BBC abuses its position with inaccurate claim about newspaper sales Here is the news from BBC Scotland: “Papers sold below full price are deemed less valuable to the industry, not…
Obscurity no defence for pixilated pictures of sex crime victims The lengths to which The Sun went to obscure a picture of the 15-year-old girl with whom footballer Adam Johnson…
Protection against defamation lawyers: make sure you can prove the allegations you publish As MP Natalie McGarry found out last week, with an unblemished reputation, the best lawyers in the business and the deepest…
Four million Scottish adults can’t be ignored Every month, four million adult Scots turn to a newspaper for information; whether on a mobile phone, a desktop or…
Snooping on journalists’ sources: the hole Police Scotland can’t stop digging For Police Scotland, the issue of spying on journalists and their sources has become a hole in which they…
Commercial impact missing from debate about future of BBC Scotland Thanks to the Edinburgh Television Festival last week and the First Minister’s well-received speech on the future of the BBC…
New figures show Scottish readers still want news from newspapers Last week saw further rationalisation announced in the Scottish newspaper industry, as well as the publication of both the National…
Whittingdale’s BBC review is welcome and not before time Just like the launch of TV-AM in 1983, the BBC has been quick out the blocks to tackle a threat…
Newspapers and how advertisers get the most for their money In such a competitive media environment, advertisers want to ensure that they get maximum benefit from every penny they spend.…
No customers, no audience and no incentive: what’s the point of the Press recognition panel? There was a distinct sense of unreality at Glasgow Caledonian University this week when a dozen or so assorted media types…