More Southside hyperlocal websites planned for Glasgow

Posted on 9 January, 2008 by Martin Stabe

Southside Media, a not-for-profit citizen media project in Glasgow, is planning to launch five hyperlocal websites covering the G41 and G42, G5, G44 and G45 postcodes of the city, AllmediaScotland reports. Since 2005, the company has published newspapers for the G41 and G42 postcodes. Drupal-powered web sites are live for those two postcodes. Last July, the [...]

The big questions for the Scottish media in 2008

Posted on 5 January, 2008 by Martin Stabe

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? What [...]

Times Online: Skeletons emerge from Kelvin MacKenzie’s cupboard

Posted on 24 December, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"[G]enealogical research revealed that he can count bankrupts, outlaws and even a man charged with being a murderer among his Aberdeenshire ancestors..."

FT.com: Scots’ free newspaper nears target

Posted on 11 December, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"[Trinity Mirror] says that after 10 weeks Business7 is already distributing 18,000 copies, hitting 90 per cent of its target of 20,000."

allmediascotland: Two More Titles Join Hyper-local Trend

Posted on 8 December, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"The latest addition to a growing list of hyper-local media in Scotland sees two community magazines being pushed through the letterboxes of homes in the Bearsden and Milngavie districts of Glasgow."

Scotland on Sunday: BBC orders rethink over Scottish news

Posted on 18 November, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"BBC chiefs have ordered a wide-ranging review of Scottish news coverage, amid growing claims licence fee payers are being short-changed north of the Border.:

The Herald: Public must know, says FoI chief

Posted on 25 October, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"The [Scottish] information watchdog today launches a strong attack on the way privatisation removes the public's right to know."

The Herald: Public bodies more open but reluctant to obey spirit of FoI law, claims study

Posted on 28 September, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"Public bodies have become more open since the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act was implemented but are still reluctant to give details, new research suggests."

Scotsman.com: £500,000 budget for broadcast review body under fire

Posted on 20 September, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"The new commission set up to look into the future of broadcasting in Scotland ... has been given a £500,000 budget, including a day rate of £387 for its chairman, the former BBC news and current affairs chief Blair Jenkins."

Sunday Herald: Revealed after a 31-month fight: Who gets the £115m farm subsidies

Posted on 16 September, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"After two and half years of secrecy and prevarication, the Scottish government has been forced by the Scottish information commissioner, Kevin Dunion, to name those who have benefited most from agricultural subsidies in the past."

Sunday Herald: Trinity Eyes Gap In Scottish Market With Free Weekly Business Paper

Posted on 9 September, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"Trinity will have sent a shot across the bows of the Scottish national newspapers... The new title also steals a march on London free business daily City AM, which has plans to launch in Scotland this year."

BBC Open Secrets: Heavy water

Posted on 29 August, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Rob Edwards has a story in the Sunday Herald about how the Scottish Executive used the risk of terrorist attack as an excuse to keep information about radioactive contamination in drinking water a secret.

Sunday Herald: Metro Goes North As Part Of Major Expansion

Posted on 12 August, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"Metro is set to launch in Dundee and Perth in the next few weeks as part of a major expansion around the UK. ... [T]otal daily distribution of the free paper is set to rise from 1.1 million to 1.35m copies as every UK edition is beefed up."

Scotsman.com: On the spot: Kevin Dunion, Freedom of Information Commissioner

Posted on 3 June, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Scottish Info Commissioner: "Very few of the cases across my desk could be described as 'strange' - the overwhelming majority come from people simply attempting to address the very real issues that affect their lives."

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