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In My Opinion: Eric Schmidt: The 2011 MacTaggart Lecture
August 26, 2011
THE keynote lecture of the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival is the MacTaggart Lecture, this…
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In My Opinion: Iain Hepburn: STV’s Scotland Tonight plansAugust 25, 2011
AN interesting announcement by STV, as they unveiled plans for a rival to Newsnight Scotland...
In My Opinion: Murray Calder: For the social goodAugust 24, 2011
FOLLOWING the recent unrest on the streets of London there has been a lot of...
In My Opinion: John Collins: Radio the big winner from RAJARsAugust 4, 2011
BBC Radio Scotland’s excellent figures come as no surprise. They follow an excellent book for...
In My Opinion: Murray Calder: Putting brands or consumers first? Google +July 29, 2011
GOOGLE’S most successful foray into social media so far, Google +, is reported to have...
In My Opinion: Lindsay Cochrane: When work experience is worth itJuly 25, 2011
WHEN I was offered a job just three days after handing in my last essay...
In My Opinion: Murray Calder: On advertising during a recessionJuly 14, 2011
THE latest report on client marketing spend – the IPA/BDO Bellwether report, which was published by...
In My Opinion: Gerry Hassan: The time for a Scottish media voiceJuly 13, 2011
THE world has been turned upside down these last few days. There have been elements...
In My Opinion: Iain Hepburn: How to make Scotland a real digital powerhouseJuly 11, 2011
WHAT would it take to make Scotland a real digital powerhouse and bridge the hefty...
In My Opinion: Stewart Weir: Phone hackingJuly 6, 2011
MOST of the assembled company were friends, just a few strangers (at least they were...
In My Opinion: Charles McGhee: An European model for Scottish newspapers?July 4, 2011
IF the Scottish newspaper industry seems to deliver a constant stream of bad news –...
In My Opinion: John McGurk: Reflections on the Scottish newspaper industryJune 11, 2011
WHAT is surprising about the news that another 90 editorial jobs are to go at...
In My Opinion: Charles McGhee: Reflections on the proposed job cuts at the RecordJune 9, 2011
THE loss of nearly 100 journalists’ jobs at the Daily Record and Sunday Mail is...
In My Opinion: Blair Jenkins: Platforms and Principles – the right connections for journalismMay 25, 2011
Former head of news and current affairs, Blair Jenkins, was recently appointed a visiting professor...
In My Opinion: Bill Heaney: Newspapers need to act now to stop more council advertising going on the internetMay 18, 2011
EVERYONE concerned about the future of newspapers must be deeply worried by the report on...
In My Opinion: John Collins: In praise of ‘localness’ on radioMay 10, 2011
FIRST up – disclosure. I present a show every Sunday for Central FM. I receive...
In My Opinion: Bill Heaney: The ‘wisdom’ of a news blackoutApril 26, 2011
I DON’T know about other readers of allmediascotland, but I would have been reluctant to...
In My Opinion: Bill Jamieson: Would be no surprise if the Scotsman and Herald ‘backrooms’ mergedMarch 16, 2011
THE newspaper industry has been struck by a series of blows: a severe cyclical recession;...
In My Opinion: Dave Rushton: A different take on Hunt’s Local TV planMarch 3, 2011
LOCAL TV plans from Jeremy Hunt have twisted and turned these last two years. When...
In My Opinion: Dave Rushton: Preparing for local TVFebruary 16, 2011
ON Monday, the AK Bell Library in Perth hosts a forum on local television in...
