Two new national newspapers to launch next month

THE owners of the Evening Times are to launch two new national newspapers next month in an exciting change to Scotland’s media landscape.

Newsquest Scotland is to produce Sunday editions of both The Herald and The National.

The move is in response to reader demand for a sevenday offering of both titles and closer alignment of The Herald brand. The launch of the Herald on Sunday and the Sunday National will mean the closure of the Sunday Herald title.

The company is to begin printing its daily broadsheet The Herald and pro-independence title The National seven days a week from September 9.

It was announced earlier this month that The Herald and The Sunday Herald teams were to be merged.

Newsquest said the decision followed “extensive market research and feedback from readers and advertisers alike that their needs were not being fully met on a Sunday”.

Newsquest Scotland, managing director Graham Morrison, said: “By launching The Herald on Sunday and extending The National title to seven days a week, we are able to give our audience and advertisers a clearer and better choice.”

Donald Martin, Newsquest Scotland editor-in-chief and editor of the seven-day Herald, said: “The Herald on Sunday will take the best of our journalism and columnists, and offer a weekend package unrivalled for the Scottish market.”