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John Ritchie (3 February 1778 – 21 December 1870) was a Scottish newspaper owner. He was born at Kirkcaldy, Fife, and at an early age went in service to a small farmer near Largo. Later he returned to Kirkcaldy, working as a hand-loom weaver. In around 1800 he moved to Edinburgh (where his younger brother William was training in the law), and ...
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.
The Scotsman Publications Limited (TSPL) was the holding company of The Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday, Edinburgh Evening News and Herald & Post newspapers, and of the Scotsman.com website. The company was based in Edinburgh, Scotland. In December 2005 it was sold by Press Holdings in a £160 million deal to Johnston Press. [1]
Defunct newspapers. The Akron Press joined in 1925 with Akron Times to be The Akron Times-Press. The Barberton Herald (1923-2022) [ 2] Celina Democrat (1895–1921) [ 3] The Cedarville Herald (from July 1890 to December 1954) [ 4] Cincinnati Herald.
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 ...
Johnston Press plc was a multimedia company founded in Falkirk, Scotland, in 1767. [ 2][ 3] Its flagship titles included UK-national newspaper the i, The Scotsman, the Yorkshire Post, the Falkirk Herald, and Belfast 's The News Letter. The company was operating around 200 newspapers and associated websites around the United Kingdom and the Isle ...
Television news anchor/reporter, journalist (print and radio journalist in early career) Years active. 1943–1994. Albert Joseph "Al" Schottelkotte ( / ˈʃɒtəlkɒti / SHOT-əl-kot-ee; March 19, 1927 – December 25, 1996) was an American news anchor and reporter for Cincinnati 's WCPO-TV for 27 years, rising through the executive ranks at ...
James Braidwood (1800–1861) was a Scottish firefighter who was the first "Master of Engines", in the world's first municipal fire service in Edinburgh in 1824. [ 1] He was born in Edinburgh, the tenth child of Janet Mitchell and Francis James Braidwood, a cabinetmaker. The family lived in College Street next to the University of Edinburgh. [ 2]