Independent: Democracy can’t exist without newspapers

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."

The big questions for the Scottish media in 2008

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 [...]