Best Startup Scotland
At Best Startup Scotland we track over 100,000 Scottish startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 53 News companies in Scotland. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top News Companies & Startups (Scotland)
The Drum
The home of modern marketing and media in the UK & US with news, features, research, awards, events and jobs.
Founder(s): Diane Young, Gordon Young
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Advertising, Events, News, Publishing
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ThinkAnalytics
ThinkAnalytics provides and deploys real-time personalized content recommendation search engines to the markets.
Founder(s): Peter Docherty
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Advertising, Internet, News, Software
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Inveterate
Inveterate, a vintage guide to a modern culture.
Founder(s):
Location: Kingsbury, South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Fashion, Lifestyle, Music, News
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DC Thomson Media
DC Thomson Media is a newspaper and magazine publisher.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: News, Publishing
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The Herald – Scotland
The Herald – Scotland, a Scottish broadsheet newspaper that provides its readers with national and international news, sport, and features.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Association, News, Non Profit, Publishing, Sports
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Scotsman
Scotsman is a Scottish newspaper that provides articles related to latest breaking news, sports, opinions, business, lifestyles, and more.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: News, Publishing
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Midlothian Advertiser
Midlothian Advertiser is a Midlothian’s local weekly newspaper, provides news, events, and sport features.
Founder(s):
Location: Queensferry, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: News, Publishing
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Newsline Media
Newsline Media is a news and picture agency specializing in corporate, PR, industrial and editorial photography.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Industrial, News, Photography
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Nation’s Restaurant News – NRN
Nation’s Restaurant News – NRN is an American trade publication that delivers breaking news about the restaurant industry.
Founder(s):
Location: Newyork, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Industries: Information Technology, News
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Daily Record
The Daily Record publishes news, opinion pieces, and information on politics, crime, health, business, sports, entertainment, and more.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: News, Publishing, Sports
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media co-op
media co-op has specialise in creating digital media and films for the third sector and broadcast television.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Advertising, Broadcasting, Digital Entertainment, Digital Media, Film, News
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IEEE Spectrum
IEEE Spectrum is the flagship magazine and website of the IEEE.
Founder(s):
Location: Newyork, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Industries: Blogging Platforms, News, Publishing, Social News
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Newslines
Newslines is a crowdsourced news search engine
Founder(s): Mark Devlin, Mary Devlin
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Crowdsourcing, News, Social News
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Peebles Media Group
Peebles Media Group is a publishing company that advertises information, news, publishes magazines, conducts events and awards.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Events, Media and Entertainment, News, Publishing
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Highland News and Media
Highland News and Media is a privately-owned company producing eighteen weekly newspapers covering Caithness.
Founder(s):
Location: Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Industries: Media and Entertainment, News
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DIGIT
DIGIT is Scotland’s leading technology media & events company.
Founder(s): Ray Bugg
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Digital Media, E-Commerce, Events, Information Technology, News
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Luminary Media
Luminary Media is a media production company offering tourism, travel guides, and marketing content.
Founder(s): Amara Projansky, Jason Stern
Location: Newyork, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Industries: Digital Media, Film Production, Internet, Media and Entertainment, News, Podcast, Publishing, Social Media
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Simply Cashflow
The Cashflow Forecasting Business Management Tool….the easy way to manage your cashflow….
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Accounting, Apps, Cloud Computing, News, Software
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Clyde Broadcast Products
Digital radio broadcast equipment
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: News
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Original 106 FM
Original 106 FM delivers quality music over the last five decades and news updates to the people of Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Broadcasting, Media and Entertainment, Music, News, Social Media
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GlasgowWorld
GlasgowWorld is a news publisher and journalism specialized firm.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Journalism, News, Publishing
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The Majority
The Majority is an online media agency that give voice to the Scotland’s anti-Nationalist majority.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: News, Online Forums, Politics
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The Tech Herald
The Tech Herald was originally created as an outlet for some of the staff on Monsters and Critics.com to write more tech orientated content.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Information Technology, Internet, News, Publishing
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Scottish Field
Scottish Field is Scotland’s quality lifestyle magazine, bringing you country news, fashion, interiors, travel, food & drink.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: News, Publishing, Social News
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Scottish Police information service
Scottish Police information service is a website that allows users to report crimes, read local news, and advice on how to avoid crime.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: News, Social Media
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Yachting Monthly
Yachting Monthly has been at the heart of the British yachting market for over 100 years.
