The Digger

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The Digger
TypeWeekly magazine
Format Tabloid
Owner(s)James Cruickshank
Founded2004
HeadquartersGlasgow
Website www.the-digger.com

The Digger is a 24-page magazine in Glasgow, Scotland which focusses on crime stories. [1] It is published weekly, in an A5 newsletter format. In 2012, the magazine went from newsprint to glossy.

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Background

The magazine was founded by James Cruickshank in 2004, and currently has eight full-time staff members, of which five are accredited journalists; two are full-time court reporters. The Digger also employs lawyers to legal the magazine every week.

In 2007, the magazine claimed to have a circulation of up to 10,000. [2] Distribution is through 600 shops in the Greater Glasgow area. Sales fluctuate between 6,500 and 10,000 each week.

The paper focuses on stories about local organised crime, and alleged corruption within Police Scotland and Glasgow City Council, sometimes also naming alleged local drug dealers and paedophiles. At one stage Cruickshank was banned from covering stories at Glasgow Sheriff Court. [3] [4]

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References

  1. McNally, Paul (1 June 2009). "The Digger runs front-page apology to housing boss". Press Gazette. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  2. Robinson, James (21 January 2007). "News that's right up your street, but stops at the corner". The Observer . Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. Ponsford, Dominic (29 June 2005). "Banned newsletter editor vows to fight authorities". Press Gazette . Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. "Magazine publisher to fight Glasgow Sheriff Court ban". The Firm. 3 October 2005. Retrieved 31 August 2015.