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Scotland on Sunday

Newspaper

Field	Value
name	Scotland on Sunday
image	Scotland on Sunday logo.png
type	Sunday newspaper
political_position	Centre-right
format	Compact
founded	1988
owners	National World
sister_newspapers	Edinburgh Evening News
The Scotsman
headquarters	Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
editor	Neil McIntosh
circulation	3,996
circulation_date	2023
circulation_ref
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The Scotsman

Scotland on Sunday is a Scottish Sunday newspaper, published in Edinburgh by National World and consequently assuming the role of Sunday sister to its daily stablemate The Scotsman. It was originally printed in broadsheet format but in 2013 was relaunched as a tabloid. Since this latest relaunch it comprises three parts, the newspaper itself which includes the original "Insight" section, a sports section and Spectrum magazine which incorporates At Home, originally a separate magazine.

It backed a 'No' vote in the referendum on Scottish independence.

History

Scotland on Sunday was launched on 7 August 1988 and was priced at 40p.

Ultimate ownership of Scotland on Sunday has changed several times since launch. The Scotsman Publications Limited, which also produces The Scotsman, Edinburgh Evening News and the Herald & Post series of free newspapers in Edinburgh, Fife, West Lothian and Perth, was bought by the Canadian millionaire Roy Thomson in 1953.

In 1995, the group was sold to the billionaire Barclay Brothers for £85 million. They moved the group from its landmark Edinburgh office on North Bridge, which is now an upmarket hotel, to new offices in Holyrood Road, near where the Scottish Parliament Building was subsequently built. Then in December 2005 the paper, along with the other Scotsman Publications titles, was sold to Edinburgh-based newspaper group Johnston Press in a £160 million deal. Johnston Press entered administration in November 2018. Its assets were acquired by JPIMedia.

Former journalists

Brian Groom, author of Northerners and Made in Manchester, is a former editor
Kenneth Roy was the paper's television critic and sketch writer

References

"Europe's media at a glance".
(28 May 2021). "Editor retakes charge of daily as colleague promoted to run sister title". HoldtheFrontPage.
(19 February 2024). "Scotland on Sunday". [[Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)]].
(14 September 2014). "Scotland can be changed for the better with a no vote". Scotland on Sunday.
(2018-11-17). "Johnston Press: Rescue plan for Scotsman newspaper group". The Guardian.

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