''Scotland on Sunday'' is a Scottish Sunday newspaper, published in

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and consequently assuming the role of Sunday sister to its daily stablemate ''

The Scotsman ''The Scotsman'' is a Scottish compact (newspaper), 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 ...

''. It was originally printed in

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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'', ''

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'' and the ''Herald & Post'' series of free newspapers in Edinburgh,

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and

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, was bought by the Canadian millionaire Roy Thomson in 1953. In 1995, the group was sold to the billionaire

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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

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was subsequently built. Then in December 2005 the paper, along with the other Scotsman Publications titles, was sold to Edinburgh-based newspaper group

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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

{{UK regional Sunday newspapers Newspapers published in Scotland Mass media in Edinburgh Newspapers with Scottish Gaelic content Newspapers established in 1988 1988 establishments in Scotland The Scotsman Newspapers published by Johnston Press

History

Former journalists

See also

References