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Your Noon Briefing: The National’s first birthday, Andrew Neil, etc
November 23, 2015
SCOTLAND’S pro-independence daily newspaper, The National, is celebrating its first birthday tomorrow with – say its publishers – “a special…
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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...
Your Noon Briefing: David Maddox, Citypress Edinburgh, etcNovember 18, 2015
THE political correspondent at The Scotsman is leaving, to join the Daily Express. David Maddox...
Your Noon Briefing: The Buteman editorial, Coane to present to creative industries inquiry, etcNovember 17, 2015
BEGINS the trade website, holdthefrontpage.co.uk: “A weekly editor has hit back at ‘narrow-minded bigotry’ over...
Your Noon Briefing: Paris massacres, local radio, etcNovember 16, 2015
AMONG the widespread media coverage of the terrible events in Paris on Friday evening, the...
Your Noon Briefing: Scottish Six, Celtic Media Festival, etcNovember 13, 2015
BEGINS Severin Carrell, in the Guardian: “BBC executives are pressing for the Corporation to commission a...
Your Noon Briefing: Online Media Awards, Freedom of Information, etcNovember 12, 2015
BEGINS The Drum media and marketing magazine: “The prevalence of ad blocking is showing no...
Your Noon Briefing: BBC Store, newspaper circulations, etcNovember 11, 2015
BEGINS The Independent: “Viewers can buy permanent downloads of Sherlock, as well as rarities from...
Your Noon Briefing: Backpage Press, Hawick News, etcNovember 9, 2015
BEGINS The Herald: “A publishing company has raised more than £30,000 through a crowdfunding drive...
Wanted: Freelance sub-editors and designersNovember 9, 2015
FREELANCE sub-editors and designers are being sought by Connect Publications – as advertised, here, on...
The Media in Figures: Sales of national newspapers in ScotlandNovember 8, 2015
FOR at least the third, successive month, the year-on-year average circulations in Scotland of both The...
Your Noon Briefing: New owners at Dunoon Observer, STV cameras to return to court case, etcNovember 6, 2015
BEGINS an announcement issued today: “The Dunoon Observer and Argyllshire Standard has new owners. “The...
Your Noon Briefing: Herald spying splash, Scots magazine awards, etcNovember 5, 2015
THE Sunday Herald journalist, Paul Hutcheon, continues today – in sister title, The Herald –...
Media Awards: Scottish Magazine of the Year Awards 2015, shortlistNovember 4, 2015
ONE hundred and sixty entries have been whittled down to a shortlist of 110 for...
Your Noon Briefing: Wyvex Media appointments, The Ferret, etcNovember 4, 2015
THE publisher of a number of local newspapers and magazines across Scotland, including The Oban Times...
Blasts from the Past: Five years ago, on allmediascotlandNovember 4, 2015
STRIKE action at BBC Scotland, a ‘step back in time’ for the Edinburgh Evening News...
Your Noon Briefing: Dunoon Observer, Eleanor Bryans, etcNovember 2, 2015
WRITES Georgia Love, under the headline, End of Era, on the front page of the Dunoon...
Your Noon Briefing: Board appointment at STV, ad blocking and newspaper websites, etcOctober 30, 2015
THERE has been a new appointment to the board of STV Group plc. Says STV:...
Your Noon Briefing: Makeover for The People’s Friend, Professorship for Bates, etcOctober 29, 2015
BEGINS an announcement from Dundee-based newspapers, comics and magazines publisher, DC Thomson: “The People’s Friend...
