening Telegraph newspaper, in Dundee.
The vacancy is being advertised here, on the allmediascotland.com media jobs board.
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BEGINS an announcement from STV: “STV Edinburgh and STV Glasgow will be joining forces to bring the best of the festival into homes across the Central Belt of Scotland as they commence broadcasting the Edinburgh Festival 2015 programme live from Akva bar and cafe from Wednesday 5th August.
“The show will see hosts Ewen Cameron and Hayley Matthews from STV Edinburgh’s flagship programme The Fountainbridge Show team up with STV Glasgow’s David Farrell and Jennifer Reoch to bring the best international talent and local acts to the screen over the course of the festival.”
Read more, here.
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THE Falkirk Herald newspaper reports: “The first Falkirk Herald journalist to write a column specifically for its women readers has died.
“Betty Simpson was 93, but known and loved by thousands as Jean Graham who penned her ‘Between Ourselves’ articles for Scotland’s top selling weekly between 1957 and 1973.”
Read more, here.
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PAGE three of today’s Scotsman is dominated today by a story, that begins: “Sponsors of the England rugby team have been forced into an embarrassing climbdown after glossy giant billboard posters promoting England’s Rugby World Cup campaign were accidentally placed all along Edinburgh’s Princes Street.
“The rotating computerised posters promoting the English squad’s appearance at a star-studded event in London had appeared to much bemusement in recent days.”
Read more, here.
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THE Guardian’s media commentator, Roy Greenslade, writes about the outsourcing of newspaper production jobs – with a strong Scots element to it. Read it, here.
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A TRIO of media-related media releases have been posted on www.allmediascotland.com within the last 24 hours…
The first begins: “Pagoda Porter Novelli has been appointed by the National Trust for Scotland to handle its PR programme for the charity’s countryside activities.”
Read more, here.
The second: “Following the success of his inaugural business summit in April, Daily Business editor and director, Terry Murden, has launched a new, exciting and creative events programme, Daily Business Events, in partnership with city PR agency, Michelle Brown PR, whose clients include Whitbread, Foxlake Adventures and ActivityMix.”
Read more, here.
And the third: “Former Scotsman journalist, David Ferguson, has developed plans to offer high-quality video content to Scottish newspaper and corporate websites – with Ferguson Media moving swiftly from summer golf to autumn rugby.”
Read more, here.
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