List of newspapers in Scotland

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List of newspapers in Scotland is a list of newspapers in Scotland.

1 National newspapers
2 Specialist newspapers
- 2.1 English specialist newspapers widely available in Scotland
3 Planned newspapers
4 Daily, regional newspapers
5 Corporate newspapers
6 University newspapers
7 Defunct newspapers
8 Further reading
9 See also
10 External links

[edit] National newspapers

Traditionally newspapers could be divided into 'quality', serious-minded newspapers (usually referred to as 'broadsheets' due to their large size) and 'tabloids', or less serious newspapers. But these definitions no longer apply, as several 'quality' papers in Scotland have followed the lead of The Independent, by adopting a tabloid format (which they prefer to refer to as 'compact' to avoid being associated with their more downmarket peers). In Scotland two broadsheet newspapers have made the switch to 'compact' format. The Scotsman did so in August 2004, and the Sunday Herald followed in November 2005.

[edit] Scottish Quality papers

[edit] Quality broadsheet format papers(Daily)

The Herald (est. 1783), owned by Newsquest (a Gannett company)
The Daily Telegraph (est. 1855), has a daily Scottish edition, owned by David and Frederick Barclay
The Courier & Advertiser (est. 1801), owned by DC Thomson
The Press and Journal (est. 1748), Weekday edition, owned by DC Thomson

[edit] Quality broadsheet format papers(Sunday)

Scotland on Sunday (est. 1988), owned by Johnston Press
The Sunday Times Scotland (est. 1822), owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation
Sunday Telegraph (est. ), has a Scottish edition, owned by David and Frederick Barclay

[edit] Quality compact format papers(Daily)

The Scotsman (est. 1817), owned by Johnston Press, formerly a broadsheet, stablemate of Scotland on Sunday
The Times (est. 1785), has a daily Scottish edition, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation
The Press and Journal (est. 1748), Saturday edition only, owned by DC Thomson

[edit] Quality compact format papers(Sunday)

Sunday Herald (est. 1999), owned by Newsquest, the UK arm of Virginia-based Gannett. Stablemate of The Herald

[edit] Scottish Middle-market papers

[edit] Middle-market papers (Daily)

Scottish Daily Express (est. 1900), owned by Richard Desmond's Northern and Shell plc (broadsheet until 1977, now tabloid format)
Scottish Daily Mail (est. 1896), owned by Lord Rothermere's Daily Mail and General Trust plc (broadsheet until 1971, now tabloid format)
Metro, Scottish edition, (distributed free; working towards national status, wide availability in the major cities makes it the UK's 4th highest circulation paper) – owned by Daily Mail and General Trust plc

[edit] Middle-market papers (Sunday)

Scottish Sunday Express (est. 1918), owned by Richard Desmond's Northern and Shell plc
Mail on Sunday Scotland (est. 1982), owned by Lord Rothermere's Daily Mail and General Trust plc

[edit] Scottish Tabloid papers

[edit] Tabloid papers (Daily)

Daily Record (est. 1842), owned by Trinity Mirror
Scottish Daily Mirror (est 1903), owned by Trinity Mirror
The Scottish Sun (est. 1964), owned by News Corporation
Daily Star of Scotland (est. 1978), owned by Richard Desmond's Northern and Shell plc

[edit] Tabloid papers (Sunday)

Sunday Mail (est. ), owned by Trinity Mirror
The Sunday Post (est. 1914), owned by DC Thomson
Scottish Sunday Mirror (est. 1915), owned by Trinity Mirror
Scottish News of the World (est. 1843), owned by News Corporation
Daily Star Sunday

[edit] English Quality papers widely available in Scotland

[edit] Quality broadsheet format papers

The Financial Times (est. 1888), owned by Pearson PLC

[edit] Quality berliner format papers

The Guardian (est. 1821), owned by the Scott Trust (Berliner from 12 September 2005)
The Observer (est. 1791), owned by the Scott Trust (Berliner from 8 January 2006)

[edit] Quality compact format papers

The Independent (est. 1986), owned by Tony O'Reilly (daily became compact only in May 2004)
The Independent on Sunday (est. 1990), Sunday edition became compact in October 2005

[edit] English Tabloid papers widely available in Scotland

The People (est. 1881), owned by Trinity Mirror
The Daily Sport
The Sunday Sport

[edit] Specialist newspapers

An Gàidheal Ùr, for speakers of Scottish Gaelic (monthly)
The i-Witness, Muslim paper in English
The Pink Paper, Edinburgh soccer paper, which shares its name with a separate gay publication
Scots Independent (mainly supporting the SNP)
Scottish Catholic Observer
Scottish Socialist Voice, printed by the SSP
Third Force News, newspaper serving the voluntary sector Non-party-political

[edit] English specialist newspapers widely available in Scotland

The Economist (weekly news-focused magazine owned by Pearson PLC), founded by Scot James Wilson
The Jewish Chronicle (aimed at Britain's Jewish community)
Racing Post - (daily horse racing, greyhound racing and sports betting newspaper)
The Morning Star (est. 1930) organ of the Communist party

[edit] Planned newspapers

The Scottish Times (est. April 2007), owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation
The Scottish Sunday Times (est. April 2007), owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation

[edit] Daily, regional newspapers

The following are available throughout Scotland:

The Courier, Dundee-based, but also popular in Angus, Clackmannanshire, Fife, Perth and Kinross, and Stirling. Currently enjoys higher readership than The Scotsman and The Herald.
The Press and Journal, Aberdeen-based, but popular throughout northern Scotland (from Fife and Stirling and all areas northwards). Also currently enjoys higher readership than The Scotsman and The Herald.

