THE launch editor of Business Quarter Scotland, the glossy business magazine, is stepping down, after issue 20, which comes out in June.
Kenny Kemp has been editor of the magazine for five years. The founding business editor of the Sunday Herald newspaper, and three-times Scottish Press Awards Business Writer of the Year, is currently working on a book project.
Among other achievements, he was co-author, with Barbara Cassani, of ‘Go: An Airline Adventure’, which was named WH Smith Business Book of the Year in 2004.
He describes his current book as involving “a Beverly Hills’ entrepreneur”.
He added that he will be also “pursuing other corporate business writing projects”.
BQ Scotland is published by room501 Publishing, part of the Business & Enterprise Group, based in Seaham, which also produces BQ in Yorkshire, North East of England and West Midlands.
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THE Scots broadcaster, Kaye Adams, is the subject of a face-to-face interview in today’s Herald – by Brian Beacom, on page ten of today’s edition.
Read a version of the interview, here.
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BEGINS The Guardian: “Shutterstock, the US-based company that licences its vast library of photographs and video footage to publications, paid out £2,580,000 to its UK contributors last year.
“According to the earnings report on its website infographic, it meant that Britain was the fifth largest market for the company in 2014.”
Read a version of the article, here.
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BEGINS The Herald’s Greig Cameron: “Ladbrokes has promoted the Scottish born head of its digital operation to be its new chief executive.
“Jim Mullen, who is from Glasgow, will take over from Richard Glynn in the top role at the bookmakers from April 1.”
Later, Cameron writes: “The 44 year-old studied computer programming at Glasgow Caledonian and Westminster universities before going on to work in IT related roles in advertising and marketing agencies in Scotland.
“He moved to News International as director of digital strategy for News Group Newspapers and was later promoted to director of commercial, digital and development there.”
Read more, here.
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AND also in The Herald, Phil Miller begins: “He is the immensely popular archaeologist who has become a star of historical TV, known for his flowing hair and ability to explain the complex past to a present day audience.
“Now, Neil Oliver, who is known for programmes such as A History of Scotland, Two Men in a Trench, Time Team, and Coast, is to unveil his literary side – with a debut novel set in the 15th century.”
Read more, here.
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THE Scotsman’s arts correspondent, Brian Ferguson, believes the Edinburgh International Film Festival needs to return to taking place during August – to coincide with the city’s other cultural festivals, including the Edinburgh Television Festival.
It is currently a June event, the switch from August having taken place in 2008.
Read more, here.
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A COMMUNICATIONS and PR manager is being sought by STV – on a nine-month contract, providing maternity cover.
The vacancy is advertised here, on the allmediascotland.com media jobs board, and repeated on the site’s allmediajobs twitter feed.
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WIDELY reported, including in The Herald, which begins (here): “Controversial comic, Frankie Boyle, will turn his attention to the election result with a new BBC show set for the week after polling day.
“The show – dubbed his Election Autopsy – will mix stand-up with a discussion about the election result in front of a live audience.”
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BEGINS The Guardian: “[Scot] Armando Iannucci, creator of The Thick Of It, hopes to write an episode of Doctor Who, reuniting him with its star, Peter Capaldi.
“Iannucci, whose credits include Alan Partridge and White House comedy, Veep, said he had talked with Doctor Who showrunner, Steven Moffat, and had a good idea where he would take the Doctor, played to universal acclaim by Capaldi since last year.”
Read more, here.
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BEGINS Russell Leadbetter in a double-page spread in yesterday’s Sunday Herald: “For months now, Outlander, the hit US TV series, has been a little like Nessie as far as Scotland is concerned – the subject of endless speculation but never actually glimpsed in convincing detail.
“And whereas Nessie doesn’t actually exist, Outlander does – or will, from this week onwards. The first eight episodes of Season 1, derived from author Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling books (26 million copies and counting) will be available on Amazon Prime Instant Video from March 26.”
Read more, here.
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