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News cutbacks

Viewers blast BBC Scotland for binning early TV bulletins

BBC Scotland
Morning TV news bulletins will stop during the crisis (pic: Terry Murden) BBC Scotland has prompted a furious backlash after announcing that it will not be broadcasting breakfast television bulletinsRead More

Print declines

Newspaper sales plunge 30% as virus closes outlets

Newspapers
Plunging sales: virus has halted sales of papers Sales of national newspapers are said to have fallen by as much as 30% since the start of the government-imposed coronavirus lockdown.Read More

Thursday update

Daily Business Live: Dow Jones in new surge; STV update

Traders on Wall St (pic: NYSE)
10pm: Markets Wall Street shrugged off dismal jobs figures to mark its strongest three days since 1931. The Dow Jones closed at 22,552.17, up 1,351.62 points (6.38%)., That was 21% up onRead More

Production paused

STV saves £10m in costs as virus impacts advertising

Liar: one of a number of drama productions STV is expecting a big hit to its advertising revenue because of the coronavirus outbreak and has instigated a series of cost-cuttingRead More

Some titles stop printing

Herald and Scotsman owners facing cost pressures

Herald and Scotsman newspapers
Paid titles are taking a hit and free papers being axed Scotland’s newspaper owners are coming under increasing pressure to cut costs as advertising melts away and deliveries become logisticallyRead More

Monday update

Daily Business Live: Salmond cleared; markets crash; ITV; Asco;

ITV
5pm: Nucleus Edinburgh financial wrap platform Nucleus has postponed its annual results due out tomorrow. Full story here 4.45pm: Markets The Federal Reserve’s commitment to unlimited purchases of US TreasuriesRead More

TV production hit

EastEnders, Glastonbury and Eurovision hit by virus

EastEnders
Doors closed: EastEnders filming suspended (pic: BBC) Filming of EastEnders and River City has been suspended and weekly episodes cut as television production becomes the latest casualty of the coronavirus pandemic.Read More

Magazine publishing

Hood goes green and adopts secondhand style

Maxine Eggenberger
Maxine Eggenberger: aiming to be sustainable Hood, Scotland’s only free national style magazine, has announced it will be changing its look in support of the growing sustainability agenda.  From April, itRead More

Production facility

Jason Connery to lead film and TV studio in Leith

Jason Connery
Jason Connery arriving for Edinburgh Film Festival in 2018 (pic: Terry Murden) Sir Sean Connery’s son Jason has is to spearhead a new film and television studio space in Edinburgh,Read More

New adviser

Top academic joins CSP as consulting partner

Paul Gray
Strategic communications advisory firm Charlotte Street Partners has appointed Professor Paul Gray as a consulting partner. Prof Gray will provide analysis and counsel for the partners and clients of theRead More