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, JPIMedia, also publishes the Edinburgh Evening News. It had an audited print circulation of 16,349 for July to December 2018.[citation needed] 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.
Barclay House, former home of The Scotsman's offices in Edinburgh
The Scotsman was launched[6] in 1817 as a liberal weekly newspaper by lawyer William Ritchie and customs official Charles Maclaren in response to the "unblushing subservience" of competing newspapers to the Edinburgh establishment. The paper was pledged to "impartiality, firmness and independence". After the abolition of newspaper stamp tax in Scotland in 1855, The Scotsman was relaunched as a daily newspaper priced at 1d and a circulation of 6,000 copies.
The fledgling paper was originally based at 257 High Street on the Royal Mile.[7]
In 1860, The Scotsman obtained a purpose built office on Cockburn Street in Edinburgh designed in the Scots baronial style by the architects Peddie & Kinnear.[8] This backed onto their original offices on the Royal Mile. The building bears the initials "JR" for John Ritchie, the founder of the company. On 19 December 1904,[9] they moved to huge new offices at the top of the street, facing onto North Bridge, designed by Dunn & Findlay (Findlay being the son of the then owner). This huge building had taken three years to build and also had connected printworks on Market Street (now the City Art Centre). The printworks connected below road level direct to Waverley station in a highly efficient production line.
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.[10]
In December 2005, The Scotsman along with its sister titles owned by The Scotsman Publications Ltd was acquired, in a £160million deal, by Johnston Press, a company founded in Scotland and at the time one of the top three largest local newspaper publishers in the UK. Ian Stewart has been the editor since June 2012, after a reshuffle of senior management in April 2012 during which John McLellan who was the paper's editor-in-chief was dismissed. Ian Stewart was previously editor of Edinburgh Evening News and remains as the editor of Scotland on Sunday.
In 2012, The Scotsman was named Newspaper of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards.[11]
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.[12][13] 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.[14]
In November 2018, Johnston Press filed for administration. Shortly after filing for administration, the company was bought out by JPIMedia, a company which was bought by former Daily Mirror exec David Montgomery's new National World group in 2020.[16][17]
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^"The Scotsman Archive: Search". The Scotsman Digital Archive. UK. 25 January 1817. from the original on 19 October 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
^"(204) - Towns > Edinburgh > 1805-1834 - Post Office annual directory > 1832-1833 - Scottish Directories - National Library of Scotland". digital.nls.uk. from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
^Dictionary of Scottish Architects: Peddie & Kinnear
^Archive, The Scotsman Digital. "About – Scotsman Digital Archive". archive.scotsman.com. from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
^. Society for News Design. 23 February 2011. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
^. 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. 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. from the original on 3 August 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
^"Scotland's decision – The Scotsman's Verdict". The Scotsman. 10 September 2014. 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. 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. from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
^"Cooper, Charles Alfred". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 380. from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^"Croal, J. P." Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 413. 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. from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
Merrill, John C. and Harold A. Fisher. The world's great dailies: profiles of fifty newspapers (1980) pp 273–79
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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 JPIMedia also publishes the Edinburgh Evening News It had an audited print circulation of 16 349 for July to December 2018 citation needed 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 The ScotsmanThe Scotsman cover 11 May 2011 TypeDaily newspaperFormatCompactOwner s JPIMediaEditorNeil McIntosh 1 Founded1817Political alignmentNone 2 HeadquartersEdinburgh Scotland UKCirculation9852 as of December 2021 3 4 Sister newspapersEdinburgh Evening NewsScotland on SundayISSN0307 5850OCLC number614655655Websitewww wbr scotsman wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Editors 3 See also 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksHistory Edit Scotsman office 1860 by Peddie and Kinnear Scotsman buildings as seen from Market Street Apex of the Scotsman offices of 1899 Barclay House former home of The Scotsman s offices in Edinburgh The Scotsman was launched 6 in 1817 as a liberal weekly newspaper by lawyer William Ritchie and customs official Charles Maclaren in response to the unblushing subservience of competing newspapers to the Edinburgh establishment The paper was pledged to impartiality firmness and independence After the abolition of newspaper stamp tax in Scotland in 1855 The Scotsman was relaunched as a daily newspaper priced at 1d and a circulation of 6 000 copies The fledgling paper was originally based at 257 High Street on the Royal Mile 7 In 1860 The Scotsman obtained a purpose built office on Cockburn Street in Edinburgh designed in the Scots baronial style by the architects Peddie amp Kinnear 8 This backed onto their original offices on the Royal Mile The building bears the initials JR for John Ritchie the founder of the company On 19 December 1904 9 they moved to huge new offices at the top of the street facing onto North Bridge designed by Dunn amp Findlay Findlay being the son of the then owner This huge building had taken three years to build and also had connected printworks on Market Street now the City Art Centre The printworks connected below road level direct to Waverley station in a highly efficient production line 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 10 In December 2005 The Scotsman along with its sister titles owned by The Scotsman Publications Ltd was acquired in a 160 million deal by Johnston Press a company founded in Scotland and at the time one of the top three largest local newspaper publishers in the UK Ian Stewart has been the editor since June 2012 after a reshuffle of senior management in April 2012 during which John McLellan who was the paper s editor in chief was dismissed Ian Stewart was previously editor of Edinburgh Evening News and remains as the editor of Scotland on Sunday In 2012 The Scotsman was named Newspaper of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards 11 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 12 13 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 14 The newspaper backed a No vote in the referendum on Scottish independence 15 In November 2018 Johnston Press filed for administration Shortly after filing for administration the company was bought out by JPIMedia a company which was bought by former Daily Mirror exec David Montgomery s new National World group in 2020 16 17 Editors Edit1817 William Ritchie 1817 Charles Maclaren 1818 John Ramsay McCulloch 1843 John Hill Burton acting 1846 Alexander Russel 1876 Robert Wallace 1880 Charles Alfred Cooper 18 1905 John Pettigrew Croal 19 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 20 2009 John McLellan 2012 Ian Stewart 2017 Frank O Donnell 2020 Euan McGrory 2021 Neil McIntosh 21 See also EditList of newspapers in Scotland List of newspapers by dateReferences Edit JPI Media appoints Neil McIntosh as new editor of The Scotsman The Scotsman 10 February 2021 Archived from the original on 2 December 2021 Retrieved 30 May 2021 Readers Charter JPIMedia Ltd The Scotsman Data ABC Audit Bureau of Circulations Archived from the original on 29 May 2022 Retrieved 20 June 2022 Regional Publications Combined Total Circulation Certificate July to December 2016 PDF Audit Bureau of Circulations 23 February 2017 Archived PDF from the original on 11 October 2021 Retrieved 10 July 2017 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 The Scotsman Archive Search The Scotsman Digital Archive UK 25 January 1817 Archived from the original on 19 October 2015 Retrieved 24 April 2015 204 Towns gt Edinburgh gt 1805 1834 Post Office annual directory gt 1832 1833 Scottish Directories National Library of Scotland digital nls uk Archived from the original on 14 November 2018 Retrieved 1 March 2021 Dictionary of Scottish Architects Peddie amp 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 EditMerrill John C and Harold A Fisher The world s great dailies profiles of fifty newspapers 1980 pp 273 79External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Scotsman Official website The Scotsman Digital Archive 1817 1950 Johnston Press Comprehensive Design Architects Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Scotsman amp oldid 1131198638, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
