The Herald report highlighting how Scotland lost out on becoming the stage for one of TV's most popular dramas, Game of Thrones, will strengthen the hand of those lobbying for a high-end film studio to be built somewhere here, probably in Glasgow.
The national arts funding body, Creative Scotland, has defended hiring consultants to garner the public's opinion of their work only weeks after finishing a major consultation exercise of their own.
The language and policies of Creative Scotland, which have been "financialised and corporatised", must change, a review of its public meetings has found.