A change of ownership at The Scotsman titles must signal a strategy beyond cutbacks, says STEVE SAMPSON The Scotsman is under new management, its fifth owner in two decades. Ireland-based Media Concierge acquired the parent company for £60 million following falling out with the management led by former Mirror Group CEO David Montgomery and his sidekick, […]
Trump’s media warriors now paper thin
Donald Trump returns re-energised to the White House The new US president has fought a ferocious battle with the media, and he seems to be winning, says STEVE SAMPSON The Washington Post carries a simple motto “Democracy Dies In Darkness”. The paper which risked it all uncovering Watergate, standing up against a corrupt President Nixon […]
Media buyers eye the digital prize
Newspapers may be on borrowed time Delivering the news in print may be in terminal decline, but there are still willing buyers for titles that can see the future, writes STEVE SAMPSON It’s the old media joke. How do you make a small fortune out of publishing? Start with a big one. After all, nothing […]
Kate changes the rules of engagement
In control: the video enabled the Princess of Wales to tell her own story The Princess of Wales has delivered a PR masterclass that turns media relations on its head, says STEVE SAMPSON What do the Princess of Wales, the footballers Cristiano Ronaldo and Jude Bellingham – as well as Mr Beast – have in […]
Evans, the outsider who battled for justice
AS I SEE IT The death of Harold Evans marks the passing of an era in newspapers, says STEVE SAMPSON Harold Evans may well have been one of the greatest ever newspaper Editors. He was also a parable of a modern Britain in the 1960s. His father was a railway engine driver. His grandfather was […]