Independent: Democracy can’t exist without newspapers
Monday, 2 March 2009, 13:57
Tim Luckhurst: "Devolved Scotland is a new and fragile polity in which debate takes place within a narrow consensus. Its electoral system privileges party over electorate and the ruling elite is self-selecting and jealous of its privileges. The country's broadcasters are ill equipped to fill the vacuum left by its failing newspapers."
allmediascotland: Nick Clayton Writes About – Being Fired
Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 23:38
"I find myself fired for a passing remark in a specialist blog. I really don't understand why The Scotsman editor didn't phone me up and ask me to change the offending paragraph. It would have been easy to do without affecting the thrust of the piece. The reason I could have done that so easily is because the point is so self-evident. The fact that newspapers are losing advertising revenue to the web is not news. Indeed, The Scotsman itself reported on the troubles of its parent company, Johnson Press, on August 27 – blaming the fall in recruitment and property advertising for a large drop in profits."
Friday, 16 May 2008, 18:09
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"Professor Phillip Meyer has forecast that Scottish titles such as The Herald and The Scotsman will not survive beyond 2018."
Friday, 25 April 2008, 07:31
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"[H]ow many British newspapers do have a Sitemap file? The answer? Three."
The big questions for the Scottish media in 2008
Saturday, 5 January 2008, 21:12
The Sunday Herald yesterday took a look at the issues that will be facing the Scottish media in 2008:
What will News International’s pricing strategy be under James Murdoch? Will the price war that saw the Scottish Sun sold at 20p continue?
How will the Scottish Executive’s plans to launch a jobs portal affect newspapers’ recruitment revenue?
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Thursday, 6 December 2007, 13:27
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"Spike had heard long ago that the website for The Scotsman newspaper was about to undergo an overhaul. It thinks it has stumbled across a test version".
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 08:53
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Duncan Stephen has some thoughts on newspapers web design. Likes the Mail. But: "the Sunday Herald must be one of the few MSM websites that has actually become worse over time."
