List of newspapers in Scotland
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This is a list of newspapers in Scotland.
Daily newspapers
Title Market type Print Location Format Scottish circulation
2017[1]Scottish circulation
2016[2]Scottish circulation
2015[3]Foundation date The Herald Scottish – Quality Morning Scottish Broadsheet 25,869 28,872 32,141 1783 The Scotsman Scottish Morning Scottish Compact 19,792 19,449 22,740 1817 The National Scottish - Tabloid Morning Scottish Compact 9,746 8,496 12,124 2014 Daily Record Scottish – Popular Morning Scottish Tabloid 1895 The Press and Journal Regional Morning Scottish Compact 48,208 51,880 56,422 1747 The Courier Regional Morning Scottish Compact 35,813 39,324 43,031 1801 Greenock Telegraph Local Morning Scottish Tabloid 8,959 9,555 10,511 1857 Paisley Daily Express Local Morning Scottish Tabloid 4,508 4,800 5,109 1874 Evening Express Local - Aberdeen Evening Scottish Tabloid 22,736 25,744 28,802 1879 Glasgow Times Local - Glasgow Evening Scottish Tabloid 20,874 23,696 27,733 1876 Edinburgh Evening News Local Evening Scottish Tabloid 16,660 18,362 21,803 1873 Evening Telegraph Local - Dundee Evening Scottish Tabloid 13,321 14,971 16,855 1877 The Times (Scottish edition) UK – Quality Morning Scottish edition of UK newspaper Compact 1785 The Daily Telegraph (Scottish edition) UK – Quality Morning Scottish edition of UK newspaper Broadsheet 1855 i UK – Quality Morning UK newspaper widely available in Scotland Compact 2010 The Guardian UK – Quality Morning UK newspaper widely available in Scotland Tabloid 1821 The Financial Times UK – Quality Morning UK newspaper widely available in Scotland Broadsheet 1888 Scottish Daily Mail UK – Mid Market Morning Scottish edition of UK newspaper Tabloid 1896 Scottish Daily Express UK – Mid Market Morning Scottish edition of UK newspaper Tabloid 1900 The Scottish Sun UK – Popular Morning Scottish edition of UK newspaper Tabloid 1964 Daily Star of Scotland UK – Popular Morning Scottish edition of UK newspaper Tabloid 1978 Scottish Daily Mirror UK – Popular Morning Scottish edition of UK newspaper Tabloid 1903 Metro, Scottish Edition UK – Free Morning Scottish edition of UK newspaper Tabloid 1999 The Morning Star UK – Mid Market Morning Scottish edition of UK newspaper Tabloid 1930
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 some 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.
In addition to newspapers published in Scotland, including Scottish editions of United Kingdom newspapers, a number of local newspapers published in other parts of the British Isles are widely available.
Sunday newspapers
Title Market type Location Format Scottish circulation Scotland on Sunday Scottish – Quality Scottish Broadsheet 16,289 The Sunday Post Scottish – Mid Market Scottish Tabloid 123,393 Sunday Mail Scottish – Popular Scottish Tabloid 140,743 Sunday National Mid Market (pro-independence) Scottish Broadsheet The Sunday Times Scotland UK – Quality Scottish edition of UK newspaper Broadsheet 46,593 The Observer UK – Quality UK newspaper widely available in Scotland Tabloid 11,772 The Sunday Telegraph Scotland UK – Quality Scottish edition of UK newspaper Broadsheet 11,234 Mail on Sunday Scotland UK – Mid Market Scottish edition of UK newspaper Tabloid 63,290 Scottish Sunday Express UK – Mid Market Scottish edition of UK newspaper Tabloid 21,661 Sun on Sunday UK – Popular UK newspaper widely available in Scotland Tabloid 142,272 Daily Star Sunday UK – Popular UK newspaper widely available in Scotland Tabloid 19,299 Scottish Sunday Mirror UK – Popular Scottish edition of UK newspaper Tabloid 7,523 The People UK – Popular UK newspaper widely available in Scotland Tabloid 4,656
Local weekly newspapers
Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
- Banffshire Journal
- Buchan Observer
- Deeside Piper
- Donside Piper
- Ellon Advertiser
- Ellon Times & East Gordon Advertiser
- Fraserburgh Herald
- Huntly Express
- Inverurie Advertiser
- Inverurie Herald
- Kincardineshire Observer
- Mearns Leader
- Turriff Advertiser
Angus
- Arbroath Herald
- Brechin Advertiser
- Carnoustie Guide & Gazette
- Forfar Dispatch & Kirriemuir Herald
- Montrose Review
- Kirriemuir Herald
Argyll and Bute
- The Buteman
- Campbeltown Courier
- Dunoon Observer and Argyllshire Standard
- Helensburgh Advertiser
- The Ileach
- Oban Times
- Argyllshire Advertiser
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway
- Annandale Herald
- Annandale Observer
- Dumfries & Galloway Standard
- Dumfries Courier
- Eskdale and Liddesdale Advertiser
- Galloway Gazette
- Galloway News
- Moffat News
- Stranraer and Wigtownshire Free Press
Dundee
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh
Falkirk
- Bo'ness Journal
- Falkirk Herald - the largest local weekly newspaper in Scotland in terms of circulation and readership
