THE editor-in-chief of the newspapers portfolio at publishers, DC Thomson – including The Sunday Post – has been named head of publishing for consumer entertainment (CE) at the company.
Donald Martin – who is a former editor of The Herald, the Evening Express, among others – will be taking up his new role in October.
He will be succeeded as Sunday Post editor (and also editor of The Weekly News) by the editor of sister title, the Evening Telegraph, Richard Prest.
And Prest will be succeeded as Evening Telegraph editor by the paper’s deputy editor, Steven Bell.
Adds an announcement – here, issued by DC Thomson: “Neil O’Brien, who has held the position of head of publishing (CE) since 2012, is leaving the company to take up a new post as publisher for a London-based specialist firm.”
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BEGINS The Guardian: “The BBC political editor, Nick Robinson, has compared protests against his coverage of the Scottish independence referendum to treatment of the media in Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
“Robinson hit out at ‘intimidation and bullying’ of journalists during an appearance at the Edinburgh international book festival to promote his latest book, Election Diary.
“In the run-up to last year’s referendum he was accused of bias after getting into a high-profile confrontation with the then first minister, Alex Salmond, over the BBC’s coverage of a story about the possible relocation of RBS.”
His comments are widely reported elsewhere, including The Scotsman (page six – here).
Read more, here.
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TO coincide with the 40th anniversary of this year’s Edinburgh International Television Festival – taking place next week – a book has been published, comprising eight essays on issues ranging from “the uneasy relationship between ‘the creatives’ and ‘the business’ and making an inspirational working environment, to the art of collaboration and the hurdles of solo endeavours”.
The free title has been published by UKTV.
Read more, here.
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THE Guardian’s media pundit assesses the Daily Record’s decision – announced on Wednesday – that Jeremy Corbyn should be chosen as leader of the Labour Party.
Roy Greensalde begins: “Is the Daily Record going to be the only mainstream newspaper to support Jeremy Corbyn? The Glasgow-based title has urged those of its readers registered to vote in the Labour leadership contest to back Corbyn ‘for the sake of our nation’ (meaning the nation of Scotland, of course).”
Read more, here.
The story has bee picked up by, among others, the website, holdthefrontpage, here.
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SAYS the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, about an event it is hosting in Edinburgh next week: “The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday picture editor, Kayt Turner, and award-winning Herald photographer, Julie Howden, have agreed to share their top tips on what makes a good photo, their key ingredients to a successful photo call and how to grab their attention with creativity.”
Read more, here.
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