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I WAS, for a whole decade, one of a three per cent media minority, and proud of it. Because that teeny, tiny little figure is the percentage of female

GOOD year, bad year? As 2013 draws to a close, we ask Vicki Nash, director of the Scottish division of broadcasting regulators, Ofcom: 'How has it been for

WHEN you tell them they have made a mistake, why is it that some newspaper editors take it personally? Surely they are experienced enough to know mistakes happen all

GOOD year, bad year? As 2013 draws to a close, we ask Gordon Young, publisher and editor of The Drum media and marketing magazine: 'How has it been

GOOD year, bad year? As 2013 draws to a close, we ask Annie Wood, a co-founder of Radio Clyde and now a freelance broadcast media and employability trainer:

A NEWLY-launched Highlands-based comms agency has secured itself £10,000 worth of cash and support. The Wee Agency saw the coming together of three agencies - providing PR, design, marketing and IT

AN award-winning radio broadcaster has joined the station, YOUR Radio - which serves the Firth of Clyde, including Dumbarton and Helensburgh - to present a three-hour, weekday breakfast programme

GOOD year, bad year? As 2013 draws to a close, we ask John McLellan, former editor-in-chief at The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday and now director of the

GOOD year, bad year? As 2013 draws to a close, we ask Rona Dougall, presenter of STV’s current affairs programme, Scotland Tonight: 'How has it been for

SCOTLAND'S new single policing service has begun consultation with staff as it seeks to restructure its corporate communications function, in the wake of the recent merging of eight

THE Scots academic, Dr George McGavin, is to present a two-part anatomy series as part of a raft of science programmes to be broadcast on BBC Two and

READERSHIP figures in Scotland for the print editions of both The Herald and the Daily Star of Scotland newspaper have each fallen, year-on-year, by in excess of 30

IF you are reading this, it is reasonable to assume that, like me, you are a news junkie. We like - indeed, love - newspapers. But we also

JULIE Watt is an account manager at Pagoda Public Relations. She says she has been working in the Scottish media industry for eight years, both as a journalist

JUST how might sports clubs build their fanbase and audience numbers? Is it a mug's game to try to correlate marketing flair with 'bums on seats' when, perhaps,

AN independent Scotland would set up its own broadcasting service, funded by the TV licence fee gathered in Scotland that is currently used to fund the BBC. The creation

MARKETING over Coffee is a weekly podcast presented, from the USA, by Jon Wall and Christopher Penn, who include CBS Evening News, The Associated Press, The Boston Globe, The Wall

ARE Scotland’s local weekly newspapers 'cutting their own throats'? Has the fact that they seem to have nearly all gone 'tabloid' - both in size and attitude - put

NOT for the first time - including last year - the Inverness-based radio station, Moray Firth Radio, has been named the 'best small radio station' in Scotland. The accolade comes