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Comedy festival prize for BBC scriptwriting trio
June 14, 2010

THREE new scriptwriters are to see their work performed at this year’s Edinburgh Comedy Festival...

Sunday Herald price drop still reaping sales rewards
June 14, 2010

A DROP in price to £1 – done last summer – by the Sunday Herald...

Gilfeather turns around Ross County football book in double-quick time
June 14, 2010

A NEW book by Scots journalist, Frank Gilfeather – who covers sport for The Times....

Milne fears more Trinity Mirror redundancies
June 14, 2010

JOURNALISTS on Trinity Mirror’s three national newspapers are to ballot on strike action following the...

The Guardian nets six titles at Online Publishing Awards
June 14, 2010

IT was a big night for The Guardian newspaper group at awards ceremony celebrating the...

Harkess hits back
June 14, 2010

ANYONE wondering what former deputy editor of The Herald, Janette Harkess, is up to these...

Scottish Media Club: survey tops 200 mark
June 14, 2010

WITH probably a good couple of hundred prospective members still to take part, an online...

In my opinion: Julie Craik: Go faster, definitely; get local, definitely maybe
June 14, 2010

IT’S been an interesting few days for all of us media watchers, doers and lobbyists...

Morning, Mr Morrison
June 13, 2010

AMONG those present to witness yesterday’s historic win by Scotland’s rugby team in Argentina was...

OBE for Blair Jenkins in Queen’s Birthday Honours List
June 12, 2010

A FORMER head of news and current affairs at BBC Scotland and, more recently, chair...

Fourth, successive narrowing of sales gap Between Sun and Record
June 11, 2010

THE sales gap between the country’s two biggest-selling daily newspapers has narrowed for a fourth,...

Former Sunday Times Scotland editor to set up comms consultancy
June 11, 2010

THE former Sunday Times Scotland editor, Carlos Alba, is setting up his own PR and...

Murray to host school magazines awards ceremony
June 11, 2010

WELL-known tennis coach, Judy Murray, has been lined up as the host of an awards...

In my opinion: Chris Hammond: What awaits journalism graduates
June 11, 2010

LATER this summer, hundreds of journalism students will graduate from universities across the country; many...

Scottish Media Club survey – story so far
June 10, 2010

WITHIN 12 hours of its launch, a survey about the possible establishment of a Scottish...

Scottish editionising of Mirror and Sunday Mirror to end
June 10, 2010

AS part of cuts expected to involve the loss of 200 jobs, there are no...

New deputy editor appointed at Edinburgh Evening News
June 10, 2010

A NEW deputy editor has been appointed at the Edinburgh Evening Newspaper. Euan McGrory has...

Scottish Media Club? Complete online survey
June 10, 2010

Discussions between allmediascotland and an Edinburgh city centre venue, exploring the possibility of setting up...

Axe hangs over 350 print jobs at DC Thomson
June 9, 2010

SOME 350 printing jobs are at risk of redundancy as newspaper and magazine publishers, DC...