Founder(s):
Location: Greenock, Inverclyde, United Kingdom
Industries: EBooks, Journalism, Marine Transportation, News, Sailing, Social Media, Water Transportation
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Romanes Media Group Ltd.
Romanes Media Group publishes and distributes a portfolio of newspapers.
Founder(s):
Location: Dunfermline, Fife, United Kingdom
Industries: Events, News, Publishing, Sports
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Barrhead News
Barrhead News is a print and electronic magazine that provides news on various topics such as national, international, and sports.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: News, Publishing, Social News
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Clydebank Post
Clydebank Post is a newspaper that publishes news, sports, entertainment, and local events.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Broadcasting, News, Publishing
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The Social Intelligence Lab
The Social Intelligence Lab is a global community for professionals working with social and internet data.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Communities, Media and Entertainment, News
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Deadline News
Deadline News is a multimedia news agency.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Broadcasting, News, Publishing, Social News, TV
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East Lothian Courier
East Lothian Courier is a newspaper website that offers information about entertainment, sports, and election news.
Founder(s):
Location: Musselburgh, East Lothian, United Kingdom
Industries: News, Publishing, Social News
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Project Scotland
Project Scotland publishes news on construction, civil engineering, flooring, roofing, cladding, scaffolding, bricks, and renewable energy.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: News, Printing, Publishing
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Rockifi Ltd
The Heavy Streaming Platform
Founder(s): Felicitas Betzl, Ruaridh Currie
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Events, Music, Music Streaming, News, Social Network
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Worldwide Oil And Gas
Worldwide Oil And Gas is a job advertising company.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Advertising, News
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WWCTN
WWCTN (What We Call the News) tells people about the news in a different way: they give the news in an opinionated way.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: News
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Greenock Telegraph
The Greenock Telegraph is a daily newspaper based in Greenock, Scotland.
Founder(s):
Location: Greenock, Inverclyde, United Kingdom
Industries: Media and Entertainment, News, Publishing
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Direct Distribution
Direct Distribution generate visitors, audiences and customers for clients via the power of print media.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: News, Social Media
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All Media Scotland
All Media Scotland is for journalists, broadcasters, communication professionals and media students.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: News
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SCREENHI LIMITED
ScreenHI is the screen and broadcast network of creative industries support organisation, XpoNorth.
Founder(s):
Location: Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Industries: Advertising, Film Production, News, TV Production
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WireNews Limited
WireNews is dedicated to free speech and serves to connect communities throughout the world by way of innovative and interactive news.
Founder(s): Bill White
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Communities, Journalism, News
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Young Company Finance Scotland
YCF Scotland provides news, comment and analysis on young company market, published by LS Ventures, trading subsidiary of LINC Scotland.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: News
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KennethWatt.com
National and international news, tech news, reviews, politics and computer support blog.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: News
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Westsound
Westsound is an online radio that features entertainment and local news, songs also provides live traffic and travel information.
Founder(s):
Location: Prestwick, South Ayrshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Internet Radio, Media and Entertainment, Music Streaming, News
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The Inverness Courier
The Inverness Courier is an Inverness newspaper publishing company.
Founder(s):
Location: Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Industries: Content, Media and Entertainment, News
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Vertikal Press
Vertikal Press is the leading news provider for the lifting equipment industry, website & specialist guides have far-reaching circulation.
Founder(s):
Location: Brackley, Highland, United Kingdom
Industries: News
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Ayrshire Media Services
Ayrshire Media Services provides newspaper publication and advertising services.
Founder(s):
Location: Troon, South Ayrshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Advertising, Creative Agency, News
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TechnoFinger
Technology and Entertainment News
Founder(s): Kenneth Watt
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Blogging Platforms, News
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Key & Community
Key provide personalised supports and housing solutions for people with disabilities.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Charity, Internet, News
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Galloway Gazette
Galloway Gazette publishes news, sports events, business news, and lifestyle.
Founder(s):
Location: Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom
Industries: Broadcasting, News, Publishing
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Land of Droid
News & Reviews from the Land of Droid.
Founder(s):
Location: Greenock, Inverclyde, United Kingdom
Industries: News, Publishing
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The Falkirk Herald
The Falkirk Herald is a daily news publisher.
Founder(s):
Location: Grangemouth, Falkirk, United Kingdom
Industries: Media and Entertainment, News, Publishing
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Scottish Provincial Press
Scottish Provincial Press is a privately-owned company producing seventeen weekly newspapers covering Caithness.
Founder(s):
Location: Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Industries: News
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