Special edition comic celebrates the power of superhero dads and 45 years of Britain’s most bananas hero

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UK family history website, Findmypast, has unveiled a fresh new brand campaign to align with a brand mission to help people better understand their family history. Launching today, the campaign inspires users to look beyond just dates and names and delve deeper into their family tree to gain a greater understanding of the lives their […]

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Original 106, Scotland’s fastest-growing radio station, has today announced plans to expand into Fife and Tayside, reaching more audiences across the country. Kingdom FM will be rebranded as Original 106, creating a new radio power brand for Fife and Tayside. The station is already number one for listeners in Aberdeen and the North East. Original […]

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Jackie: 60 Years of Magic is the ultimate celebration of an iconic teenage magazine.
Sixty years ago, an iconic magazine made its debut, forever changing the lives of teenage girls across the UK. Now, Jackie: 60 Years of Magic, a beautifully crafted special edition bookazine, invites readers back to a world of glitter, hairspray and heartthrobs.

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Original 106 is thrilled to announce the launch of “Original 10STICKS,” a unique radio station dedicated to helping pet owners keep their dogs calm during the upcoming fireworks on Guy Fawkes Night. The idea for this canine-centric station came after numerous pet-owning listeners contacted Original 106, expressing worry about how local firework displays affect their […]

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DC Thomson has launched a new Puzzler app, available now across both iOS and Android devices worldwide. The Puzzler app showcases the best of Puzzler Media’s 50+ years of puzzle expertise in an intuitive and thoughtfully designed app, created to offer both casual and dedicated puzzle fans a unique and invigorating puzzling experience. Launching with […]

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Original 106 has cemented its place as the market leading radio station across the north-east according to new official listening figures. Statistics released today by Radio Joint Audience Research (RAJAR) revealed Original 106 as the station of choice for listeners in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. Original 106, which broadcasts from the heart of the city at […]

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DC Thomson has announced the appointment of Lee Wilkinson, Chief Information Officer, as the executive leader for its History business which includes the technology-driven genealogy subscription service Findmypast.   Lee, who retains his role as DC Thomson’s Chief Information Officer, joined the company in 2020 and has been instrumental in developing its ambitious growth plan, leading […]

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Our Beano and Puzzler teams were celebrating this week after their success at the 2024 Newspaper and Magazine Awards (NMAs). Organised by the Association of Circulation Executives (ACE), the awards bring the industry together to showcase and celebrate the success stories from the previous year. In total, DC Thomson received nominations across five categories, being […]

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Genius trigonometry gag from Northside Primary School in London has won the coveted trophy in the Britain’s Funniest Class competition’s sixth year

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Original 106 is celebrating a landmark achievement as the latest RAJAR (Radio Joint Audience Research) figures confirm the station as the market leader in the North East of Scotland. The station’s reach and hours have increased both quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year, reinforcing its position as the preferred choice for local listeners. With an impressive market share […]

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Launched in August 2020, the multi-award-winning podcast has further cemented itself as the No.1 golf media podcast in the UK – attracting a loyal and rapidly growing fanbase in the process – by reaching one million downloads. With new episodes every week, The bunkered Podcast has featured guest appearances from some of the biggest names […]

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Guide Dogs has partnered with Beano to create a bespoke story available in this week’s issue of the Beano comic.

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DC Thomson’s data journalism team has won an international media award for its investigation into the health of Scotland’s city centres. The team was awarded the Best Data Visualisation award at the WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards Europe 2024, honouring European news publishers whose projects and products showcase creativity, inspiration, and service to their readers. WAN-IFRA […]

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Runners ranging in age from 3 to 73 took to the streets of Aberdeen at the weekend for the first ever P&J Run Fest, bringing together a community of runners to raise money for the fund set up to celebrate The P&J’s 275th anniversary. 

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DC Thomson has been shortlisted across five categories at the 2024 Newspaper and Magazine Awards (ACE NMAs).  The NMAs allow the publishing industry to come together, showcase and celebrate the many success stories that have emerged in the last 12 months.  2023 was a year of considerable change within DC Thomson as it re-shaped and […]

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The best culinary businesses from across Tayside and Fife were celebrated this week at the fourth Courier Food and Drink Awards, held at The Old Course Hotel in St Andrews.

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Golf industry event Scottish Golf Tourism Week concluded last night in Inverness with predictions that this year’s meeting of suppliers and tour operators would bring golf tourists to the home of golf from more countries than ever before.

