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Alastair Dunnett. Sir Alastair MacTavish Dunnett (26 December 1908 – 2 September 1998) was a Scottish journalist and newspaper editor. He edited The Daily Record newspaper for nine years and The Scotsman newspaper from 1956 to 1972. In 1975 he became chairman of Thomson Scottish Petroleum and was much involved in the establishment of the oil ...
The Scotsman. The Scotsman is a Scottish compact newspaper and daily news website headquartered in Edinburgh. First established as a radical political paper in 1817, it began daily publication in 1855 and remained a broadsheet until August 2004. Its parent company, National World, also publishes the Edinburgh Evening News.
Not to be confused with Freddy Johnson or Freedy Johnston. Frederick Patrick Mair, better known as Freddy Johnston (September 15, 1935 – May 1, 2022) was a Scottish journalist. [1] He owned and served as the chairman of Johnston Press. [2] [3] He was also known as Mr Freddy.
The Herald is a Scottish broadsheet newspaper founded in 1783. [ 2] The Herald is the longest running national newspaper in the world [ 3] and is the eighth oldest daily paper in the world. [ 4] The title was simplified from The Glasgow Herald in 1992. [ 5] Following the closure of the Sunday Herald, the Herald on Sunday was launched as a ...
In Scotland, two broadsheet newspapers have made the switch to 'compact' format. The Scotsman did so in August 2004, and the Sunday Herald followed in November 2005. In addition to newspapers published in Scotland, including Scottish editions of United Kingdom newspapers, a number of local newspapers published in other parts of the British Isles are widely available.
Allen Wright (22 February 1932 - 16 November 1997) was a Scottish arts critic and journalist. He was, for nearly 30 years, arts editor of The Scotsman newspaper, and was regarded as a champion of young critics. Wright first began to review at the annual Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1957 [1] and today, the young writers' award at the Fringe is ...
A mic check with Cincinnati's Queen-tastic glam rockers. A film crew prepares to adjust set up lights on the set of “Wise Guys” starring Robert De Niro. Buildings on 8th street in downtown ...
Gannett Company, Inc. was formed in 1923 by Frank Gannett in Rochester, New York, as an outgrowth of the Elmira Gazette, a newspaper business he had begun in Elmira, New York, in 1906. Gannett, who was known as a conservative, [ 9] gained notability and fortune by purchasing small independent newspapers and developing them into a large chain, a ...