BEGINS a media announcement from DC Thomson, the Dundee-based comics, magazines and newspapers publisher: “DC Thomson has announced the launch of a new monthly children’s magazine.
“The title, 110% Gaming, is aimed at eight to 12 year-old kids and focuses on multi-platform gaming and entertainment.
“110% Gaming has already attracted key advertisers including Warner Bros and will be stocked in all major retailers. Issue one will go on sale on Wednesday 15th October 2014.”
Read more, here.
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SCOTLAND and Northern Ireland-based independent TV production company, Tern TV, has secured two, new BBC arts commissions: an one-off special – Constable: The Country Rebel – and a three-part series, Treasures of the Indus (working title). Both are for BBC Four.
They follow two other BBC arts commissions this year: the recently-aired The Beauty of Anatomy for BBC Four and an upcoming series, Great Irish Journeys (working title), which is a joint commission from BBC Four and BBC Northern Ireland.
Read more, here, on the website of Televisual.com.
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BEGINS The Guardian: “Staff at Express Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star and Daily Star Sunday, are braced for redundancies after only about 20 people applied for a voluntary scheme.
“Richard Desmond is planning 30 per cent staff cuts – about 200 posts that will equate to about 150 full-time positions – meaning that the publisher is now expected to resort to compulsory redundancies.”
It goes on to say: “Express Newspapers’ consultation with staff over the planned cuts runs until the end of the week, and with only days to go it is understood that so far only about 20 may have applied for the voluntary redundancy programme.
“The publisher is seeking to make cuts across all print and editorial departments in London, Broughton and its Scottish office.”
Read more, here.
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A FORMER journalism student at Glasgow Caledonian University has secured an internship at the media qualifications body, the National Certificate for Training in Journalism.
Says the NCTJ, of Claire McAllister: “Claire recently completed an NCTJ-accredited Masters in multimedia journalism at Glasgow Caledonian University and was also a member of the NCTJ student council. She will be responsible for administering the Journalism Diversity Fund and promoting the benefits of the scheme to potential recipients and sponsors.”
Read more, here.
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BEGINS Greig Cameron, in The Herald: “STV has reiterated its commitment to local television as it posted a 35 per cent uplift in profits on the back of strong advertising revenues from the football World Cup.
“Chief executive, Rob Woodward, says he has been delighted with the monthly viewing figures of around 650,000 people for the STV Glasgow service following its launch in June.
“Around 60 per cent of advertisers who had booked time on STV Glasgow were said to be new to the company with the channel generally reaching a younger audience than the core STV one.”
Read more, here. Also read more about STV’s half-year financial results, issued yesterday, here.
The Scotsman also reports, extensively, on the results – here.
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AND after having spoken to STV chief, Rob Woodward, following the issuing of the broadcaster’s half-year results, The Drum media and marketing magazine reports: “A refocus on Scottish identity amid the independence referendum campaign coverage has helped boost STV and given it and its competitors a ‘renewed sense of purpose’, according to STV chief executive, Rob Woodward.”
Read more, here.
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A CALL has been made for a school qualification in ‘moving image arts’ to be established in Scotland.
Rick Instrell writes an op ed in today’s Scotsman newspaper – here.
He is a a member of the management committee of the Association for Media Education in Scotland.
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FASCINATING read from media commentator, Raymond Snoddy. He considers a proposal that daily newspapers struggling to arrest declining circulations should concentrate their efforts on weekday digital and weekend print, while considering the particular difficulties being faced by one Sunday newspaper: The People.
Read more, here.
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