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Marks and Spencer has announced that it is to partner with Aberdeen’s Taste of Grampian, taking title sponsorship position of the food and drink event when it returns to P&J Live for a third time on June 1st.

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Today’s rapidly changing technologies are constantly revolutionising the way we communicate with one another. We exchange information more quickly and efficiently now than ever before.   But at the same time, new platforms have given rise to disinformation.  This is why it’s never been more important to use only sources of information that have proven to […]

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Local media should serve local communities.  That’s why at DC Thomson, we put the power of local advertising and reporting at the forefront of everything we do.    Here are three reasons why we believe in the power of local.  A history of loyalty to our readers  Across multiple publications, DC Thomson has pledged loyalty to […]

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In today’s fast-paced digital age, effective communication with customers demands a strategic and comprehensive approach. DC Thomson recognises the importance of reaching a broad audience through various media options, offering advertisers unparalleled value for their investment.  Understanding multichannel advertising Different channels represent unique avenues for communication. Whether it’s social media, print adverts, digital promotions or […]

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The People’s Friend unveils a fresh new look today, which coincides with its 155th anniversary and a national search to discover the country’s best hidden writing talent.

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NHS Highland and the team behind The Broons’ legendary characters have joined forces to develop an educational comic strip to highlight the importance of movement during and after a trip to hospital. A new pamphlet featuring all The Broons family members launched this week, providing health and wellbeing information about ‘deconditioning’ in an engaging and […]

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DC Thomson has become a supporter of the John Schofield Trust.  John was killed in 1995 while reporting on the Civil War in the former Yugoslavia for BBC Radio 4’s The World Tonight. After his death, John’s family and friends wished to create a lasting memorial to his work, establishing the Trust with an ambition […]

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Comic celebrates the Bash Street Kids’ 70th anniversary with the launch of ‘Britain’s Funniest Class’ competition The nation’s longest running comic, Beano is on the hunt for Britain’s funniest primary school class. The children’s comic is calling on schools and teachers across the country to enter ‘Britain’s Funniest Class’ competition, by submitting their best jokes […]

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Original 106, reaches a major milestone as official listening figures released this month show that it’s firmly the market leader in the north east of Scotland. The station, which broadcasts from Marischal Square in the heart of Aberdeen, now has a market share of 15.2% according to RAJAR (Radio Joint Audience Research).

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The People’s Friend is the biggest publisher of magazine fiction in the UK and to celebrate its 155th anniversary is running the country’s biggest prize for unpublished authors.

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The UK’s longest-running children’s comic partners with leading children’s mental health charity Dennis, Gnasher, Minnie and all of Beanotown will help children build better mental health through a new partnership, announced today, between top children’s comic Beano and children’s mental health charity Place2Be. This partnership brings together Beano’s 85 years of expertise in engaging children […]

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bunkered scored three major wins at this week’s Professional Publishers Association (PPA) Scotland awards, with deputy editor Michael McEwan named both Writer of the Year as well as Columnist of the Year. bunkered as a whole also scooped one of the biggest awards, Consumer Title of the Year.

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Today, there are many different ways to talk to your customers and an effective marketing strategy will take advantage of all those different communication channels. Here’s what you need to know.  What do we mean by different channels? Essentially, by channel we mean a method of communicating to your customers. That could be social media, […]

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Euros winner, Lioness Captain and bestselling children’s author, Leah Williamson has guest edited a special edition of Beano, commemorating the 70th anniversary of Minnie the Minx.

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The Stylist Group this week launches new dedicated insight agency: Think Stylist which will help businesses tap into the mindset of modern women. Powered by Stylist, the UK’s leading media brand for Millennial and Gen Z women, it will give brands and companies access to its unprecedented understanding and monthly network of 5 million women, […]

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Firmly established as one of the leading business awards in Scotland, The Courier Business Awards – in partnership with Henderson Loggie – celebrated its tenth birthday on October 28th with its biggest event to date. Held in Dundee in the grounds of the Apex City Quay Hotel, a record 760 people were in attendance including […]

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DC Thomson’s newsbrands this week launch a major study into the impact of dementia in Scotland, analysing over two decades worth of data, as well as carrying out a number of freedom of information enquiries. The project includes deep dives into the data region by region, video case studies, and a comic has also been […]

