The Scotsman has fired a columnist because of comments he made on an independent media blog. Nick Clayton, who has written a weekly gadget column for the paper's Saturday magazine for more than 12 years, was given his marching orders for writing about property advertising on the allmediascotland.com site.
Clayton said of his offending blog posting: "I was merely reporting what estate agents had said to me about advertising in newspapers." He contends that he was largely repeating the sentiments expressed in a recent Scotsman article, Johnston Press hit by house market woes as property advertising slides. (Via allmediascotland)
