‘Probable Extinction’ Facing Scottish Press, Predicts Neil

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• "The days of people buying their newspapers is coming to an end with the almost instant access to instant news. Free of charge is but a moment away. Time to take a look at other ways of bringing in revenue me thinks."
  Ross W 12/02/2008
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• "It's commercial suicide! Now where's my Herald cut-out-and-keep guide to Scottish Commercial Suicide?"
  Midge 12/02/2008
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• "And by the way, at least Brillo has the bottle to say what no senior person working in the Scottish Press knows is the truth. Then again, he achieved a lot, personally as a journalist if not at the Scotsman as publisher. The editors of 2008's only career footnote will be complicity in the demise of great institutions such as The Herald and Scotsman."
  wemuststrike 12/02/2008
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• "It's nothing to do with the owners thinking that Scots readers only want Scottish news, Newsquest and Johnston Press know the opposite is the case. They are just unwilling to finance a product that looks beyond the Holyrood soap opera and the dire bilge of Scottish affairs. The readers know it and that is why they pay up in fewer numbers than ever. The Herald and The Scotsman under their current management and editors are terrible papers who have lost their purpose and are fast becoming irrelevant. Unless they find talented replacements the papers will be unviable within a decade. End of."
  wemuststrike 12/02/2008
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• "We Scots are much more internationally-minded than our indigenous newspapers assume.If we're not globally aware, why do the non-tartan-tinged newspapers - notably, The Times,Telegraph & Guardian -do relatively well north of the border given their far from comprehensive coverage of our national affairs?"
  Ninian Reid 12/02/2008
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• "Yes Andrew, the Hootsman was a fantastic, innovative product when you were in charge. If only the entire media industry in Scotland had listened to you. Thing is, you're part of the problem. Muppet."
  LiamC 12/02/2008
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• "Andrew Neil's right. The Scottish press is doing the population a disservice. Both papers assume that all Scots want to hear about is things Scottish and Scotland. Scotland doesn't need their lame attempts to foster national sentiment or identity - it's been around too long for that. However, whatever agenda these papers might have, they have one thing in common - they are very dull. I'm off to set a fire with the Herald's Guide to Scottish Midges."
  Midge 12/02/2008
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• "Happy to keep the wire copy coming, but I was paid more in 1990 than today."
  Scaramanga 12/02/2008
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• "i agree with him certainly with regards to being forced to rely on wire copy due to constant cost cutting ... but i think he should be a bit more honest about the part he himself played in the demise of the scotsman!!"
  charlie 12/02/2008
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• "Oh my god - I agree with brillo. The joke is, we have become the joke."
  comic2 12/02/2008
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• "The Editors of these publications treat the Scottish public along with their own staff with contempt."
  murph 12/02/2008
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