THE back page of today’s Scotsman newspaper is partly taken up by a report of tributes to the title’s former chief football writer, Glenn Gibbons – who has died, aged 69.
Says the paper, Gibbons died after bearing “a serious illness with fortitude for several months”.
And among those paying tribute is the former Aberdeen and Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson.
Read more, here.
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DIVERSITY in the workplace. Dominic Mills – columnist on MediaTel.co.uk – considers just how diverse staff mixes are in the advertising industry.
He writes (here): “In fact, as things currently stand, the ad industry doesn’t do too badly on workforce diversity. According to the latest [Institute of Practitioners in Advertising] Census, about 12 per cent of the industry workforce is of BAME (black, Asian, minority ethnic) origin. That compares with 13 per cent across the population as a whole.
“That’s ok, and certainly a whole lot better than in 2005, when the BAME proportion of the advertising workforce was just 5.1 per cent.
“But here’s the thing: one in four school-age children is of BAME origin, and pretty soon they will be making their way into the workforce. At that point they will become economically active, and therefore of great interest to clients.
“If the ad industry’s unique selling proposition is that it understands audiences, and how to create the messages that resonate with those audiences, it helps if those audiences are represented in its workforce.”
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A SATIRICAL news show on YouTube and an online Scots news show that hopes to relaunch with a new name on St Andrew’s Night, are both considered in an article on heraldscotland.com, that “looks at some of the indie alternatives to mainstream TV coverage of Scottish politics”.
Julie McDowall considers Dateline Scotland and Referendum TV, the latter aiming to relaunch as Broadcasting Scotland.
Read McDowall’s piece, here.
Watch Dateline Scotland’s indyref special, from last month, here…
And watch a promotional video – by the comedian, Bruce Fummey – on behalf of Broadcasting Scotland, here…
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THE Tweeddale Press Group is seeking a senior reporter, to operate out of its Selkirk office – as advertised here on allmediascotland and repeated on the twitter feed, allmediajobs.
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BEGINS radiotoday.co.uk, under the heading, ‘Robin Galloway to leave Bauer for Heart': “Robin Galloway is returning to his old breakfast show on Scotland’s regional FM radio station, replacing Ewen Cameron.
“Ewen Cameron took over the show from Robin in 2011 after Robin and his former producer Barrie left following a practical joke which went wrong. Robin challenged Barrie to streak past a studio window where Labour leader Ed Miliband was being interviewed.”
Read more, here.
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THE Edinburgh-based global travel search site, Skyscanner, has been named among 20 nominations for the title, Brand of the Year, by the Marketing Society.
Voting ends on the 14th of next month for the UK-wide accolade that includes, on the shortlist, the likes of IKEA and BT Sport.
Read more, here.
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AN obituary appears in The Scotsman today of Scot, Simon Martin – who trained as a journalist, then worked in public relations, before carving a career as a diver.
Read more, here.
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SPORTS reporters have reportedly welcomed the new Bolton FC manager – former Celtic boss, Neil Lennon – by donning woolly hats.
Says holdthefrontpage.co.uk (here), the prank follows Lennon banning players from wearing hats during training.
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