BEGINS the Daily Record: “A web firm created by Scotland’s answer to Mark Zuckerberg has gone into liquidation.
“Blipfoto – a site which allows budding photographers to upload a picture a day – was started by Joe Tree in Edinburgh ten years ago.
“The company’s success led to comparisons between Tree and Facebook’s Zuckerberg and the site was bought by Polaroid in January 2015.
“But a notice on companieshouse.gov.uk yesterday listed Blipfoto as being in liquidation.”
Read more, here.
And begins Scott Wright, in The Herald (here): “Edinburgh-based Blipfoto has gone out of business with the loss of eleven jobs.
“FRP Advisory, appointed liquidator of the photo-sharing business, said the company had run into cash flow issues.
“The website remains in operation, with FRP holding talks with an interested party over the sale of the website and intellectual property. FRP said a sale of the assets will protect subscribers and ensure continuity of the service.”
And begins The Scotsman (here): “Blipfoto, the Edinburgh-based photo sharing website that called in liquidators after succumbing to funding issues, is set to be acquired by a group of investors behind the Polaroid brand by the end of this week.
“Glasgow-based Metis Partners was instructed by Tom MacLennan of FRP Advisory, provisional liquidator of Blipfoto, to handle the sale of the ‘technological expertise and intellectual property’ behind Blipfoto, according to a statement issued [last night].”
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BEGINS an announcement from STV: “STV Creative has boosted its senior team with the appointments of Doug Cook and Gerry Farrell.
“Cook joins as head of creative and was previously creative director at agencies Caliber and Frame. With over 20 years experience in the advertising market, Cook has worked for a wide range of clients including Expedia, Tesco and Thomsons.
“Farrell joins the team as a consultant creative director. Farrell was previously at The Leith Agency where he spent 25 years as creative director working with clients such as Honda, Aldi and Irn Bru.”
Read more, here.
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THE Courier and The Press and Journal newspapers have each been nominated in awards celebrating the ‘best in news media print, digital and business innovation’.
Each of the titles have been shortlisted in the Regional Daily Newspaper of the Year category of the newsawards 2015, the new-look annual Newspaper Awards – now in their 19th year – which have been re-launched in a new format this year to celebrate three distinct news publishing categories – print, digital and business.
Also nominated: the Glasgow and Dundee print works for, respectively, Newsquest and DC Thomson, both in the Regional Newspaper Printer of the Year category.
The winners will be announced in London on the 29th of next month.
Read more, here.
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BEGINS a media release posted on allmediascotland.com, by The BIG Partnership: “The BIG Partnership’s Aberdeen office has secured a number of notable new contracts in the first few weeks of the year, despite challenging market conditions following the drop in the price of oil.”
Read more, here.
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AND begins another media release posted on allmediascotland.com, this time by Media House International: “BBC ALBA’s new Gaelic drama Bannan – the first drama series to be produced for the channel – has been re-commissioned for a further ten episodes.”
Read more, here.
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BEGINS the director of the Scottish Newspaper Society, John McLellan, in a blog on the Society’s website: “[Tomorrow], MPs will debate the future of local newspapers and the industry is hoping the discussion will generate a lot more light than the expected heat from political critics.
“Led by John McDonnell, the left-wing Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington, who heads the National Union of Journalists’ parliamentary group, it’s not likely to be a celebration of all the good things going on in the regional Press.”
Read more, here.
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BEGINS Brian Ferguson, in The Scotsman: “The Edinburgh International Film Festival is to explore rejoining the capital’s other flagship cultural events in the calendar as it enters a new era.
“Newly-appointed artistic director, Mark Adams, said the festival would probably be staged in August again if it could afford to, saying he was keen to work together with the other summer festivals.
“Mr Adams, who has over 25 years’ of film industry experience, admitted choosing the right dates were a ‘hot issue’ for the festival, which will mark its 70th year in 2016. [Now held in June] it was last held in August in 2007.”
Read more, here.
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