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Your Noon Briefing: Tim Blott, News Academy Scotland, etc
December 8, 2015
THE managing director of the company – Newsquest Scotland – that publishes The Herald, Sunday…
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Your Noon Briefing: TV production report, international PR festival, etcDecember 7, 2015
REPORTS Phil Miller, in The Herald: “A lack of talent at the top level of...
Your Noon Briefing: Kamal Ahmed named BBC economics editor, Firecrest Films, etcDecember 4, 2015
BEGINS the BBC (here): “Kamal Ahmed, the BBC’s business editor, is to become the BBC’s...
In My Opinion: Jim Chisholm: The BBC Charter review and the regional press; what should we Scots make of it all?December 3, 2015
TWO big events re the future of news should be concerning Scots at the moment. The...
Your Noon Briefing: BBC Scotland’s festive programming, Eamonn O’Neill, etcDecember 3, 2015
BEGINS an announcement issued yesterday: “BBC Scotland will serve up a sparkling range of seasonal...
Media Awards: British Journalism Awards 2015December 3, 2015
A BBC Scotland journalist has been named among the winners of a prize at the British...
Your Noon Briefing: Johnston Press restructuring, Scots wins at student media awards, etcDecember 2, 2015
THE managing director of the Scots division of newspaper publishers, Johnston Press – Helen Oldham...
Media Awards: 2015 Guardian Student Media AwardsDecember 2, 2015
STUDENTS from the universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde have been named winners at student media...
Your Noon Briefing: ‘Power 100s’, Cat Cochrane, etcDecember 1, 2015
THE head of newspapers publisher, Trinity Mirror’s Scottish operation has been named among the top 100...
Your Noon Briefing: Defamation law, Cumins appointed editor of property guide, etcNovember 30, 2015
BEGINS David Leask, in the Sunday Herald: “Scotland’s online news sites are under serious threat...
Your Noon Briefing: BBC Alba, EventsBase magazine launches, etcNovember 27, 2015
BEGINS Andrew Whitaker, in The Scotsman (page 7): “The UK government is to withdraw [one...
Your Noon Briefing: Spying on sources, BBC Charter review, etcNovember 26, 2015
WIDELY reported, not least by the Sunday Herald’s Paul Hutcheon, who has been investigating the...
The Media in Figures: Newspaper readerships: Scotland-only, print-onlyNovember 25, 2015
THE readership, in Scotland alone, of the print edition of the Scottish Daily Mail newspaper...
Your Noon Briefing: Two Scots agencies among advertising awards winners, Hugo Rifkind, etcNovember 25, 2015
TWO Scots comms agencies have been named among the prizewinners at a competition celebrating the...
Your Noon Briefing: Rugby World Cup, Press Gazette’s 50th birthday, etcNovember 24, 2015
BEGINS the website operated by Scottish Rugby: “Scotland’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final showdown with Australia...
Wanted: ReporterNovember 24, 2015
A REPORTER is being sought by The Oban Times newspaper, based at its Fort William...
Your Noon Briefing: The National’s first birthday, Andrew Neil, etcNovember 23, 2015
SCOTLAND’S pro-independence daily newspaper, The National, is celebrating its first birthday tomorrow with – say its publishers – “a special...
Wanted: Graphic designerNovember 23, 2015
A GRAPHIC designer is being sought by the well-known charity, Mary’s Meals International – to...
Your Noon Briefing: Johnston Press, news appointment at STV, etcNovember 20, 2015
BEGINS the BBC: “Shares in Johnston Press [publisher of, among many other newspaper titles, The...
Your Noon Briefing: Sarah Smith named Scotland editor, marketing competition invite, etcNovember 19, 2015
THE well-known Scots broadcaster, Sarah Smith, has been named Scotland editor at the BBC. Says...
