Holyrood Demands Probe Into Media Job Losses Msps Point to Scots Journalism Crisis As Reduction in News Hours Leads to Redundancies

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MSPs are to be asked to investigate the crisis in the Scottish media brought about by the loss of another 60 jobs last week.

Alex Neil, convener of the enterprise and culture committee, has backed a demand by SNP culture spokesman Michael Matheson that Scottish Television and Grampian explain their actions to the parliament. Neil said that the committee should investigate in the context of the recent closure of the Scottish Daily Mirror, job losses at the Scotsman Publications group and the predicted 300 job cuts at BBC Scotland.

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Holyrood Demands Probe Into Media Job Losses Msps Point to Scots Journalism Crisis As Reduction in News Hours Leads to Redundancies

"I think we should look at the general job situation in the media, which is in crisis, " said Neil, an SNP MSP. "We should have the same kind of fact-finding investigation as we had into th...

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