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The UK’s No.1 golf media podcast, the multi award-winning bunkered Podcast took to the stage in Scotland last night for its first-ever ticketed live show – and it was everything it promised to be. A capacity crowd of more than 120 people attended Glasgow’s Drygate Brewery for almost two hours of straight-talking golf chat from […]

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Minnie causing mischief in the 2023/24 storm name list  Met Office and Beano are up for mischief, as Minnie the Minx gets her own storm. The comic character has been included in the Met Office’s official list of storm names for the 2023/24 season.  The collaboration between Met Office and Beano comes as Minnie the […]

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Beano and the BBC have joined forces to help primary school teachers share the secrets of comic creation with their pupils. The new Beano – how to create a comic set of resources provide a step-by-step guide to help children to make their own comic; from creating characters to constructing worlds to developing stories. Three […]

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A new report from Enders Analysis, a market-leading technology, media and telecoms insight business, has argued “all is not lost” for local news publishers, despite a punishing economic environment.

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Designed to be a place for women in work who are also raising children with complex and additional needs, The SEN Mums’ Career Club podcast launched last month and has already received overwhelmingly positive feedback.

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The nation’s longest running comic is celebrating its 85th birthday with a collectible front cover and comic strip.   Created to celebrate the best bits of being a kid in 2023, the comic was edited in collaboration with thousands of kids – the most ever in Beano’s history.  Stormzy, Harry Styles and David Attenborough are […]

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DC Thomson has appointed Canopy Media to exclusively represent its portfolio of newspapers and magazines for national inserts. Earlier this year, Canopy commenced the sale of inserts, display and classified space in The People’s Friend, The People’s Friend Specials, The People’s Friend Pocket Novels, My Weekly, My Weekly Specials, My Weekly Pocket Novels and This […]

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As part of its 275th anniversary celebrations, The Press and Journal has launched a ‘Community Fund and Charity Spotlight’ designed to raise money and shine a light on local charities in the north and north east of Scotland. The fund is a way to celebrate the work of local charities, big and small, and a […]

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  The People’s Friend, the world’s longest running women’s magazine, and still one of the UK’s biggest selling, has appointed respected editor and journalist Stuart Johnstone to lead the much-loved title.   Stuart becomes only the 11th editor in the magazine’s 154-year history, which began with William D Latto in January 1869.    The weekly magazine, […]

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Gift, Beano’s brand marketing and communications manager, has been appointed to the Professional Publishers Association’s (PPA) Next Gen Board. His talent and drive meant DC Thomson were keen to put him forward for this position and after a rigorous application process are delighted that he has been selected.  He has been selected to join another […]

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The P&J’s Lindsay Bruce has been honoured for her work in telling the story of a frontline Ukraine medic reuniting with his wife and baby in Aberdeen after a year apart. Lindsay won the award for ‘best local media’ coverage at the Refugee Festival Scotland Media Awards this month, which celebrates ‘the exemplary work of […]

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Picking up more awards than any other media organisation, DC Thomson’s titles and teams have been recognised as the best in the country at the 44th Scottish Press Awards, held in Glasgow last night. Nine prizes were awarded to the company’s newsbrands and journalists, recognising excellence in journalism, ranging from print and digital media, national […]

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Back for a fifth year, Beano’s Funniest Class returned this week with Class Indigo 1 (Year 5) from Greasley Beauvale Primary School in Eastwood crowned the nation’s funniest with their joke “What happened to the math teachers garden? It grew square roots”. The winning class has been immortalised in Beano form, featuring in this week’s comic […]

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The first film from Dundee/London production company Emanata Studios streams this week, a darkly comic take on hapless Beano character Calamity James, starring Mark Bonnar (Guilt, Shetland, Catastrophe) and newcomer Dylan Blore (Empire of Light, The Hunt for Raoul Moat). Commissioned by the BBC for its Comedy Shorts strand and co-funded by Screen Scotland, Calamity James […]

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As the shortlist for the 2023 Scottish Press Awards is announced, The Courier, The Press and Journal and The Sunday Post have all received a substantial number of nominations.

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My Weekly, one of the world’s longest running women’s magazines, has appointed a new editor.

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DC Thomson’s printing arm Discovery Print has this week been named Regional Newspaper Printer of the Year at the 2023 Newspaper Awards. The awards focus on recognising excellence in printed newspapers and is the third time Discovery Print has taken the top prize in this category, having previously won in 2019 and 2016. According to […]

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As part of DC Thomson’s ongoing transformation, the media organisation has this week announced two senior appointments in newly-created news brand roles. Dave Lord has been confirmed as editor (national) and Jayne Savva becomes editor (features).

