BEGINS the website of the Scottish Conservatives political party: “Michael Tait has left his post as director of Media with the Scottish Conservatives, following a restructuring of the party’s media operation.
“The former Scottish Mail on Sunday political journalist has moved on just over three years since being asked to take up the role.”
Read more, here.
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FASCINATING read from the director of the Scottish Newspaper Society, on defamation law in Scotland.
John McLellan considers how a just-announced review (noted here) might bring the law in Scotland into line with a recent reform south of the border, and fit for the ‘digital age’.
Read his article on the SNS website, here.
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PAGODA PR is seeking an account executive – as advertised here on the allmediascotland.com media jobs board and repeated on twitter.com/allmediajobs.
Please note, the deadline for applications is the 17th.
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A SELECTION of tributes to the late sports writer and editor, Ian Wood, have been published on the website, holdthefrontpage.co.uk – here.
Wood was a former sports editor of The Scotsman. He died on Christmas Day, as noted here on allmediascotland.com.
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CHECK out details of the debut novel by freelance journalist, Maggie Ritchie – here, in a media release posted today on allmediascotland.com.
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BEGINS The Drum media and marketing magazine: “[Ferry company] Caledonian MacBrayne has tasked The Leith Agency with the creation of its latest advertising campaign.
“Following a competitive pitch through the Scottish Government Marketing Services Framework, the Edinburgh-based agency will deliver a new creative idea that will promote the ferry service throughout the rest of this year.”
Read more, here.
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THE winner of a lifetime achievement award at the Highlands and Islands Media Awards held at the weekend (see here for the full list of winners) is the subject of a feature on the website, holdthefrontpage.
Neil MacPhail was named winner of the awards’ annual Barron Trophy.
Read more, here.
PS Take a wander around recent media awards ceremonies, here.
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THE broadcasting regulators, Ofcom, have appointed a new chair of its advisory committee for Scotland.
Laura Alexander has been a member of the advisory committee for Scotland since 2007 and currently works for the Open University.
Says the watchdog: “Ofcom has advisory committees for each nation of the UK. These offer advice on all aspects of Ofcom’s work, focusing on those of particular importance to the nations.”
Read more about the appointment, here.
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‘YOUNG, free, single and disabled’ is being broadcast today, at 13.32, on BBC Radio Scotland.
Read more, about how it was made, here.
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