The Scotsman
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The Scotsman is a Scottish compact newspaper and daily news website headquartered in Edinburgh. First established as a radical political paper in 1817, it began daily publication in 1855 and remained a broadsheet until August 2004. Its parent company, National World, also publishes the Edinburgh Evening News. It had an audited print circulation of 8,762 for July to December 2022.[4] Its website, Scotsman.com, had an average of 138,000 unique visitors a day as of 2017.[5] The title celebrated its bicentenary on 25 January 2017.
History
The Scotsman was conceived in 1816
The paper was pledged to "impartiality, firmness and independence". The price was originally 6d plus 4d tax.
The fledgling paper was originally based at 257 High Street on the Royal Mile.[10] Until 1860 the Scotsman was co-housed with the Caledonian Mercury newspaper.[11]
In 1860, The Scotsman obtained a purpose built office on
In 1953 the newspaper was bought by Canadian millionaire Roy Thomson who was in the process of building a large media group. The paper was bought in 1995 by David and Frederick Barclay for £85 million. They moved the newspaper from its Edinburgh office on North Bridge, which is now an upmarket hotel, to modern offices in Holyrood Road designed by Edinburgh architects CDA, near the subsequent location of the Scottish Parliament Building. The daily was awarded by the Society for News Design (SND) the World's Best Designed Newspaper for 1994.[14]
In December 2005, The Scotsman along with its sister titles owned by
In 2012, The Scotsman was named Newspaper of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards.[15]
In 2006 Barclay Brothers sold Barclay House to Irish property magnate Lochlann Quinn, and in 2013 Scottish video games maker Rockstar North, of Grand Theft Auto fame, signed the lease, causing Johnston Press group to move out in June 2014.[16][17] Johnston Press have downsized to refurbished premises at Orchard Brae House in Queensferry Road, Edinburgh, a move which was quoted as saving the group £1million per annum in rent.[18]
The newspaper backed a 'No' vote in the referendum on Scottish independence.[19]
In November 2018, Johnston Press filed for
In July 2023 an extra 52 years were added to the archive along the previous archives (1951–2002).
Editors
- 1817: William Ritchie
- 1817: Charles Maclaren
- 1818: John Ramsay McCulloch
- 1843: John Hill Burton (acting)
- 1846: Alexander Russel
- 1876: Robert Wallace
- 1880: Charles Alfred Cooper[22]
- 1905: John Pettigrew Croal[23]
- 1924: George A. Waters
- 1944: James Murray Watson
- 1955: John Buchanan (acting)
- 1956: Alastair Dunnett
- 1972: Eric MacKay
- 1985: Chris Baur
- 1988: Magnus Linklater
- 1994: Andrew Jaspan
- 1995: James Seaton
- 1997: Martin Clarke
- 1998: Alan Ruddock
- 2000: Tim Luckhurst
- 2000: Rebecca Hardy
- 2001: Iain Martin
- 2004: John McGurk
- 2006: Mike Gilson[24]
- 2009: John McLellan
- 2012: Ian Stewart
- 2017: Frank O'Donnell
- 2020: Joy Yates
- 2021: Neil McIntosh[25]
See also
- List of newspapers in Scotland
- List of newspapers by date
References
- ^ "JPI Media appoints Neil McIntosh as new editor of The Scotsman". The Scotsman. 10 February 2021. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Readers Charter – JPIMedia Ltd".
- ^ "The Scotsman". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 26 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "The Scotsman | July to December 2022" (PDF). ABC. 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Online Property: Activity Certificate: July to December 2016. The Scotsman.com" (PDF). Audit Bureau of Circulations. 23 February 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ Grant's Old and New Edinburgh vol.2 p.283
- ^ "The Scotsman Archive: Search". The Scotsman Digital Archive. UK. 25 January 1817. Archived from the original on 19 October 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Grant's Old and New Edinburgh vol.2 p.283
- ^ Grant's Old and New Edinburgh vol.2 p.283
- ^ "(204) – Towns > Edinburgh > 1805–1834 – Post Office annual directory > 1832–1833 – Scottish Directories – National Library of Scotland". digital.nls.uk. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ Grant's Old and New Edinburgh vol.2, p. 283
- ^ Dictionary of Scottish Architects: Peddie & Kinnear
- ^ Archive, The Scotsman Digital. "About – Scotsman Digital Archive". archive.scotsman.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "World's Best-Designed winners (2006)". Society for News Design. 23 February 2011. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "John McLellan collects newspaper of the year award". Press Gazette. UK. 20 April 2012. Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- ^ Lambourne, Helen. "Regional daily 'to seek new headquarters'". Hold the Front Page. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ^ "Nostalgia: Evening News on the move". Edinburgh Evening News. 21 June 2014.
- ^ Greenslade, Roy (28 April 2014). "Johnston Press saves £1m a year with office move for The Scotsman". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 August 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ^ "Scotland's decision – The Scotsman's Verdict". The Scotsman. 10 September 2014. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ^ "Johnston Press: News Letter owner bought over by new company". BBC News. 17 November 2018. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Owner of Scotsman and Yorkshire Post newspapers bought for £10m". The Guardian. 31 December 2020. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ "Cooper, Charles Alfred". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 380. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ "Croal, J. P." Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 413. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ Vass, Steven (10 September 2006). "Scotsman's choice of editor raises questions over future direction PRESS: APPOINTMENT Industry stunned as internal Portsmouth newspaper boss Mike Gilson wins top job". The Sunday Herald. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ "The Scotsman Digital Archive".
Further reading
- Merrill, John C.; Harold A. Fisher (1980). The world's great dailies: profiles of fifty newspapers. pp. 273–79.