Fife
- Central Fife Times and Advertiser – weekly tabloid newspaper and classified advertiser in the Cowdenbeath, Kelty and Lochgelly area
- Dunfermline Press – weekly tabloid newspaper for West Fife
- East Fife Mail – tabloid weekly sister paper of Fife Free Press for the Levenmouth area
- Fife & Kinross Extra
- Fife Free Press – weekly tabloid newspaper for the Kirkcaldy area
- Fife Herald
- Glenrothes Gazette (Leslie and Markinch News) – tabloid sister weekly paper of Fife Free Press
- St Andrews Citizen
Glasgow
- The Digger – scandal sheet with stories of minor trials and arrests and gossip about local gangs
- Glasgow South & Eastwood Extra
- Glasgow Eyes – a picture news magazine featuring street/reportage photography/news/music and showbiz
Highlands
- Caithness Courier
- Highland News
- The Inverness Courier
- Inverness Herald
- John O'Groat Journal
- Lochaber Times (and Oban Times) (Formerly Lochaber News)
- Nairnshire Telegraph
- North Star
- The Northern Times
- Rossshire Herald
- Rossshire Journal
- Strathspey & Badenoch Herald
- Ullapool News
- West Highland Free Press
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
- Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald
- Arran Banner
- Irvine Herald
- Irvine Times
- Largs and Millport Weekly News
- North Ayrshire World
North Lanarkshire
- Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser
- Cumbernauld News & Kilsyth Chronicle
- Motherwell Times & Bellshill Speaker
- Wishaw Press
Orkney
Perth and Kinross
Renfrewshire
- The Advertizer - formerly the Kilmacolm Advertiser, serving the villages of Strathgryffe
- Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette
- Paisley People
Scottish Borders
- Berwickshire News
- Border Telegraph
- Hawick News
- Peeblesshire News
- Selkirk Advertiser
- Southern Reporter
- The Hawick Paper
Shetland
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
- East Kilbride News
- Hamilton Advertiser
- Lanark Gazette & Carluke Gazette
- Rutherglen Reformer
- Strathaven Echoes
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
Western Isles
Specialist newspapers
- 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
UK-wide specialist newspapers widely available in Scotland
- The Economist - weekly news-focused magazine owned by Pearson PLC, founded by Scot James Wilson
- Private Eye - Fortnightly satirical current affairs news magazine
- The Jewish Chronicle - aimed at Britain's Jewish community
- Racing Post – daily horse racing, greyhound racing and sports betting newspaper
University newspapers
- Brig – University of Stirling
- Gaudie – University of Aberdeen (see: Aberdeen University Students' Association)
- Glasgow University Guardian – University of Glasgow
- The Journal – University of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Napier University, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Strathclyde and the University of Glasgow
- The EDIT - Glasgow Caledonian University
- The Magdalen – University of Dundee (see: Dundee University Students' Association)
- qmunicate – University of Glasgow's Queen Margaret Union
- The Saint – University of St Andrews
- Strathclyde Telegraph – University of Strathclyde
- Student – University of Edinburgh
- Veritas – Napier University
Defunct newspapers
- An Gàidheal Ùr - for speakers of Scottish Gaelic (monthly)
- The Bulletin
- Business am
- The Citizen
- East Lothian News
- Edinburgh Advertiser
- Edinburgh Courant
- Glasgow Evening News
- The Gourock Times
- The Highlander
- Mercurius Caledonius
- The North Briton
- Perth Shopper
- Scottish Daily News
- Scottish Guardian
- Scottish Leader (3 January 1887 – 4 July 1894) - Edinburgh-based daily, Liberal and pro-home rule, established in competition with The Scotsman
- Scottish Standard
- Sunday Scot
- Sunday Standard
- West Lothian Herald & Post
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
Further reading
- Reid, Harry (2006) Deadline: the Story of the Scottish Press. Edinburgh: Saint Andrew Press ISBN 0-7152-0836-5
References
- ^ "Regional ABCs print: Steep circulation falls for dailies the Yorkshire Evening Post and Carlisle & News Star". PressGazette. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
- ^ "UK regional dailies lose print sales by average of 12.5 per cent: Wigan Post and The National are biggest fallers". PressGazette. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
- ^ "Regional press ABCs, dailies: Liverpool Echo's positive relaunch has negative impact on sales". PressGazette. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
External links
- ThePaperboy.com UK newspaper directory
- allmediascotland.com
- Advertising spend in Scottish newspapers, Scottish Executive
- 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.