http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/ Spike articles en-gb info@allmediascotland.com info@flamegreen.com 30 http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2634/16052008/SMG_Annual_Meeting_to_Hear_Upbeat_Message Shareholders in stv owners can expect an unbeat presentation from the company’s chair, when they gather today for the SMG annual general meeting. In a statement issued this morning, Richard Findlay, says he believes SMG is now able to ‘punch above its weight’,... Fri, 16 May 2008 08:17:49 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2633/16052008/Wave102_Changing_Hands A Dundee radio station is understood to have been bought by a consortium led by a former managing director of Radio Forth. Wave102 had been a target of Adam Findlay some months ago, and it is expected a formal announcement about the sale - from UTV, owners of Edinburgh-based talk107 - is to be... Fri, 16 May 2008 08:16:47 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2632/16052008/Edward_Lands_ITN_Corr_Post A co-presenter on stv’s new, news magazine show has been appointed ITN’s Scotland correspondent. Debi Edward - who had previously worked on stv’s news flagship, Scotland Today, before joining ‘the five thirty show’, with Stephen Jardine - will... Fri, 16 May 2008 08:13:54 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2631/16052008/Chomet_in_Cannes_with_Next_Project The Edinburgh-based French animator, Sylvain Chomet, who made the Oscar-nominated Belleville Rendezvous, is at the Cannes Film Festival, with a show-reel of his latest venture. With his producing partner and wife, Sally, he has excepts from their new feature, The Illusionist. The 22 million... Fri, 16 May 2008 08:13:18 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2630/16052008/Charity_to_Benefit_from_Peek_at_the_Stars A charity set up by a former astrologer on the Sunday Mail has captured the services of the newspaper’s current stargazer to help it celebrate its 21st birthday. Next month, Frank Pilkington presents his specially created one-man show on behalf of the Darlinda Charity for Renal... Fri, 16 May 2008 08:12:27 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2629/16052008/New_Wins_See_Holyrood_Partnership_go_Fourth An Edinburgh-based PR agency is celebrating a quartet of new business wins, including for Scotland’s biggest independent expert in the design, fit-out and relocation of office and business spaces. Holyrood Partnership - set up by two former journalists on the Edinburgh Evening News -... Fri, 16 May 2008 08:11:26 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2628/15052008/Scotland_Day_Set_for_Cannes_Festival The Cannes film festival has just begun and, for the Scottish film industry, its highlight is likely to be on Tuesday, with a marketing push aimed at, among other, filmmakers who might use the country as a location. ‘Scotland Day’ will see Scottish Screen promoting the... Thu, 15 May 2008 08:13:08 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2627/15052008/Johnston_Share_Price_Drops_on_Rights_Issue_News The price of shares in Johnston Press - the publisher of The Scotsman - fell by 20.5p yesterday, to 115.25p, following news it was seeking to raise £212 million, partly to offset declining advertising revenue. Yesterday, the group announced that - subject to shareholder approval, at... Thu, 15 May 2008 08:12:23 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2626/15052008/London_Calling The Herald was yesterday reporting a long-running battle for the ownership of the Dobbies Garden Centre group. It contained an interesting final paragraph. It read: “James Barnes, chief executive of Dobbies Garden Centres, did not respond to a request for comment. Dobbies'... Thu, 15 May 2008 08:11:32 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2625/15052008/Webbys_Win_for_Glasgow_Law_News_Team A former media correspondent on the Sunday Herald is celebrating the website he works on being chosen among the best in the world. Matthew Magee provides a weekly podcast for a legal news and information service run by a Glasgow law practice. OUT-LAW.com is owned by Pinsent Masons LLP and... Thu, 15 May 2008 08:10:36 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2624/14052008/Johnston_Press_to_Stage_Rights_Issue The publishers of The Scotsman newspaper has announced it is hoping to raise over 200 million pounds, mostly by issuing new shares. This morning, Johnston Press, issued a statement saying that, subject to the approval of shareholders, it intends to raise £212.3 million by a... Wed, 14 May 2008 08:37:19 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2623/14052008/Edinburgh_TV_Festival_Launches_Line-up Celebrity chef, Jamie Oliver, and comedy writer, Armando Iannucci, have been lined up to give keynote speeches at this year’s Edinburgh International TV Festival, which has just announced the bulk of its programme. The festival, sponsored by the MediaGuardian and taking place in... Wed, 14 May 2008 08:10:27 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2622/14052008/Student_Showcase_Announces_Shortlist A long-established Scotland-only student journalism competition has announced its shortlist for this year. The Write Stuff, now in its eleventh year, is open to students  on journalism courses at HND, under-graduate and post-graduate levels, and has this year attracted entries from... Wed, 14 May 2008 08:09:22 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2621/14052008/Scots_Triumph_at_Sonys It proved to be a pretty impressive night for Scots at the ‘Oscars’ of the UK radio industry, the Sonys. In the Specialist Music Programme category, 97.3 Forth One’s ‘Friday Night Floorfillers with Krystle’, beat off contenders from both BBC... Wed, 14 May 2008 08:07:49 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2620/14052008/Magee_Makes_Awards_Roster A Scots freelance business writer has been nominated for an UK-wide journalism prize celebrating the best work on the specialist subject of information security. Bill Magee, a regulator contributor to Scotland on Sunday, has been shortlisted in this year’s BT Information Security... Wed, 14 May 