
Alistair Brown, Head of New Media at STV Group PLC
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Alistair Brown, Head of New Media at STV Group PLC
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Alistair Brown is a General Manager with broad experience of media and digital publishing industries. Key skills lie in developing and managing highly trafficked, highly accessible, user focused commercial web sites - responsible for all aspects of the online business - digital strategy, product development, operational infrastructure, sales and commercial development. Fifteen years publishing and media industry experience - over ten years in digital publishing with Financial Times Electronic Publishing (FT EP) and The Scotsman Publications Ltd. (TSPL).
Online / Digital Publishing; Media, Newspaper Publishing; Strategy; Product Development and Project Management; Media Sales and Management; Display, Classified and Contextual Advertising; Partnership and Business Development; Digital Archives / Digital Editions; Aggregated News Services; Business Information; Gaming; Content Management; developing online audiences and monetising them.
(Online Media industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
March 2007 — February 2008 (1 year )
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Online Media industry)
January 2003 — December 2006 (4 years )
Key achievements during this period include:
- Growing ABCe audited monthly Unique Users on scotsman.com from 300,000 in 2001 to 3.8m in 2006.
- Launch of The Scotsman Digital Archive - a fully searchable subscription archive dating back to 1817.
- Scotsman.com awarded "Best Daily Newspaper Website in the UK" - Newspaper Society, 2002, 2003 and 2006.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Online Media industry)
March 2000 — December 2002 (2 years 10 months)
Full P&L responsibility with particular focus on operational infrastructure, online strategy and product development.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PSON; Information Services industry)
May 1992 — April 2000 (8 years )
Project Manager leading team of Product Managers working closely with Sales and Marketing and technical development teams. Responsible for all web product strategy and development.
MSc , Multimedia Systems , 1994 — 1995
BA (Hons) , Communication Studies , 1985 — 1988
Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Ardbeg Volunteers
scotsman.com - Best Daily Newspaper Website in the UK - Newspaper Society, 2002, 2003 and 2006.