Posts Tagged with "local press"

Local Newspapers

Friday, February 12, 2010

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This morning I attended a Local Newspaper Summit, which was organised by Jim Mather MSP, Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism. The seminar was well attended by a wide range of people involved in the newspaper and broadcasting industry in Scotland.  Clearly many people involved in producing local newspapers remain very concerned about Government plans to [...]

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Yesterday’s debate on local newspapers

Friday, January 29, 2010

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Labour’s debate on local newspapers in the Scottish Parliament yesterday was a victory for local democracy. At present local authorities must advertise public information notices in newspapers, predominantly local newspapers. The Government has plans to remove this duty and allow councils to advertise these notices only on web sites. On the face of it this might seem [...]

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Local Press

Thursday, July 30, 2009

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As I mentioned in my blog of 2 July, the recent decision by the Scottish Government  to end advertising public notices in local newspapers will have a devastating effect on local newspapers across Scotland. My own local papers, the Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser and the Wishaw Press have a strong and proven track record of campaigning [...]

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