2008 08:03:38 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2619/13052008/MPs_to_be_Briefed_on_Herald_Job_Cuts Officials from the National Union of Journalists are to brief MPs at Westminster tomorrow on proposed job cuts at the Herald group of newspapers - the fourth round of redundancies in five years, with some 20 editorial posts facing the axe and a further 20 in non-editorial. The NUJ will seek to... Tue, 13 May 2008 07:40:41 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2618/13052008/Picture_This_-_Pt_2 Maybe publishing pics of fans of Spanish football club, Espanyol, is easier after all. Following yesterday’s Spike tale - here - of the Evening Times publishing a pic of Espanyol fans, to accompany a piece about Rangers ones, it has since emerged that the paper has apologised for... Tue, 13 May 2008 07:39:44 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2617/13052008/Profile_Plus_Flying_High_with_New_Account_Win An Edinburgh-based PR agency has secured a commission from Europe’s largest low-fares airline, easyJet. Profile Plus won the Scottish consumer PR account for easyJet, following a three-way pitch led by senior account Manager, Kerry Teakle.   The win comes on the back of... Tue, 13 May 2008 07:37:30 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2616/12052008/Survey_Reveals_Support_for_%91Scottish_Six%92 A small majority of Scots are in favour of a ‘Scottish Six’ - ie an early evening, hour-long news programme covering Scottish, UK and international news, and produced and edited from Scotland - according to a survey published by a commission looking into the future of Scottish... Mon, 12 May 2008 08:45:58 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2615/12052008/Gap_Widens_Slightly_Between_Scottish_Sun_Sales_and_Records As predicted on Friday, on allmediascotland.com, the gap between the top two-selling daily newspapers in Scotland has slightly widened, following publication of the latest monthly sales figures. On average, during April, a gap of 35,910 separated the Scottish Sun from its nearest rival, the... Mon, 12 May 2008 08:44:37 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2614/12052008/Gribbon_Finally_Nets_Top_Marketing_Title The managing director of an Edinburgh-based brands consultancy has been chosen Marketeer of the Year at the annual awards run by the Marketing Society (Scotland). Glen Gribbon, of charteredbrands, beat off the challenge of three other contenders to the take the title, having been nominated on... Mon, 12 May 2008 08:43:43 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2613/12052008/Marketing_Slogans_A_Cut_Above_the_Rest The skills of Scotland’s top marketeers was put to the test at an annual awards ceremony, held on Friday: come up with a slogan for a shop specialising in, er, circumcision. It was a challenge set by compere, BBC Scotland presenter, Dougie Vipond, following a gag that began:... Mon, 12 May 2008 08:43:01 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2612/12052008/Fiction_Proving_Ace_Move_for_Rafferty A freelance journalist has found a new avenue for her writing skills - greetings cards comprising 300 word-long stories. Glasgow-based Jean Rafferty already has packs of her ‘flash fiction’ tales in her local Borders book store. And the imminent delivery, some time this... Mon, 12 May 2008 08:42:25 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2611/12052008/Picture_This Odd picture, perhaps, gracing Friday’s edition of the Evening Times? Accompanying the headline, ‘Train Ger Danger’, was a photograph of fans disembarking from a Glasgow train. The story was about thousands of Rangers fans possibly being turned away at Glasgow... Mon, 12 May 2008 08:41:55 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2610/09052008/Sun_to_Increase_Price_to_30p For the first time since December four years ago, the Scottish Sun is to be sold for 30p - its standard price - starting Monday. Back then, it was selling some 338,000 copies, and within 18 months was down to just 10p per copy. The top-selling daily newspaper in Scotland, it currently retails... Fri, 9 May 2008 08:26:17 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2609/09052008/Revamp_Scheduled_for_Scotsman The Scotsman newspaper is be slightly revamped, to devote more space to debate and opinion. The move - which will also see the creation of a Life & Arts section - comes as the paper launches a series of debates, including on the future of the Scottish media. The 28th of this month... Fri, 9 May 2008 08:25:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2608/09052008/Ad_Revenue_Down_at_Daily_Record_and_Sunday_Mail Advertising revenues  at Trinity Mirror's two Scottish titles, the Daily Record and the Sunday Mail, fell by 5.2 per cent in the first four months of this year. According to a report in the MediaGuardian, the drop in revenue at the Scottish titles compares with a decrease of 4.3... Fri, 9 May 2008 08:24:16 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2607/09052008/BBC_Radio_Scotland_Launching_Business_Show Sunday sees a new programme being launched on BBC Radio Scotland - devoted to Scottish business. Presented every Sunday from 10am, by Graham Stewart, The Business promises to “talk to people at the heart of the Scottish economy, from small businesses to multinationals”. ... Fri, 9 May 2008 08:23:22 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2606/08052008/Edinburgh_Film_Fest_Announces_Programme Another Edinburgh-shot movie has made it on to roster of the city’s international film festival, which yesterday announced its programme. After last year’s screening of Hallam Foe, this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival has included Trouble Sleeping in... Thu, 8 May 2008 08:10:03 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/spike/2605/08052008/More_Prizes_at_Golf_Fundraiser A golf day to raise funds for the Journalists’ Charity has secured a pair of the hottest tickets in town - as late addition prizes. The Wryter Cup Golf Day - at Loch Lomond on Monday - has two tickets for Wednesday’s UEFA Cup final, where Rangers will take on Zenit St... Thu, 8 May 2008 08:07:49 BST