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Tribute to Allan Robb
July 7, 2010

ALLAN Robb, a former presenter on BBC Radio 5 Live who died last week aged...

Food for thought
July 7, 2010

NEWSPAPER promotions which involve cash discount offers with the big retail food chains are much...

DC Thomson staff at centre of NUJ recruitment drive
July 6, 2010

JOURNALIST at Sunday Post publishers, DC Thomson, are being targeted by the National Union of...

Greenslade blog resurrects key ‘investment in newspapers’ quote
July 6, 2010

A MEDIA commentator on The Guardian has resurrected a quote made at the start of...

Survey shows overwhelming support for Scottish Media Club
July 6, 2010

ALMOST 90 per cent of respondents to an online survey have registered their interest in participating...

3D animation contract wins for Aberdeen agency
July 6, 2010

AN Aberdeen media and communications agency has won six new contracts for its media production...

The Comedy Unit secures trio of commissions
July 6, 2010

ONE of Scotland’s best-known TV production companies has secured a trio of second series commissions...

Honorary award for ex-STV chief exec, Elmslie
July 6, 2010

THE former chief executive of Scottish Media Group – now STV Group plc – is...

Scots still being excluded from some BBC services, audience body warns
July 5, 2010

MANY Scots, including some living along the A9 from Perth to Inverness, are unable to...

Fears for church magazine sparks war of words
July 5, 2010

A WAR of words has been sparked off over the future of Life and Work, the...

BBC invite raises commissions hope for Scots TV quartet
July 5, 2010

FOUR Glasgow-based TV production companies have been invited to work with the BBC to improve...

Sunday Herald repositions business pages
July 5, 2010

THERE was a new look to parts of the Sunday Herald yesterday, not least a...

In my opinion: Bill Heaney: Religion could be the saving of Scotland’s newspapers
July 5, 2010

NEWSPAPERS, which are increasingly threatened with closure through loss of circulation and advertising, could find...

Eggheads help to increase Scotland’s share of BBC UK output
July 4, 2010

SCOTLAND’S share of UK-wide TV programmes on the BBC has increased to just over six...

Burying bad news
July 4, 2010

A DELIGHTFUL little tale from Ken Smith’s Diary in The Herald… Reports Smith: “Our admiration for...

Creative Scotland rules out support for print media
July 2, 2010

THE print media is to remain outwith the scope of a merged body launched yesterday...

Scottish Parliament report urges higher pay for local newspaper journalists
July 2, 2010

THE local newspaper industry ought to invest more money in its journalists rather than rewarding...

Allan Robb dies, aged 49
July 2, 2010

A FORMER presenter on BBC Radio 5 live – Scot, Allan Robb – has died,...

McAlpine relives Sunday Times redundancy
July 1, 2010

JOAN McAlpine, who lost her job as editor of the Sunday Times Scotland Ecosse section...