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Island newspaper bought by former rival

The Hebridean newspaper, which recently stopped production after just nine months in operation, has been bought by its former rival, the Stornoway Gazette. The deal follows the closure of The Hebridean earlier this month, resulting in the loss of four

Islands' newspaper closes

A newspaper set up to serve the Western Isles of Scotland has closed after just nine months. A lack of advertising support and no assistance from public enterprise agencies, which could have helped the start-up, were blamed for the demise

Local ownership the key for new weekly venture

The Hebridean will be published for the first time tomorrow when a project to bring a second weekly newspaper to the Western Isles of Scotland becomes reality. Editor Peter Urpeth is working with local freelance journalists Iain Maciver and Eric

Press division revenues continue to rise

Scottish Radio Holdings’ press division is continuing to do well, seeing an eight per cent rise in like-for-like revenues between October and December. Score Press, which publishes 45 local weekly newspapers in Scotland and Ireland, helped the group get off

Press profits up nine per cent

Scottish Radio Holdings’ press division has seen profits rise by an estimated nine per cent in the last year. According to the latest trading update for the group, which publishes 45 local weekly newspapers in Scotland and Ireland, Score Press