“PRESS is back in fashion,” says a set of predictions for 2014.
Writes Dominic Williams, in MediaWeek: “At the beginning of 2013, there was a collective view that the word, ‘Press’, seemed too concerned with the printed product. But there now seems to be a general understanding that print stands for a whole lot more than the paper it’s printed on and that the word, ‘Press’, does encompass digital platforms. This goes some way to describe just how much we achieved in 2013.”
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THE broadcasting regulator, Ofcom, is holding a series of public meetings across the UK to hear people’s views on its draft annual plan for 2014-15. One of the meetings is scheduled for Scotland, on the fourth of next month.
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THE Edinburgh-based creative design agency, Tayburn, has been taken on by Japanese electronics giant, Toshiba, to help it capitalise on its sponsorship of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Writes Peter Ranscombe, in Scotland on Sunday: “Winning the contract has rounded off a busy nine months for Tayburn, which has grown its new business income by 30 per cent to about £350,000.”
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“I DO think its perspective is sometimes too London-dominated, like everything else in the UK.” So says Scot, Ian Slater, in The Guardian series about reader views, Good to Meet You.
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DESCRIBED as “one of the greatest living photographers”, Elliott Erwitt was recently commissioned to produce a series of photographs from around Scotland. And he is the subject of a feature in The Herald Magazine, here.
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SUCCEEDING Henry Faure Walker as digital director at Johnston Press – publisher of The Scotsman and several Scots local newspapers – is Jeff Moriarty.
Faure Walker is off to become chief executive officer at Newsquest. Moriarty – whose job title is to be chief digital and product officer – is arriving from The Boston Globe, where he is vice-president (digital products).
Read more, here.
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THE advisory committee for this year’s Edinburgh International Television Festival has been unveiled, here.
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SCOTS military bases being touted as possible film and TV drama locations? Brian Ferguson reveals all, here in Scotland on Sunday.
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THE head of referee operations at the Scottish Football Association has reportedly indicated that match officials will continue to be restricted from speaking to the media after matches to explain controversial decisions.
John Fleming is quoted in The Herald today saying: “A number of matters may be referred to [Vincent Lunny, the SFA compliance officer] for review and a referee commenting could prejudice any case.”
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TIFFANY Jenkins – in The Scotsman, today – questions the wisdom of MPs taking part in non-politics TV programmes, such as Splash!
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