THE Sunday Herald has seen its sales numbers increase, including year-on-year, according to latest official figures.
Says circulations auditing body, ABC, the title’s average circulation increased by 34.7 per cent period during the period July to December last year, compared to the same period the previous year, to stand at 32,021.
Its ‘period-on-period’ (from the average up to six months previously) figure was also up: 28.2 per cent.
It follows the publication, yesterday, of the ABC’s six-monthly report about regional newspapers (as opposed to nationals, which are reported monthly) – which saw across-the-board circulation falls.
Read more, here.
The topic was discussed last night on the BBC Scotland current affairs programme, Scotland 2015. View it, here (from the 22’30” mark).
And also last night, on the STV programme, Scotland Tonight – which featured Sunday Herald editor, Richard Walker.
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STV has announced an increase in revenue by seven per cent and operating profit by eight per cent, in full-year financial results issued this morning.
Say the results, revenue increased between 2013 and 2014, to £120.4 million, while operating profit increased, over the same period, to £19.5 million.
Read more, here.
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A SCOTS media awards competition that seeks to “recognise high-quality, fair and accurate coverage of issues affecting refugees and people seeking asylum” has issued a call for entries.
Co-ordinated by Scottish Refugee Council, British Red Cross and the National Union of Journalists in Scotland, the Refugee Festival Scotland Media Awards are now in their 15th year.
The deadline for entries is April 10.
Read more, here.
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TWEETED (here) by the editor of The National newspaper, Richard Walker: “So I pushed the button and then this happened…”
The recently-launched paper’s website appears to be fully up and running.
Take a look: www.thenational.scot.
Unlimited access will cost (as detailed here) £3.99 per month or £5.50 for a turnpage digital edition of the paper – with a discount applying for a 12-month subscription.
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BEGINS an announcement from the Royal Statistical Society, about a journalism awards competition it runs: “Journalists who have used statistics to tell a story could be in the running for one of four awards from the Royal Statistical Society.
“The Society is encouraging entries for its 2015 ‘Statistical Excellence in Journalism’ awards, which recognises writers and broadcasters for their good – and accurate – use of numbers. Now in its ninth year, the awards have previously been scooped by reporters from the BBC, Guardian and Financial Times, amongst others.”
Read more, here.
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THE Edinburgh-based PR agency, CM Porter Novelli, has announced two, new client wins – The Majestic Line and the Scottish Seabird Centre – in a media release posted, here, on allmediascotland.com.
allmediascotland.com provides organisations the facility to post media releases, as explained here.
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TRAINING on search engine optimisation (SEO) and also ePublishing is to be offered next month by the Scotland office of the National Union of Journalists.
The SEO training is scheduled for the 17th, while the ePublishing course is the following day, the 18th.
For more information, contact Joan Macdonald, here.
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BEGINS a media release posted on allmediascotland.com, from The BIG Partnership: “The BIG Partnership, Scotland’s largest PR and digital marketing agency, has grown profits by ten per cent, to £1.16 million in the year to May 31 2014.
“With five offices in Scotland and England, turnover increased to £7.8m from £7.1m and profits grew from £1.05m.”
Read more, here.
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BEGINS an announcement from BBC Scotland: “BBC Scotland take the wraps off a wide range of exciting new and returning comedy, filmed in Scotland, including Mountain Goats, Two Doors Down, Burnistoun’s Big Night, Scot Squad and Stop/Start, highlighting its commitment to comedy.”
Read more, here.
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