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Brightsolid, Scotland’s leading managed hybrid cloud services provider, has announced the appointment of Andy Sinclair as its new chief technology officer (CTO), Andy Laing as chief financial officer and David Taylor as head of cyber securit

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The Press and Journal’s Highland League Weekly (HLW) web show has been crowned Digital Initiative of the Year at the Regional Press Awards this week.

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DC Thomson has announced the appointment of Craig Walker as editor, Aberdeen and the North, with responsibility for leading The Press and Journal and Evening Express.

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David Sutherland, the artist who gave life to some of Britain’s best-loved comic characters, has died aged 89.

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This year marks the 275th anniversary of The Press and Journal, Scotland’s oldest newspaper and one of the longest running titles anywhere in the world. 

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  Back in 1972 Puzzler hit the newsstands as the nation’s first ever dedicated puzzle magazine. Now, Puzzler Media turns 50 and they’re celebrating in style.   What better way to mark the occasion than a specially designed puzzle!? Screen Test is 50 cunning ‘rebus’ puzzles based around TV shows from the last 50 years. This […]

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Dennis and Gnasher joined pupils from Ss Peter & Paul RC Primary School, and Mike Stirling and Craig Graham from Beano, to help launch the Dundee Literacy Hub from the National Literacy Trust (NLT), the first in Scotland and the 18th in the UK. 

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Three DC Thomson journalists have been recognised in the 2022 Women in Local News Awards this month.

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Paid digital subscriptions for DC Thomson’s daily news brands (The Courier, The Press and Journal, Evening Telegraph and Evening Express) have this month passed 25,000 paid subscribers, 18 months into the company’s ambitious drive to build a new, sustainable model for local journalism.

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DC Thomson’s news brands, stories and journalists have been recognised in an exceptional result at this year’s Scottish Press Awards.

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Leading managed hybrid cloud service provider Brightsolid has launched its first Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service, a cybersecurity product tailored specifically for organisations in Scotland and the north of England.

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Just six years after Living was first unveiled, DC Thomson’s free, luxury lifestyle magazine adds a ninth edition with the launch of Ness & Moray. The new addition, covering Inverness and surrounding areas, takes the number of separate regional versions of Living published to nine and the number of copies to 187,000 each quarter.

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110% Gaming, the UK’s biggest dedicated multi-platform gaming magazine for children, reaches a major milestone this week as it publishes its 100th edition.

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Findmypast, the technology-driven genealogy subscription service, has announced a new strategic partnership with Code First Girls (CFG), a UK-based social enterprise that provides technology training for women, to help tackle the UK’s gender gap in technology skills.

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Britain’s Funniest Class have wowed the nation by appearing overnight on a giant billboard in Hitchin today, celebrating their crowning as the nation’s funniest school class.

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After a conscious effort to ensure every kid sees themselves in the comic, Beano has been awarded this year’s Diversity & Inclusion prize at the Professional Publishers Association Awards.

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DC Thomson has been recognised in a major international award this week, for the work the company does in taking creative approaches, based on insight, to develop its news brands.

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DC Thomson news brand The Courier has launched what it believes to be a first for a UK regional news brand: a daily audio news briefing.

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The Courier’s investigations team this week releases documentary ‘A Short Walk Home: The Disappearance of Allan Bryant Jnr’, a deep-dive examination of how a Fife man came to vanish without trace over eight years ago.

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A new approach for DC Thomson recruitment has launched, the first step in evolving the way people are brought into the company. Responding to the ever-changing job market and the company’s ongoing transformation strategy, DC Thomson Pathways takes a creative approach to recruitment. The programme is giving the company access to people (particularly in software […]

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The work of The Sunday Post’s chief reporter Marion Scott was hailed at the Scottish Parliament yesterday as politicians marked World Press Freedom Day. Russell Findlay MSP, who opened a special debate at Holyrood, spoke of the continuing importance of journalism but said its ability to hold power to account was in jeopardy as those […]

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Podcasts produced by DC Thomson have taken three prizes in this year’s Publisher Podcast Awards with Energy Voice Out Loud, Author in Your Classroom and the Bunkered Golf Podcast all winning their categories. The awards come as the company marks the milestone of reaching a million downloads since it started podcasting in 2019. Winning Best B2B Podcast, Energy Voice Out Loud leads the conversation […]

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Beano has teamed up with VisitScotland and ScotRail for the first time to promote family holidays and day trips across the country.

