List of newspapers in Scotland

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

National newspapers

Traditionally newspapers could be split into 'quality', serious-minded newspapers (usually referred to as 'Broadsheets' due to their large size) and 'tabloid', less serious newspapers. However, due to considerations of convenience of reading, particularly in cafés and on trains etc., The Scotsman has switched to a 'compact'-sized format, traditionally used by tabloids.

Sunday serious-minded newspapers have tended to keep the broadsheet format due to considerations of size, as to maintain the same level of content in a tabloid paper would result in a single section many would find too thick, heavy and cumbersome. Conveniently fewer people read their Sunday newspaper on a crowded train.

Scottish serious papers

Broadsheet format

• The Herald (est. 1783) / Sunday Herald (est. 1999), owned by Newsquest (a Gannett company)
• Scotland on Sunday (est. 1988), owned by Johnston Press
• The Daily Telegraph (est. 1855) has a daily Scottish edition, owned by David and Frederick Barclay
• The Courier & Advertiser (est. 1801)
• The Sunday Times Scotland (est. 1822) – owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation

Compact format

• 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)

Middle-market papers

• Scottish Daily Express (est. 1900) / Scottish Sunday Express (est. 1918) – owned by Richard Desmond's Northern and Shell plc (broadsheet until 1977, now tabloid format)
• Scottish Daily Mail (est. 1896) / Mail on Sunday Scotland (est. 1982) – 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

Scottish tabloids

• Daily Record (est. 1842) / Sunday Mail — owned by Trinity Mirror
• The Sunday Post
• The Scottish Daily Mirror (est 1903) / Scottish Sunday Mirror (est. 1915) – owned by Trinity Mirror
• The Scottish Sun (est. 1964) / Scottish News of the World (est. 1843) – owned by News Corporation

English serious papers widely available in Scotland

Broadsheet format

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

Berliner format

• 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)

Compact format

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

English tabloid papers widely available in Scotland

• Daily Star (est. 1978) / Daily Star Sunday
• The People (est. 1881) – owned by Trinity Mirror
• The Daily Sport / The Sunday Sport

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, organ of the SSP

English specialist newspapers widely available in Scotland

• The Economist (weekly news-focused magazine owned by Pearson PLC)
• 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
• Socialist Worker organ of the SWP

Planned newspapers

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
• The Press and Journal, Aberdeen-based, but popular throughout northern Scotland (from Fife and Stirling and all areas northwards). Currently enjoys higher readership than The Scotsman

The following provincial daily newspapers are popular in the counties that they serve:

• Greenock Telegraph, Inverclyde-based
• Paisley Daily Express, Renfrewshire-based

Evening papers

• Evening Express (Aberdeen)
• Evening News (Edinburgh)
• Evening Times (Glasgow), owned by Newsquest (a Gannett company)
• Evening Telegraph & Post (Dundee)

Local newspapers

• Aberdeen
• *Evening Express, the tabloid sister paper to the Press and Journal
• *Aberdeen Independent
• Dumfries and Galloway
• *Dumfries and Galloway Standard
• *Galloway News
• Dundee
• *Evening Telegraph tabloid sister paper of the Courier
• Edinburgh
• *Evening News
• *Edinburgh Echo
• *Edinburgh Herald & Post
• Fife
• *Fife Free Press,weekly broadsheet newspaper for Kirkcaldy
• *Glenrothes Gazette(Leslie and Markinch News),tabloid sister weekly paper of Fife Free Press
• *East Fife Mail,tabloid weekly sister paper of Fife Free Press for Levenmouth area
• *Fife Advertiser
• *Fife Herald
• *Fife Herald & Post
• *St Andrews Citizen
• *Fife Leader
• Greater Glasgow
• * Evening Times
• *Strathkelvin Advertiser
• *Kirkintilloch/Bishopbriggs Herald
• *Lennox Herald
• *Milngavie & Bearsden Herald
• *Rutherglen Reformer
• *Local News for Southsiders
• *Barrhead News
• Inverness and environs
• * Inverness Courier
• * Rossshire Journal
• Paisley and Renfrewshire
• * Paisley People
• * Paisley Gazette
• * Barrhead News
• Shetland
• *Shetland Seafood News
• *Shetland News
• *Shetland Times
• Stirling
• *Stirling Observer
• West Highlands, and Hebrides
• *The Hebridean
• *Highland News
• *Oban Times
• *Stornoway Gazette
• *West Highland Free Press
• Other areas
• * Arran Banner
• *Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser
• * Alloa and Hillfoots Advertiser
• *Arbroath Herald
• *Ayrshire Post
• *Ballater Eagle
• *Berwick Advertiser
• *Berwickshire News
• *Blairgowrie Advertiser
• *Buchan Observer
• *Bo'ness Journal
• *Cumbernauld Advertiser
• *Cumbernauld News & Kilsyth Chronicle
• *Deeside Piper
• *Dunoon Observer
• *East Kilbride News
• *Falkirk Herald
• *Linlithgow Advertiser
• *Forres Gazette
• *Glenrothes Gazette
• *Greenock Telegraph
• *Hamilton Advertiser
• *Irvine Herald
• *John O' Groats Journal
• *Johnston Press
• *Kilmarnock Standard
• *Lanark Gazette/Carluke Gazette
• *Linlithgowshire Gazette
• *Motherwell Times/Bellshill Speaker
• *Montrose Review
• *Northern Scot
• *Paisley Daily Express
• *Perth Herald & Post
• *Perthshire Advertiser
• *Southern Reporter
• *Strathearn Herald
• *Wee County News
• *West Lothian Courier
• *West Lothian Herald & Post
• *Wishaw Press

Restricted circulation newspapers

Corporate newspapers

University newspapers

• The Saint – University of St Andrews
• Gaudie – University of Aberdeen
• Student – University of Edinburgh
• Veritas – Napier University
• Student Times – University of Dundee
• Glasgow University Guardian, Glasgow University

Defunct newspapers

• The North Briton
• Scottish Standard
• Sunday Scot
• Scottish Daily News
• Edinburgh Courant

See also

• List of magazines published in Scotland
• Media in Scotland
• Newspapers
• List of Scotland-related topics
• History of British newspapers
• List of left-wing publications in the United Kingdom
• List of Right-wing publications in the United Kingdom

External links

• [allmediascotland.com]
• [Media ownership in the UK]
• [National and local newspaper links]
• [Media UK newspaper directory]
• [History of British newspapers]
• [The Audit Bureau of Circulation] provides circulation figures for Scottish newspapers. Their research is also reproduced in digested form at [this Media Guardian index] along with commentary.

 

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