List of newspapers in Scotland


This is a list of newspapers in Scotland.

Daily newspapers

Traditionally newspapers could be divided into 'quality', serious-minded newspapers and 'tabloids', or less serious newspapers. However, these definitions no longer apply, as several 'quality' papers in Scotland have followed the lead of The Independent by adopting a tabloid format. In Scotland, two broadsheet newspapers have made the switch to 'compact' format. The Scotsman did so in August 2004, and the Sunday Herald followed in November 2005.
In addition to newspapers published in Scotland, including Scottish editions of United Kingdom newspapers, a number of local newspapers published in other parts of the British Isles are widely available.

Local weekly newspapers

Aberdeen

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Aberdeenshire

----Banffshire JournalThe BuchanieDeeside PiperDonside PiperEllon Times & East Gordon AdvertiserFraserburgh HeraldHuntly ExpressInverurie HeraldKincardineshire Observer

Angus

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Argyll and Bute

----Campbeltown Courier & Argyllshire AdvertiserDunoon Observer and Argyllshire StandardHelensburgh AdvertiserIsle of Bute NewsThe Ileach

Clackmannanshire

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Dumfries and Galloway

----Annandale Herald & Moffat NewsAnnandale ObserverDumfries & Galloway Standard Dumfries CourierEskdale and Liddesdale AdvertiserGalloway GazetteGalloway News

Dundee

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East Ayrshire

----Cumnock Chronicle

East Dunbartonshire

----Kirkintilloch Herald

East Lothian

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East Renfrewshire

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Edinburgh

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Falkirk

----Linlithgow Gazette - incorporating Bo'ness Journal and Queensferry GazetteFalkirk Herald - the largest local weekly newspaper in Scotland in terms of circulation and readership

Fife

----Central Fife Times and Advertiser – weekly tabloid newspaper and classified advertiser in the Cowdenbeath, Kelty and Lochgelly areaDunfermline Press – weekly tabloid newspaper for West FifeEast Fife Mail – tabloid weekly sister paper of Fife Free Press for the Levenmouth areaFife Free Press – weekly tabloid newspaper for the Kirkcaldy areaFife HeraldGlenrothes Gazette (Leslie and Markinch News) – tabloid sister weekly paper of Fife Free Press

Glasgow

----The Digger – scandal sheet with stories of minor trials and arrests and gossip about local gangsGlasgow South & Eastwood ExtraGlasgow Eyes – a picture news magazine featuring street/reportage photography/news/music and showbiz

Highlands

----Caithness CourierThe Inverness Courier John O'Groat JournalOban Times incorporating the Lochaber TimesThe [Northern Times (Golspie)|The Northern Times]Rossshire JournalStrathspey & Badenoch HeraldUllapool News

Inverclyde

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Midlothian

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Moray

---- Banffshire AdvertiserBanffshire JournalForres Gazette

North Ayrshire

----Ardrossan & Saltcoats HeraldArran BannerIrvine Herald & Kilwinning ChronicleIrvine Times

North Lanarkshire

----Airdrie & Coatbridge AdvertiserCumbernauld News & Kilsyth ChronicleMotherwell Times & Bellshill Speaker

Orkney

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Perth and Kinross

----Blairgowrie AdvertiserPerthshire Advertiser

Renfrewshire

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Scottish Borders

----Berwickshire NewsBorder TelegraphThe Hawick PaperPeeblesshire News

Shetland

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South Ayrshire

----Ayr Advertiser incorporating Carrick Gazette & Troon Times

South Lanarkshire

----East Kilbride NewsHamilton AdvertiserLanark & Carluke GazetteRutherglen Reformer

Stirling

----Stirling News

West Dunbartonshire

----Clydebank PostDumbarton and [Vale of Leven Reporter]

West Lothian

----Linlithgow Gazette - incorporating Bo'ness Journal and Queensferry Gazette

Western Isles

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Specialist newspapers

The i-Witness - Muslim paper in EnglishThe Pink Paper - Edinburgh soccer paper, which shares its name with a separate gay and lesbian publicationScots Independent - mainly supporting the Scottish National Party Scottish Catholic ObserverScottish Socialist Voice - printed by the Scottish Socialist Party Third Force News - newspaper serving the voluntary sector, non-party-political

UK-wide specialist newspapers widely available in Scotland

The Economist - weekly news-focused magazine owned by Pearson PLC, founded by Scot James WilsonPinkNews - LGBT online newspaperPrivate Eye - Fortnightly satirical current affairs news magazineThe Jewish Chronicle - aimed at Britain's Jewish communityRacing Post – daily horse racing, greyhound racing and sports betting newspaper

University newspapers

Defunct newspapers

Aberdeen CitizenAllanwater HeraldAn Gàidheal Ùr - for speakers of Scottish Gaelic Arbroath HeraldBrechin AdvertiserThe BulletinBusiness amThe ButemanCarnoustie Guide & GazetteThe CitizenEast Lothian NewsEdinburgh AdvertiserEdinburgh CourantEllon AdvertiserFife & Kinross ExtraForfar DispatchGlasgow ArgusGlasgow Evening NewsThe Gourock TimesHawick NewsThe HighlanderHighland NewsInverness HeraldInverurie AdvertiserKirriemuir HeraldLothian and Peebles TimesMercurius CaledoniusMontrose ReviewNairnshire TelegraphNorth Ayrshire WorldThe North BritonNorth StarPaisley PeoplePerth ShopperRossshire HeraldScottish Daily NewsScottish GuardianScottish Leader - Edinburgh-based daily, Liberal and pro-home rule, established in competition with The Scotsman Scottish StandardSelkirk AdvertiserStrathkelvin AdvertiserSunday ScotSunday StandardTurriff Advertiser