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Scotland’s MSPs and most senior law officers have been sent a life-saving book illuminating male violence against women and girls in a landmark partnership between The Sunday Post and publishers Bloomsbury. The book, In Control: Dangerous Relationships and How They End in Murder by leading criminologist Professor Jane Monckton Smith details eight escalating stages of […]

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Beano Brain, the award-winning specialist kids and family insights agency from Beano Studios, has this week revealed what the coolest brands are for the UK’s 7-14 year-olds. Born from decades of experience with kids, Beano Brain helps companies build their own connections with families using its unparalleled knowledge of Gen Alpha, Gen Z and their […]

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DC Thomson’s news brands will this week give away thousands of posters depicting the Ukrainian flag, as a symbol of solidarity with refugees fleeing war. Around 160,000 flag posters have been printed, showing the Ukrainian flag and a dove of peace. The posters are being inserted into The Courier, The Press and Journal, Evening Telegraph […]

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An innovative Dundee-based project designed to give pupils the chance to train for the workplace while still at school is set to expand beyond its pilot stage and move into the mainstream. Supported by DC Thomson and the Northwood Charitable Trust, the Future Skills College project began in 2017 after a study was commissioned on what could […]

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Beano is launching a new children’s reading initiative – ‘Libraries Aloud’ – designed to encourage families to head to their local library and have fun reading out loud.  

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Two new community reporter roles have been created at the Press and Journal through a partnership with the National Council for the Training of Journalists and Meta.

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Findmypast and The National Archives have published the highly anticipated 1921 Census of England and Wales online today, as the 100-year rule, which ensures records are closed to the public for 100 years, has ended. After three years of intensive conservation and digitisation and with the help and support of the Office for National Statistics, […]

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DC Thomson writers have been recognised by Zero Tolerance, the Scottish charity which promotes gender equality, and challenges attitudes that ‘normalise violence and abuse against women’. Journalists from the Sunday Post, The Courier and The Press and Journal were named as winners in the 2021 Write to End Violence Against Women Awards, which the charity […]

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DC Thomson has today (7th December 2021) announced the appointment of Rebecca Miskin as CEO of its media portfolio as the 116-year-old company progresses its ambitious growth plans.

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DC Thomson scooped awards in five categories in this year’s Scottish PPA Awards. The ceremony in Glasgow saw Beano win Media Brand of the Year as a result of “an impressive range of innovative brand extensions and activities which helped to deliver a great commercial performance”. Consumer Publication of the Year went to 110% Gaming for its strong brand identity and understanding of […]

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Pure Radio, the station by Scots, for Scots, unveils a new look to weekday afternoons and evenings, as well as weekend mornings with new presenters joining the rapidly-expanding channel.   Stuart McCully, well known to Aberdonians from his show on Original 106, has taken up residency in the weekday 4pm to 8pm slot. Meanwhile, Fraser Thomson joins Pure from the Greatest Hits Network and entertains listeners from 1pm to 4pm, Monday to Friday. Ross Turnbull, who has won fans from his stints […]

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Beano Studios and DC Thomson launch Emanata Studios to develop the UK’s largest comic book archive for film and television; first US deals set with Westbrook Studios, Jerry Bruckheimer TV and Fox Entertainment

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The Press and Journal’s documentary on the disappearance of Shaun Ritchie – Missing from The Broch: The Disappearance of Shaun Ritchie – has broken all records for engagement with almost 1,000 people signing up to watch it in the first 10 days alone.   Shaun Ritchie, 20, vanished from Fraserburgh on October 31st, 2014, after travelling with friends in a van to a remote farm. A disturbance took […]

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DC Thomson Media has been shortlisted 11 times across eight categories in this year’s Scottish PPA Awards. The Scots Magazine has been shortlisted for the Consumer Publication of the Year award alongside the Event of the Year award for their Adventure is on Your Doorstep campaign. Beano and 110% Gaming are also shortlisted for the […]

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Findmypast has revealed a sneak peek of the digitisation process of the 1921 Census of England and Wales, which will be officially published online on 6 January 2022.

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DC Thomson’s daily newspapers are travelling across Scotland to report on how the climate crisis is impacting on local communities ahead of international COP26 talks in Glasgow.

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