Guardian Government Computing: Scottish Boundary Commission to publish shapefiles of constituency boundaries

Posted on 22 September, 2011 by Martin Stabe

"The Boundary Commission for Scotland (BCS) has said it will publish shapefiles of its initial proposals for constituencies after the Boundary Commission for England (BCE) was criticised for not doing so."

The Drum: Newsquest (Herald & Evening Times) to introduce online subscription model

Posted on 25 August, 2011 by Martin Stabe

"Newsquest (Herald & Times) will take a ‘quality over quantity’ approach as it moves away from targeting unique users and build on a returning online audience. ... a subscription platform is expected to be introduced across online content by the end of this year."

allmediascotland: Subscriber Success for New News Website

Posted on 15 November, 2010 by Martin Stabe

"A local news website has picked up 3000 subscribers in just a matter of months - and is making revenue despite having no online display advertising. ... [Eastwoodmercury.co.uk] caters for the middle-class Glasgow suburbs of Newton Mearns, Clarkston and Giffnock and is the brainchild of Tom McConigley, editorial manager of Clyde and Forth Media."

allmediascotland: FOI requests first for north-east council

Posted on 8 March, 2010 by Martin Stabe

"A local authority in the north-east of Scotland has become the first local authority in Scotland to publicise details of who is making Freedom of Information requests from it - with an estimated 40 per cent coming from the media."

Independent: Former editor of ‘Scotsman’ website set to launch paper

Posted on 6 January, 2010 by Martin Stabe

"[Stewart Kirkpatrick] A former editor of The Scotsman's website is set to launch a 'heavyweight' online newspaper within weeks as he strives to prove there is a future for quality journalism north of the Border."

allmediascotland: I’m Launching a New Newspaper

Posted on 6 January, 2010 by Martin Stabe

Stewart Kirkpatrick: "In the next few weeks, I will be launching a new Scottish newspaper. ... there is a substantial gap in the market. There is room - in fact, a desperate need - for an online, heavyweight publication committed to quality journalism. Scotland needs an intelligent title that uses the internet, not fights against it."

Sunday Times: It’s not all bad news for Scotland’s defiant papers

Posted on 6 December, 2009 by Martin Stabe

"Last month, the UK Government urged Scottish councils to go back to advertising jobs in local newspapers as well as on their own websites. Scotland Office ministers say local authorities may be excluding up to 40 per cent of the country by shifting the vast majority of their job adverts and public notices online, thereby breaching their duty to reach the whole population."

Independent: Democracy can’t exist without newspapers

Posted on 2 March, 2009 by Martin Stabe

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."

Sunday Herald: Can Local Newspapers Win The Fight For Their Traditional Heartlands?

Posted on 2 November, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"But might the outcry over [BBC Trust chairman Michael] Lyons's words be the sound of a raw nerve being hit? There are certainly some journalists, working across the 14 groups that produce local papers in Scotland, who believe so. One experienced editor believes that local papers are very close to losing their traditional place at the heart of their communities. "

Times Online: Journalists cry foul as politicians put the boot in

Posted on 29 October, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"[A] a charity football match between Scottish politicians and sports journalists which had to be abandoned after descending into a brawl..."

The Drum: Meyer predicts death of Scottish newspapers by 2018

Posted on 16 May, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"Professor Phillip Meyer has forecast that Scottish titles such as The Herald and The Scotsman will not survive beyond 2018."

BBC News: The Editors: Cameras in court

Posted on 10 May, 2008 by Martin Stabe

In a rare exception to the usual rules, the BBC was given permission to film inside the courtroom when judges delivered the verdict in a murder trial.

Scotsman: Public denied information by gaps in law, says Dunion

Posted on 12 March, 2008 by Martin Stabe

[Scottish Information Commissioner Kevin] Dunion wants ministers to change the law and bring private companies working in the public sector under the scope of the Freedom of Information Act.

Edinburgh Evening News: Enterprising bid for Star Trek premiere

Posted on 4 February, 2008 by Martin Stabe

And finally, the West Lothian town Linlithgow wants to premier the next Star Trek movie even though it has no cinema. The Evening News explains: "it is the future birthplace of Enterprise engineer Montgomery Scott..."

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