MSPs reject Scottish Govenment plans to take public ads online
MSPs reject Scottish Govenment plans to take public ads onlineIt has been reported that MSPs have rejected The Scottish Government's plans to move public notice advertisements to an online portal, a move which would have cost the newspaper industry millions of pounds in revenue.
A vote from MSPs was taken in Holyrood yesterday which saw 76 to 48 chose to reverse the decision by the SNP to advertise online instead, following a debate earlier this week in which Michael Johnston, managing director of The Scotsman Group, warned of the impact the move would have on the newspaper industry.
Pauline McNeil, culture spokesperson for Labour, said that there was a real danger that putting public notices online would lead to important decisions being taken without proper scrutiny.
The Scottish Government will now face placing the proposal in front of Parliament to be voted for.
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That's going to make some classified sales people at The Scotsman very happy. Over £20k flying in the window for a page would put a smile on anyone's face, except the poor sods paying for it - the taxpayer.
The opposition parties are being extremely transparent here. This is nothing to do with securing a free press and everything to do with offering a bribe to the media for their future support.
Not every household has access to the internet.
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