THE editor of the Scottish Daily Express is stepping down, at the end of next month.
David Hamilton is taking early retirement, bringing down a 43-year career that has seen him Scottish Daily Express editor these last 14 years and with Express Newspapers for the last 33 years.
He has taken a voluntary redundancy package, joining several colleagues such as Scottish Daily Express political editor, Kerry Gill, and the paper’s veteran news editor, Tom Fullerton, who have already gone.
His move comes amid reports that, UK-wide, Express Newspapers is said to be seeking 25 compulsory redundancies, a deadline for voluntary redundancies having expired last week.
He began his career at the West Lothian Courier, where he worked for six years, leaving as chief reporter to join The Falkirk Herald, where he was again to be appointed chief reporter.
He then joined Express Newspapers, initially at the Scottish Sunday Express, before switching across to the daily title, as news editor.
He is aged 60 and plans – in the first instance – to assist his wife, Shirley, with her business, selling antique and vintage costume jewellery, and spend more time with his 18 month-old grand daughter, Olivia.
It is understood Nick Gates, the editor of the Daily Star Scotland, is to have the Scottish Daily Express editorship added to his portfolio.
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BEGINS the website, prweek.com: “Global brewing company, Molson Coors, has appointed Edinburgh-based Burt Greener Communications to run its PR in Scotland following a five-way pitch.”
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BEGINS a media release posted on allmediascotland.com by Stripe Communications: “Stripe Communications has announced a further strengthening of its digital team as it gears up for its most ambitious year yet.”
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IN praise of local TV, not least the Glasgow and Edinburgh channels set up by STV: by Lisa Mennie, of Glasgow-based Skylark Public Relations, on the website, here, of The Drum media and marketing magazine…
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BEGINS the newspapers, comics and magazines publisher, DC Thomson: “DC Thomson’s mischievous title, The Beano, has launched its first fully interactive story app, Dennis & Gnasher Adventures! Voiced by Chris Johnson from hit CBBC show, Dennis & Gnasher, the app is available across iOS platforms. It is free to download and currently available from the App Store.”
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BEGINS the website, holdthefrontpage.co.uk: “A publishing group’s managing editor has said 90 per cent of revenue made by its flagship title comes from print.
“Tom Thomson, managing editor of the Herald & Times group, made the claim about Glasgow daily, The Herald, while speaking at a media conference in the city and added no Scottish publisher had yet ‘cracked it’ when it comes to making money from multiple platforms.”
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BEGINS radiotoday.co.uk: “Spencer Pryor, the founding managing director of [Scots radio station] Eklipse Sports Radio has resigned from the company just days before the station is due to relaunch.
“He says he’s off to help launch a new national digital station instead.”
Read more, here.
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COLUMNIST, Joyce McMillan, considers, in today’s Scotsman, the possible implications for free speech, following the attendance of several world leaders in Paris at the weekend, marching in solidarity with the satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, the target of an attack by gunmen… here.
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