Fair dealing is essential for the future of trusted news
That tech giants dominate the digital world is hardly hot news, but when the numbers are laid out, the extent…
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Scottish Newsbrands signal they mean business
When my journalism career started 40 years ago, newspapers had the field to themselves and the biggest threat to continued… -
Advocates call for more defamation business
Most of us regard the law as the way a civilised society remains just that; laying down standards of conduct, to… -
Orkney, the BBC and why local newspapers are vital
I wrote this article for The Orcadian after a visit to the Northern Isles last week: Institution is a funny word;… -
BBC abuses its position with inaccurate claim about newspaper sales
Here is the news from BBC Scotland: “Papers sold below full price are deemed less valuable to the industry, not… -
Obscurity no defence for pixilated pictures of sex crime victims
The lengths to which The Sun went to obscure a picture of the 15-year-old girl with whom footballer Adam Johnson… -
Protection against defamation lawyers: make sure you can prove the allegations you publish
As MP Natalie McGarry found out last week, with an unblemished reputation, the best lawyers in the business and the deepest… -
Four million Scottish adults can’t be ignored
Every month, four million adult Scots turn to a newspaper for information; whether on a mobile phone, a desktop or… -
Snooping on journalists’ sources: the hole Police Scotland can’t stop digging
For Police Scotland, the issue of spying on journalists and their sources has become a hole in which they… -
Commercial impact missing from debate about future of BBC Scotland
Thanks to the Edinburgh Television Festival last week and the First Minister’s well-received speech on the future of the BBC…