THE chair of the body representing the Scots magazine sector has joined one of the country’s best-known contract publishing companies.
Neil Braidwood, who chairs the Professional Publishers Association (Scotland), has joined Paisley-based Connect Communications.
Insodoing, he brings the goodwill of the clients at CMYK Design which he founded in 1999.
The Keepers of the Quaich, The Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland and the John Muir Trust are just three of the membership organisations that will continue to have their publications produced by Braidwood under the Connect banner, and from its newly-expanded Edinburgh office.
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THE recent Scots editor of The Sun newspaper is to be one of the key speakers at the upcoming annual conference of the Society of Editors.
Says the SoE, here: “David Dinsmore will make his first key speech as the new chief operating officer for [Sun publishers] News UK at the Society of Editors’ annual conference next month.
“In a speech billed as ‘The enduring relevance of newspapers’, Dinsmore is expected to reflect on the lessons of how a big year in British politics has been reported.”
Read more, here.
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BEGINS a media release posted on allmediascotland.com, by Media House International: “S4C, BBC ALBA and TG4 are calling for fresh and distinctive ideas for a new lifestyle programme format, which can work for viewers across the three Celtic nations.
“The Welsh, Irish and Scottish broadcasters are uniting to create an aspirational and entertaining programme or series format, with wide appeal, which can be easily adapted for audiences across the three nations and beyond. Working together they will help develop the format with a view to offer it for use on the wider market.”
Read more, here.
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AND again, as a media release on the site, this time Frasermedia PR agency announcing a North-east business awards success – here.
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THE launch yesterday of a new-look The Scotsman is being supported by a six-figure advertising campaign, including on Edinburgh and Glasgow taxis.
Says a media release issued by the paper’s publisher, Johnston Press: “Created and planned by creative agency Stack – who won the business in May this year after a pitch – the campaign will fully run across print, digital, radio and out of home for three weeks from Monday 5th October.
“It will be displayed across LCD screens within Haymarket station, transvision screens at Waverley station, and will be wrapped around the body of 100 taxis spanning both Edinburgh and Glasgow.”
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AND the redesign is reviewed – on the website of The Drum media and marketing magazine – by Terry Watson, part of the Edinburgh-based newspapers design duo, Palmer Watson.
Read more, here.
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A FORMER programme director at Radio Clyde is one of four people chosen to receive a Fellowship of the Radio Academy.
Reports the website, radiotoday.co.uk, John Dash is joined by Steve Parkinson, Alison Winter, Jimmy Buckland.
Says the site: “John Dash, owner of John Dash Media and chair of the Yorkshire branch of the Radio Academy, has worked in radio for 25 years, and has been programme director at Radio Clyde, regional content director at Bauer Yorkshire, and programme director at Piccadilly Radio and Galaxy 101.”
Read more, here.
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