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Forfar Dispatch
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Weeklies cut all web editorial content in bid to drive traffic to Facebook
Six sister newspapers make change
Weekly’s first-ever reporter who later became editor dies aged 71
Reporter met future wife at newspaper
Group editor of 14 titles to leave Johnston Press
News chief has spent 25 years in regional press
ABC figures: How the UK's weekly newspapers fared
Latest circulations for all the weeklies revealed
ABC figures: How all the weeklies performed
The full list of circulation figures for all 791 weekly titles
Editors on the move at sister papers
A reshuffle at the Fife Free Press Group has seen three of its titles get new editors. Iain Muirhead has been appointed editor of the East Fife Mail after previously editing sister title the Glenrothes Gazette. He succeeds Graeme Scott
Scots papers snapped up by media firm
Three Scottish newspapers acquired by Johnston Press as part of its deal to buy Regional Independent Media earlier this year are being sold on. The Galloway Gazette, Carrick Gazette and Stornoway Gazette/West Coast Advertiser are to be transferred to Scottish
Pushing Ahead with the County Press
The Angus County Press Group is linking up with a regional marketing drive for 2003 in a joint bid to boost awareness of the region and its strengths and opportunities. The company publishes the Forfar Dispatch and Kirriemuir Herald, which
'Outstanding performances' lead to record group results
“Outstanding performances” by Scottish Radio Holdings’ press and radio divisions has led to record turnover and operating profit for the group in the past year. Announcing its preliminary results for the to September 30, the media group revealed that turnover
Profits rise at media group
Scottish Radio Holdings’ press division has seen profits increase by 30 per cent, to £9.6m, in the past year. Score Press, which publishes 43 local weekly newspapers in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, saw revenues rise by
Ad revenues up for publishing/radio group
Increased newspaper advertising is being hailed a factor in a profits surge for the first half of the financial year at Scottish Radio Holdings. Its radio ventures have also improved their advertising figures with the result that pre-tax profits were
Press division's advertising and circulation revenues up
Scottish Radio Holdings’ press division has seen profits from continuing operations increase by seven per cent, to £7.4m, in the past year. Its total revenues, excluding exceptional items, went up by three per cent this year, while its profit margin