Comments on: Former editor: Scottish dailies ‘living on borrowed time’ http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/news/scottish-newspapers-are-living-on-borrowed-time-says-former-editor/ The home of UK regional journalism news and jobs Wed, 22 May 2013 08:39:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ex-Courier journo http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/news/scottish-newspapers-are-living-on-borrowed-time-says-former-editor/#comment-19520 Ex-Courier journo Fri, 04 May 2012 08:48:39 +0000 http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/?p=1628230#comment-19520 He can speak for himself. Last I checked The Courier in Dundee had a healthy bank balance. Its sales may well be declining (as with all others) but its multi-million pound profit margins seemed strong, And, because it's a family-run business rather than a greedy expansion-at-all-costs congolmerate, it looks set to weather the storm far better, and for far longer, than many of the other regional/local publishers out there who stretched themselves wafer thin in the pursuit of the almighty pound and are paying the price now. He can speak for himself. Last I checked The Courier in Dundee had a healthy bank balance. Its sales may well be declining (as with all others) but its multi-million pound profit margins seemed strong, And, because it’s a family-run business rather than a greedy expansion-at-all-costs congolmerate, it looks set to weather the storm far better, and for far longer, than many of the other regional/local publishers out there who stretched themselves wafer thin in the pursuit of the almighty pound and are paying the price now.

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