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By The Drum Team, Editorial

August 3, 2007 | 2 min read

An 'at a glance' look at some of the main media and marketing stories featured in the Scottish press this week...

HMV has bought the Fopp brand and is to save six of its stores, including branches in Glasgow and Edinburgh, and 70 jobs.

The Scotsman, 1st August

Sir Alan Sugar looks set to make almost £35 million from the sale of his company Amstrad to BSkyB in a deal worth £125 million.

The Times, 1st August

ITV has faced criticism over misleading viewers after it emerged that a documentary purportedly showed the death of an Alzheimer’s sufferer was filmed two and a half days before he died.

The Herald, 1st August

Channel 4 is to scrap its profit-making phone in competitions in the wake of an internal inquiry into how the contests are conducted.

The Scotsman, 2nd August

Glasgow-based client data software company VisionWare is targeting the US market with plans to open a new office in Boston.

The Scotsman, 3rd August

Trinity Mirror has revealed that the sales of its regional and sports titles are likely to be less than the expected £600 million, at £450 million.

The Herald, 3rd August

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