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In My Opinion: John Collins: A bright six months ahead for radio?
July 20, 2012
THE next six months are going to be very interesting, if you are a keen…
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In My Opinion: Graham Bryce: Why a Scottish Media AcademyJuly 20, 2012
THIS year, 2012, will, I hope, be remembered as a landmark year for media in...
In my opinion: Blair Jenkins: New regulatory code needed for the PressFebruary 6, 2012
JOURNALISM is a profession based on trust. The quality of our national debate and discourse...
In my opinion: John Collins: The listening figures slide in Bauer’s AM portfolioFebruary 2, 2012
THE story that leaps out of from the lastest set of listening figures revealed today...
In my opinion: Matthew Ball: Why I bought Marie ClaireFebruary 1, 2012
THE February issue of Marie Claire is easy to spot on the shelf. It’s caught...
In my opinion: Martin Kielty: Reflections on day one at the Daily RecordJanuary 23, 2012
FOR various reasons, I’m reminded of my very first day in newspapers – a long...
In My Opinion: Fiona Hyslop: Scotland has been short-changed on broadcastingOctober 8, 2011
SCOTLAND has been short-changed by the UK Government on broadcasting. On Thursday, the BBC announced...
In My Opinion: Eric Schmidt: The 2011 MacTaggart LectureAugust 26, 2011
THE keynote lecture of the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival is the MacTaggart Lecture, this...
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Bill Heaney: An Old Hack raises a Ne’erday glass to the ‘old days’December 31, 2010
SADLY, no reporter on any newspaper in Scotland will be reaching into his desk drawer...
In My Opinion: Bill Heaney: We’re all galley slaves nowDecember 22, 2010
THERE is an insightful interview, if ever there was one, that every journalist should read...
In My Opinion: Dave Smith: Programme-making and the Scottish Digital NetworkNovember 26, 2010
Attended by over 200 people, a debate in Glasgow, on November 16, about the Scottish...
In My Opinion: Bill Heaney: Universities need print heavyweights to balance perception of bias towards broadcasting and digitalNovember 24, 2010
THE news that Blair Jenkins, chair of the Scottish Broadcasting Commission and a former head...
In My Opinion: Dave Rushton: Local TV and the Scottish Digital NetworkNovember 22, 2010
