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Press November 18 2009 16:05

Pick of the Press: The Independent

Although there is a saltire placed above the masthead of The Independent, no-one buys the paper in Scotland for Scottish news. It is bought, instead, for the sorts of stories that make not only...

Press November 16 2009 21:30

Pick of the Press: The Herald

While many of its rivals major on the chances of Scotland football team boss, George Burley, surviving yet another calamitous defeat (he was later to be sacked), The Herald splashes with an...

General media November 12 2009 18:45

Pick of the Press: The Times

The Times is a beautifully-designed newspaper, at least its first three pages, which - to allmediascotland's liking - includes its leader comments, on the inside front cover. It's very...

Press November 11 2009 12:06

Pick of the Press: The Scottish Sun

Sometimes finding a good front-page splash can be like pulling teeth: an excruciating experience. However, The Scottish Sun continues its Prime/First (delete whichever applicable) Minister bashing...

Press November 10 2009 13:03

Pick of the Press: Daily Star of Scotland

Often overlooked in the discussion of Scottish newspapers, the grandly-titled Daily Star of Scotland out-sells its stablemate, the Scottish Daily Express, as well all but three other titles. And...

Press November 09 2009 16:33

Pick of the Press: Scottish Daily Mail

Discipline. There's quite a lot of it in the first few pages of today's Scottish Daily Mail, plus - on page three - some pugilism, courtesy of boxer David Haye's world championship...

Press November 05 2009 11:59

Pick of the Press: The Courier

Given its claim on the Kingdom of Fife, as well as its native Dundee, it’s no shock that The Courier leads today on Gordon Brown’s call for MPs to take the prescribed medicine and cure...

Press November 04 2009 13:29

Pick of the Press: Daily Record

When new media meets old media, there’s bound to be a few stories up for grabs. Hence, why so many mainstream organisations are keeping close tabs on social networking sites to mine for...

Press November 03 2009 13:00

Pick of the Press: Press and Journal

In these troubled times for newspapers, the Press and Journal is weathering the storm better than most. Further evidence, perhaps, that it is its local reporting in the north of Scotland that is...

Press November 02 2009 17:32

Pick of the Press: Edinburgh Evening News

A City of Edinburgh councillor had a recorded delivery letter posted to her, by the council’s legal services department: at a cost to the taxpayer of £1.11. Thing is - as far as Green...

Press October 29 2009 11:32

Pick of the Press: Metro

Were the Metro newspaper to have a leader column, it would be no surprise if it were slightly left-leaning. But it doesn’t though that doesn’t stop the freesheet liking its...

Press October 28 2009 12:00

Pick of the Press: Scottish Sun

Exclusives may not always be what they claim to be, but today’s Scottish Sun splashes with the real thing, with accompanying, big-bold-red 'Exclusive' heading. Says the paper,...

Press October 26 2009 23:00

Pick of the Press: Scottish Daily Express

There is a lot of anger in today's Scottish Daily Express . If not fury at sex offenders being set free, to possibly re-offend, then claims of widespread bullying being suffered by local...

Press October 26 2009 12:00

Pick of the Press: Guardian

Monday is always a good day for media types to buy the Guardian , on account of its weekly supplement, published today, dedicated to the industry. But any day with this newspaper carries a fair...
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Derek Masterton

Derek Masterton was an assistant news editor at ...

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TGO

TGO (The Great Outdoors) is the UK-wide, ...

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Liz Hodgkinson

Whatever is happening to freelance fees? When I ...

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The Purcell Story

Ken Symon is among a number of commentators to ...

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The Jon Venables Case

Former Sun editor, Kelvin MacKenzie, was at his ...

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