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Awards shortlisting for Caledonian Mercury
March 16, 2010

LESS than two months since its launch, a Scottish online news service has been shortlisted for...

Blogging The Political – Book review, by Andrew Tibbs
March 15, 2010

THERE’S no doubt that social media is now accepted as part of the norm on the...

Public Journalism 2.0 – Book Review, by Andrew Tibbs
March 10, 2010

PUB:IC Journalism 2.0 is a collection of essays which seeks to look at the evolution,...

Advertising body predicts sales surge from broadband push
February 25, 2010

WHEN the near five per cent of people in the UK who still have dial-up internet...

STV launches mobile iPhone app
February 24, 2010

STV’s news output is expected to be available via an application on the iPhone and...

In my opinion: Mary Harper: Take care rushing to adopt social media
February 23, 2010

THE digital media is no stranger to misplaced myths and hothead hype. Since its inception,...

DC Thomson receives provisional approval to buy Friends Reunited
February 18, 2010

THE publisher of the Sunday Post newspaper has received a boost from UK competition authorities...

Growth of Scotland’s digital industry the aim of new service
February 16, 2010

SCOTLAND’S digital media industry has a new champion in the shape of a support service and...

McAlpine scoops Scottish media blog award
February 11, 2010

THE features editor at The Sunday Times Scotland has had her personal blog recognised as...

Status magazine launch symbol of glossy digital publishing in Scotland
February 4, 2010

RUGBY’S Six Nations leads the editorial of a new, high-quality digital magazine just launched by...

Video-making training places up for grabs
February 2, 2010

TRAINING places on courses designed to introduce journalists on how to make video packages, including for...

A whole Newsnight Scotland devoted to launch of Caledonian Mercury
January 26, 2010

THE prospects for Scotland’s new online ‘newspaper’, Caledonian Mercury – launched yesterday – were the...

Day one of Caledonian Mercury attracts almost 30,000 unique visitors
January 25, 2010

DAY one of a new online newspaper for Scotland has attracted – as of 5pm –...

Caledonian Mercury takes its place on the virtual newsstand
January 25, 2010

THE former editor of scotsman.com, Stewart Kirkpatrick, has proven as good as his word: he...

Roper unveiled as STV’s digital news editor
January 22, 2010

STV has unveiled a recent former senior member of staff at The Herald as its...

Daily Record web editor among all-star cast speaking at social media dinner
January 19, 2010

THE editor of the Daily Record’s website is among three speakers lined up to speak...

Former newspaper reporter officially launches digital consultancy
January 19, 2010

THERE was a campaigning zeal to him when he was a newspaper journalist, and Craig...

My top ten: Ewan McIntosh, digital consultant
January 12, 2010

CONTINUING an editorial strand started a couple of weeks ago, digital consultant, Ewan McIntosh, shares details...

In my opinion: Michael Romilly: The Guardian iPhone app ‘raises the bar’ for newspaper bosses
January 3, 2010

WITH the recent release of their iPhone application, The Guardian newspaper has ‘raised the bar’...