BEGINS an announcement from Dundee-based newspapers, comics and magazines publisher, DC Thomson: “The People’s Friend [yesterday] unveiled an exciting makeover, bringing a fresh new look to the magazine, now in its 146th year.
“The editorial team at The People’s Friend have used the feedback from an extensive reader research programme to develop a bright new look for the ‘Friend’.
“The reader-led research has seen the introduction of new features tailored to the interests of the readership that will sit alongside existing favourites.
“New genres of short stories and more varied illustration styles will further enhance the title’s reputation as the number one publisher of magazine fiction in the UK.”
Read more, here.
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THE editor-in-chief of Aberdeen Journals Ltd has been appointed as a Visiting Professor at Robert Gordon University’s Aberdeen Business School.
Says an announcement issued by RGU: “Damian Bates, who has the substantive active role as editor of The Press and Journal as well as editorial responsibility for its three sister titles – the Evening Express, Citizen and ScotsAds – is now a Visiting Professor in Journalism.”
Read more, here.
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THE latest radio listening figures have revealed that BBC Radio Scotland has gained almost 80,000 additional listeners since the same period last year.
According to auditing authority, RAJAR, the station now reaches 948,000 listeners – more than a fifth of adults in Scotland.
In other words, an average reach of 870,000 during the months July-September last year has leapt by nine per cent to average reach of 948,000 during Q3 of this year.
‘Reach’ is defined as an adult, aged at least 15, having tuned into a station for at least five minutes during an average week.
And says BBC Radio Scotland: “Today’s new figures are the first to fully reflect the major schedule changes that were introduced between March and June of this year.
“These included a new Sunday morning edition of Good Morning Scotland, an extended phone-in and magazine format for Kaye Adams, topical comedy such as Breaking the News and a new live music show – The Quay Sessions – fronted by Edith Bowman.”
Read more, here, in the allmediascotland regular feature, The Media in Figures.
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SAYS the culture and current affairs website, Bella Caledonia: “Bella Caledonia is delighted to announce a new strand of work celebrating Gaelic and Scots language and culture with regular content to be published in both languages and in other forms (featuring poetry, music and visual art).
“The work will be led by three commissioning editors, from Gaelic: Ruaridh McIver, Daibhidh Rothach and Rona Dhomhnallach and Billy Kay, Matthew Fitt and Janet Paisley from Scots.”
Read more, here.
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BEGINS Brian Ferguson, in today’s Scotsman: “Arts agency, Creative Scotland, today insisted it is the right body to revive the nation’s troubled screen industry – despite the lack of progress over a national film studio.
“Its director of film insisted substantial progress had been made in the 12 months since a strategy to restore the fortunes of the nation’s film and TV producers was published.”
Read more, here.
And here – a media release on the subject, posted this morning on allmediascotland.com, by Creative Scotland.
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