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Your Noon Briefing: BBC Charter review latest, Radio Production Awards, etc
November 10, 2015
BEGINS an announcement from the BBC’s governing body: “The BBC Trust has [yesterday] launched the…
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Your Noon Briefing: Backpage Press, Hawick News, etcNovember 9, 2015
BEGINS The Herald: “A publishing company has raised more than £30,000 through a crowdfunding drive...
Wanted: Freelance sub-editors and designersNovember 9, 2015
FREELANCE sub-editors and designers are being sought by Connect Publications – as advertised, here, on...
The Media in Figures: Sales of national newspapers in ScotlandNovember 8, 2015
FOR at least the third, successive month, the year-on-year average circulations in Scotland of both The...
Made Here: The End of the Rope, Archive on 4, BBC Radio 4November 6, 2015
SAYS the BBC (here): “Fifty years since the abolition of the death penalty in the...
Your Noon Briefing: New owners at Dunoon Observer, STV cameras to return to court case, etcNovember 6, 2015
BEGINS an announcement issued today: “The Dunoon Observer and Argyllshire Standard has new owners. “The...
Your Noon Briefing: Herald spying splash, Scots magazine awards, etcNovember 5, 2015
THE Sunday Herald journalist, Paul Hutcheon, continues today – in sister title, The Herald –...
Wanted: Two PR hiresNovember 5, 2015
SAYS Edinburgh-based Consolidated PR – part of Four Communications – it is seeking ‘two hires’,...
Media Awards: Scottish Magazine of the Year Awards 2015, shortlistNovember 4, 2015
ONE hundred and sixty entries have been whittled down to a shortlist of 110 for...
Your Noon Briefing: Wyvex Media appointments, The Ferret, etcNovember 4, 2015
THE publisher of a number of local newspapers and magazines across Scotland, including The Oban Times...
Blasts from the Past: Five years ago, on allmediascotlandNovember 4, 2015
STRIKE action at BBC Scotland, a ‘step back in time’ for the Edinburgh Evening News...
Your Noon Briefing: Scotland’s creative industries, Hugh Dan MacLennan, etcNovember 3, 2015
BEGINS a Scottish Government announcement: “The Culture Secretary has called on the UK Government to...
Your Noon Briefing: Dunoon Observer, Eleanor Bryans, etcNovember 2, 2015
WRITES Georgia Love, under the headline, End of Era, on the front page of the Dunoon...
Your Noon Briefing: Board appointment at STV, ad blocking and newspaper websites, etcOctober 30, 2015
THERE has been a new appointment to the board of STV Group plc. Says STV:...
Your Noon Briefing: Makeover for The People’s Friend, Professorship for Bates, etcOctober 29, 2015
BEGINS an announcement from Dundee-based newspapers, comics and magazines publisher, DC Thomson: “The People’s Friend...
The Media in Figures: Radio listening figures, for Scots stationsOctober 29, 2015
THE latest radio listening figures have revealed that BBC Radio Scotland has gained almost 80,000 additional listeners since...
Your Noon Briefing: Channel 4 talent ID day, Creative Edinburgh Awards, etcOctober 28, 2015
YOUNG people in Glasgow – especially those from ‘socially-disadvantaged backgrounds’ – who are not sure...
Your Noon Briefing: Gary Smith appointed head of news at BBC Scotland, Scots TV, etcOctober 27, 2015
BBC Scotland has announced the appointment of a new head of news and current affairs. Gary...
Your Noon Briefing: Scotland’s creative industries, The Skinny, etcOctober 26, 2015
BEGINS an announcement from the House of Commons: “The Scottish Affairs Committee continue their inquiry...
Your Noon Briefing: East Lothian News and the Midlothian Advertiser, Storm ID, etcOctober 23, 2015
REPORTS the website, holdthefrontpage: “Plans to close a weekly newspaper leading to possible redundancies have...