Source News is an online journalism platform, based in Scotland, that succeeded the CommonSpace news website in February 2020. CommonSpace was launched in 2015 and was editorially independent of its owner

Common Weal Common Weal is a Scottish pro-independence think tank and advocacy group which campaigns for social and economic equality in Scotland. It launched in 2013 and regularly publishes papers and works exploring an alternate economic and social model ...

History

The CommonSpace news service was announced by the Common Weal think tank in September 2014, following the conclusion of the referendum on Scottish independence. The website launched in January 2015, though their launch party was held in June at the

Glasgow School of Art The Glasgow School of Art (GSA; gd, Sgoil-ealain Ghlaschu) is a higher education art school based in Glasgow, Scotland, offering undergraduate degrees, post-graduate awards (both taught and research-led), and PhDs in architecture, fine art, and ...

. It began with five editorial staff, led by

Angela Haggerty Angela Haggerty is a former journalist, who briefly held a new editor position at the ''Sunday Herald'' and online for the activist website CommonSpace. She has been a contributor on Scottish TV and radio, particularly discussing Scottish indepen ...

. By late 2015 they were attracting 100,000 – 150,000 unique users a month, although they had 200,000 in the month of the UK Parliament election. In February 2018, Haggerty announced her departure as editor of CommonSpace after her appointment as news editor of the ''

Sunday Herald The ''Sunday Herald'' was a Scottish Sunday newspaper, published between 7 February 1999 and 2 September 2018. Originally a broadsheet, it was published in compact format from 20 November 2005. The paper was known for having combined a cent ...

''. Six months later however, the ''Sunday Herald'' announced it was to close. Ben Wray replaced Haggerty in April 2018, announcing his appointment alongside a series of planned changes in an editorial. In February 2020, CommonSpace underwent a site redesign, rebranding as Source.

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*{{Official website, https://sourcenews.scot/ 2015 establishments in Scotland British news websites Internet properties established in 2015