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Wee County News

What we have written about Wee County News

November 2, 2011

Weekly titles rescued after publisher went bust

Axed journalists get their jobs back

June 27, 2011

Scottish weekly newspaper publisher goes bust

Seven jobs at risk over company collapse

August 25, 2010

ABC figures: How the UK's weekly newspapers fared

Latest circulations for all the weeklies revealed

February 25, 2010

ABC figures: How all the weeklies performed

The full list of circulation figures for all 791 weekly titles

June 15, 2009

Publisher goes Forth with second new title launch

More expansion with another title due in the autumn

June 10, 2008

Fast-growing independent newspaper group announces latest launch plans

Latest addition to Forth Independent Newspapers’ portfolio to hit the streets next week

December 3, 2007

Tamworth Herald and Kent on Sunday win top gongs at press awards

Click through for the winners and runners-up from last night’s event

November 26, 2007

Wee County News boss steps down after six years as editor

Joan McCann was part of paper’s management-led buyout and will remain a shareholder and director

November 26, 2007

Daily Journalist of the Yearaward shared for first time

One of the top awards in Scottish journalism has been shared for the first time. Allan Caldwell, of the Glasgow Evening Times, and Robert McNeil,…

June 25, 2007

Wee County News gets new sister paper

Launch of Allanwater News brings group’s tally of titles to three

June 25, 2007

Forth Independent buys East Kilbride Mail

Forth Independent Newspapers Ltd, publishers of the Wee County News, has bought the East Kilbride Mail for an undisclosed sum. The free weekly was launched…

June 25, 2007

Presidential role for Petrie

Ernest Petrie has been elected president of the Scottish Newspaper Publishers’ Association. Veteran newspaperman Ernest is chairman of Forth Independent Newspapers, which publishes the Alloa-based…

June 25, 2007

Scottish title gets its first MD

Pauline McCart has become the first managing director of the Wee County News. She has previously held senior positions at the Daily Record, Business a.m….

June 25, 2007

Management buy-out for former RIM title

Former Regional Independent Media group MD Ernest Petrie has taken on a new challenge – as part of a group that has bought the Alloa-based…

June 25, 2007

RIM expands its Scottish portfolio

Regional Independent Media Scotland Ltd, part of the RIM Group, is to acquire The Galloway Gazette. The deal includes three paid for weeklies, the Galloway…



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