The coming years will be difficult for those of us who keep our love for America close to the centre. Maybe it would be best if we took our feelings…
As with all legends, myths endure. Sir Sean Connery, who died last week, inspired a few. My own favourite dates from a time when the man from Edinburgh was at…
1. Demise of The Dumbarton Democrat after a five-year run One of Scotland’s preciously few independently-owned digital news platforms, The Dumbarton Democrat, has been forced to close and is looking…
1. Scottish Business Insider magazine ceases print publication The demise of Scottish Business Insider glossy A4 magazine, after a 38-year-long publication run, has prompted its most recent editor to declare…
1. US giant tech platforms earn £16bn-plus in UK A leading academic has discovered that news content created by British publishers helps generate billions of pounds every year in UK…
1. A controversial after-dinner speech at the Scottish Football Writers’ Association (SFWA) annual awards event in Glasgow on 8 May has produced a storm of criticism from some of Scotland’s…
1. A new report reveals that some 80% of journalists come from professional and upper-class backgrounds, as the number of the people working in the industry hits an estimated record…
1. Newspaper publisher JPIMedia has undergone a name-change after its owner National World decided its name ‘no longer’ reflects the business or its ambitions. It has been rebranded under the…
1. A new UK Government survey is asking journalists to share their experiences of threats and abuse. The research has been commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and…
1. The BBC dominated proceedings in the Royal Television Society Scotland Awards 2021, winning 17 of the 22 categories at stake. The awards were announced via a virtual ceremony hosted…
