Toepoke Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 (edited) Mind my dad buying the Scottish Daily News. Hope it gets a better foothold in the market than that... Edit....I did a google image search for that paper and it threw up this fantastic example of semantic change! Edited November 25, 2014 by Toepoke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flora MaDonald Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Peever canna have been that old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Bob Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Morrisons said they had no room for it and they`d have to move other newspapers out of the way They can move the telegraph, surely nae body who shops in Morrisons buys that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamia Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 That's sadly more than likely. A personal anecdote on a related matter... Until May, I worked for a media monitoring company which produced a daily product entitled The Referendum Daily (which we'd somehow sold to both the Yes and No campaigns, as well as other interested parties, for example the CBI and Business for Scotland). It was basically a round-up of that day's referendum coverage across the various forms of the media (we gave it absolutely no editorial spin of our own, just tried to make it an accurate reflection of what was being written and portrayed), starting with newspapers, then down through websites, blogs and Twitter. Now, while the likes of the Mail and Telegraph were regarded as mainstream 'independent' coverage, Newsnet Scotland was not, as it was apparently merely an outlet for Yes propaganda. This, I strongly suspect, will how the rest of the media will attempt to dismiss The National. It maks no sense to me. Everyone knows and accepts every newspaper takes a political position. Everyone knows the Daily Mail and the Telegraph spout Tory propaganda and the Daily Record Labour but these are accepted so why i it only unacceptable when the issue is independence which shouldn't eveb be party political imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamia Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Morrisons said they had no room for it and they`d have to move other newspapers out of the way Not in my store they wouldn't. There were loads of empty spaces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronaldhinos dentist Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 (edited) the Facebook site "united against separation" went into meltdown over this. A series of posts attacked the newspaper for supporting independence and accused the government of being biased and lacking impartiality. Their anger is tremendous to read. They are an unhinged group of people... Edited November 25, 2014 by ronaldhinos dentist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShedTA Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Went into newsagents today insouth edinburgh to get a copy and couldn't see any on the shelves. Was about to get pissed off and then realised the boy had a pile of about 15 sitting right on the counter! Decent read - not too heavy but not frivolous either. Liked the content - hope it succeeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 This is a great idea and something Scotland really needs. For 45% independence is normal now but the cause needs more mainstream media support so when the next vote comes along 60% + are there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronaldhinos dentist Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 I live in rural Dumfries and Galloway, which is full of Tory farmers,auldies waiting to clock it, English interloupers who have retired and moved here for the healthcare and house prices, and lots of empty second homes owned by folk from down south. The chances of the National being sold is probably nil..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 (edited) Well, at least the launch made it onto Scotland 2014. Mind you, Sarah Smith introduced it as "....Scotland got a new paper today, called, em, The Nation, oh actually it's called The National...". Was this an accidental slip or a dismissive gesture towards the editor's choice of story? It's most unusual for an experienced, professional journalist and broadcaster not to even know the title of the subject of her story...... Maybe that's a guide to how the mainstream media will acknowledge it? Yeah there was an interesting difference in the reporting of this on Scotland Tonight (10 minute feature/ discussion) and Scotland 2014 (about 30 seconds at the end including the failure to name the paper correctly)... Edited November 25, 2014 by Toepoke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Was in the shop in our office firrst thing this morning and there were 20+ copies, just bought mine and there's a handful left. Not read it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuNsTeR Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 got mine from my local McColls ... a bit on the light side with very few adverts and a very good read .... first paper I've bought in years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Nothing in Morrisons in EK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jailender Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Morrisons not stocking it as no room for another paper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuNsTeR Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Morrisons not stocking it as no room for another paper well you know what to do ... take your business elsewhere and they will be the ones to suffer for their anti Scottish stance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 You can hardly blame the supermarche for not bothering. Space by the front door is at a premium and to have to shift everything around for a paper that's currently only planning to be out for a week (not to mention the short notice given) seems like a lot of effort for very little return. If it (or any other new paper), goes into full production and people want to buy it, all the supermarche will be stocking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Support your local newsagent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Morrisons not stocking it as no room for another paper Plenty of room for an extra paper on the stand I looked at, several empty slots. And they have the Press & Journal for some strange reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flumax Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Didn't scan for a second day in my local RS , so just went through as just tendered cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernscum Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Support your local newsagent! Exactly. Bollocks to the supermarkets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flure Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Support your local newsagent! Exactly. Bollocks to the supermarkets #shoplocal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Bob Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 You can hardly blame the supermarche for not bothering. Space by the front door is at a premium and to have to shift everything around for a paper that's currently only planning to be out for a week (not to mention the short notice given) seems like a lot of effort for very little return. If it (or any other new paper), goes into full production and people want to buy it, all the supermarche will be stocking it. You got predictive text in French there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamia Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 You can hardly blame the supermarche for not bothering. Space by the front door is at a premium and to have to shift everything around for a paper that's currently only planning to be out for a week (not to mention the short notice given) seems like a lot of effort for very little return. If it (or any other new paper), goes into full production and people want to buy it, all the supermarche will be stocking it. Take a look at the newspaper stand in any supermarket and I am pretty sure in the vast majority of cases you will find there is room. There certainly is in all the supermarkets I have ever been in and there were loads of empty spaces in my Morrisons stand - no rejigging was required. This was an excuse they came up with on the hop they could at least have been honest like Tesco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flure Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 You got predictive text in French there? Mais, pourquoi pas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 The National to continue on a permanent basis... https://twitter.com/ScotNational/status/538086870908174336/photo/1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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