[edit] Local newspapers

[edit] Aberdeen

Evening Express - The tabloid sister paper of the Press and Journal
Aberdeen Independent
Aberdeen Citizen

[edit] Aberdeenshire

Ballater Eagle
Banffshire Journal
Buchan Observer
Deeside Piper
Donside Piper
Ellon Times & East Gordon Advertiser
Fraserburgh Herald
Inverurie Herald
Kincardineshire Observer
Mearns Leader

[edit] Angus

Arbroath Herald
Brechin Advertiser
Broughty Ferry Guide & Carnoustie Gazette
Forfar Dispatch
Kirriemuir Herald
Montrose Review

[edit] Argyll and Bute

Dunoon Observer
Oban Times

[edit] Clackmannanshire

Alloa & Hillfoots Advertiser
Wee County News

[edit] Dumfries & Galloway

Dumfries & Galloway Standard
Galloway News
Galloway Gazette
Stranraer and Wigtownshire Free Press

[edit] Dundee

Evening Telegraph - Tabloid sister paper of the Courier

[edit] East Ayrshire

Kilmarnock Standard

[edit] East Dunbartonshire

Kirkintilloch & Bishopbriggs Herald
Lennox Herald
Milngavie & Bearsden Herald
Strathkelvin Advertiser

[edit] East Lothian

East Lothian Courier
East Lothian News

[edit] East Renfrewshire

Barrhead News

[edit] Edinburgh

[edit] Falkirk

Bo'ness Journal
Falkirk Advertiser
Falkirk Herald

[edit] Fife

Dunfermline Press - Weekly (Thursday) broadsheet newspaper for West Fife
East Fife Mail - Tabloid weekly sister paper of Fife Free Press for Levenmouth area
Fife & Kinross Advertiser
Fife Free Press - Weekly broadsheet newspaper for Kirkcaldy
Fife Herald
Fife Herald & Post
Fife Leader
Fife Times - Weekly tabloid newspaper and classified advertiser in the Cowdenbeath, Kelty and Lochgelly area
Glenrothes Gazette (Leslie and Markinch News) - Tabloid sister weekly paper of Fife Free Press
St Andrews Citizen

[edit] Glasgow

Evening Times
Glasgow South & Eastwood Extra
Local News for Southsiders
The Digger - Scandal sheet with stories of minor trials and arrests and gossip about local gangs
The Glaswegian

[edit] Highlands

Caithness Courier
Highland News
Inverness Courier
John O' Groat Journal
Northern Times
Rossshire Journal
Ullapool News
West Highland Free Press

[edit] Inverclyde

Greenock Telegraph - Daily newspaper, popular in the county it serves

[edit] Midlothian

Midlothian Advertiser

[edit] Moray

Forres Gazette
Northern Scot
Strathspey & Badenoch Herald

[edit] North Ayrshire

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Arran Banner
Arran Voice
Ayrshire Post
Irvine Herald
Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald

[edit] North Lanarkshire

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser
Bellshill Speaker
Cumbernauld & Kilsyth Advertiser
Cumbernauld News & Kilsyth Chronicle
Motherwell Times & Bellshill Speaker
Wishaw Press

[edit] Orkney

Orkney Today
The Orcadian

[edit] Perth & Kinross

Blairgowrie Advertiser
Fife & Kinross Advertiser
Perth Herald & Post (now defunct)
Perthshire Advertiser (bi-weekly)
Strathearn Herald

[edit] Renfrewshire

Johnstone Advertiser
Paisley People
Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette
Paisley Daily Express - Daily newspaper, popular in the county it serves

[edit] Scottish Borders

Berwick Advertiser
Berwickshire News
Hawick News
Selkirk Advertiser
Southern Reporter

[edit] Shetland

Shetland Times

[edit] South Ayrshire

Ayr Advertiser

[edit] South Lanarkshire

East Kilbride News
Hamilton Advertiser
Lanark Gazette & Carluke Gazette
Rutherglen Reformer
Strathaven Echoes

[edit] Stirling

Stirling Observer
Stirling & Alloa Shopper

[edit] West Dunbartonshire

Clydebank Post

[edit] West Lothian

Linlithgow Advertiser
Linlithgowshire Gazette
Queensferry Gazette
West Lothian Courier
West Lothian Herald & Post

[edit] Western Isles

The Hebridean
Stornoway Gazette

[edit] Corporate newspapers

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[edit] University newspapers

Gaudie – University of Aberdeen (see: Aberdeen University Students' Association)
The Magdalen – University of Dundee (see: Dundee University Students' Association)
The Journal – University of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt University, Napier University, Queen Margaret University and the Edinburgh College of Art
Student – University of Edinburgh
Glasgow University Guardian – University of Glasgow
QMUnicate – University of Glasgow's Queen Margaret Union
Veritas – Napier University
The Saint – University of St Andrews
Brig – University of Stirling
Strathclyde Telegraph – University of Strathclyde

Defunct newspapers