THE Edinburgh Evening News is to become available early morning from the beginning of February, as part of production changes at its HQ, involving a merging of the editorial desks of it and sister titles, The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday.
The paper – currently available from around 11.30am – will be instead printed overnight so it can be distributed along with daily newspapers. It follows an UK-wide trend, mainly because of the costs of distributing a newspaper entirely on its own, as opposed to bundled with others.
Staff at all three titles were yesterday provided further details of the merging plans, including that around 28 applications had been made for voluntary redundancy, as the company seeks to cut between 35 and 45 editorial posts, with the deadline for applications being a week tomorrow.
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THE organisers of the British Sports Journalism Awards has issued a call for entries.
A deadline of the 26th of next month has been set for entries to the annual competition.
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BEGINS Phil Miller, in The Herald: “The television show Outlander, based on the best-selling novels by Diana Gabaldon, will be shown on UK television next year.
“The £50 million show was filmed in locations around Scotland and at a studio in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire and will return again for a long period of shooting next year.”
Read more, here.
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BEGINS a media release posted on www.allmediascotand.com by Media House International: “BBC ALBA will this weekend provide live coverage of Scotland’s prestigious traditional music awards ceremony, the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards.
“A two-hour programme, live from Inverness Leisure Centre, will be presented by Mary Ann Kennedy and Tony Kearney and following weeks of anticipation and a public vote, the evening will celebrate those who have influenced the traditional music scene throughout 2014.”
Read more, here.
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REPORTS the website, radiotoday.co.uk: “Breakfast co-host Cat Harvey is leaving Heart Scotland after 12 years on-air at the regional station, ahead of Robin Galloway’s return to the slot.
“It was anticipated ‘Robin and Cat’ would be reunited in the new year when Robin leaves Bauer for Global, but Cat announced the news on Facebook saying the time is right to move on. She leaves next Friday. Her former co-presenter Ewen Cameron left the station in October.”
Read more, here.
And also here and also here, both from the Daily Record website.
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BEGINS The Guardian: “Alan Rusbridger is to stand down as editor-in-chief of the Guardian after 20 years, leaving the news organisation to become the chair of its ultimate owner, the Scott Trust.
“He will stand down next summer after his successor is appointed and will replace Liz Forgan in 2016 at the end of her term as the chair of the trust, the body that safeguards the title’s editorial future and independence.”
Read more, here.
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