Wednesday 28 January 2009

Best Hubby In Ireland Valentine's Day Gift


YOU can celebrate Valentine's Day this year - by putting your love story on the front page of the News of the World.

A personalised Valentine's newspaper is the perfect personalised Valentine's Day gift.

Make your husband BEST HUBBY IN IRELAND and let him appear on a spoof News of the World front page.

Scooped! has teamed up with The News of the World newspaper to launch an entire range of personalised newspaper gifts.

Valentine's Day .. yes, we really do love it.

All our personalised newspaper gifts are written and designed by real journalists.

Tuesday 27 January 2009

New funny newspaper gift - Open Golf Champion


IF you are a frustrated golfer like me then you'll know what it's like to spend most of your round trying to hack out of the deep rough.

But now you can convince your pals that you or a golfing partner are OPEN CHAMPION with one of our fantastic new spoof newspaper front pages.

We are always adding new templates to our brilliant range of personalised newspaper and magazine gifts.

And our latest funny newspaper gift allows you to name yourself or a friend or loved one Open Golf Champion.

A joke newspaper gift is the perfect personalised gift.

With our Open Champion spoof newspaper front page you can tell readers that you have won the greatest major of them all.

In the article, you are even praised by runner-up TIGER WOODS who acknowledges that you are the best player he has ever faced.

A funny newspaper gift is a great personalised birthday gift.

For a different and unusual birthday present, put your loved one on the front page of a joke newspaper.

All our personalised newspapers are written and designed by real journalists.

Monday 26 January 2009

New funny newspaper gift - the Drunkest Man In UK


The staff at Scooped! like nothing more than a good drink after a hard day's work and there would be no shortage of candidates that we could put forward for our latest spoof newspaper headline ... DRUNKEST MAN IN UK.

We are always adding new templates to our brilliant range of personalised newspaper and magazine gifts.

And our latest funny newspaper gift allows YOU or a loved one to become the Drunkest Man In Britain.

A joke newspaper gift is the perfect personalised gift.

With our Drunkest Man In UK spoof newspaper front page you can tell readers that you have been voted top bevvy merchant.

In the article, you are even praised by Prime Minister Gordon Brown for helping boost our battered economy by single-handedly keeping your local pub and off-licence in business.

A funny newspaper gift is a great personalised birthday gift.

For a different and unusual birthday present, put your loved one on the front page of a joke newspaper.

All our personalised newspapers are written and designed by real journalists.

Thursday 22 January 2009

New online newspaper for twitter users


Scooped! owner James McIvor today launched a new online newspaper for twitter users all over the world.
the all tweet journal will be published at http://thealltweetjournal.wordpress.com once a week.
It will start as a single front page but if there is sufficient demand we will increase the size of the newspaper or publish it daily.
If you use twitter, our news desk want you to tell us the big news in your life or business and we will publish the best stories.
You may have landed a big contract, developed new software, launched a new website or product . . . or something big may be happening in your personal life that you would like to share with your fellow twitterers.
Send your breaking news and pictures to scooped@makingthenews or DM @makingthenews on twitter and you could make it on to the front page of the all tweet journal

Wednesday 21 January 2009

Scooped! director interviewed on tweetabix






Scooped! director James McIvor has been interviewed by the excellent tweetabix website.

Tweetabix conducts interviews with members of the twitter community.

Read the full article here

Here is a selection of James' answers ..

@makingthenews Owner of Scooped!


Q1 Real name - James McvIvor

Twitter user name - @makingthenews

Q2 Location -

Glasgow, Scotland.

Q3Website - http://www.makingthenews.co.uk

Q4 Bio -

a graduate in journalism, I have worked for newspapers including The Sunday Times, News of the World and the Sunday Mail. I spent more than 10 years working for The Scottish Sun, most recently as Chief Sub Editor. I resigned in 2007 to work full-time on Scooped! producing personalised newspaper and magazine front pages as gifts for all occasions. I am also a director of Benchmark Books and have written a series of illustrated sport history books for children. Titles include The Story of Celtic , The Story of Rangers
, The Story of Liverpool
, The Story of Manchester United , The Story of the Scotland National Team and, most recently, The Story of Billy McNeill

Q5 When did you start using Twitter and how were you introduced to it? -

I joined early 2008 and was introduced by @holeinhiseye Whatever happened to him.

Q6 What are the main reasons you use Twitter (e.g. business, marketing, fun, community etc)? -

All of the above really. I enjoy sharing ideas with like-minded people, enjoying sharing articles that interest me and that I think will interest others, I like finding out how people are passing their day - it can feel like we’re working in the same office at times - and I like that as a result I’ve got to put faces to a few names.

Q7 What aspects of Twitter do you love?…

Its simplicity.

Q8 …and dislike (if any)? -

It crashes too often, although not as much as before. The price of success I suppose.

Q9 If you could make changes to Twitter what would they be? -

For the time being I’m happy as it is. I’m sure I’ll like the changes when they come - I’m not hard to please.

Q10 What Twitter apps do you use to Tweet from? (e.g. main Twitter site/ Twitterriffic / Tweetdeck etc) -

main Twitter site, I’ve been meaning to set up on my Blackberry for a while but never seem to get round to it. I also need to start using twitterpics.

Q11 What are your criteria for following someone? -

No set rules, I’ll check out their last six or seven posts and how frequently they post and if they sound OK I’ll follow. By and large I follow those who follow me though that has led me to following a cat!!!!

Q12 What type of behaviour would make you unfollow someone? -

Spam, bad attitude, far right views.

Q13 What tips do you have for newbies? -

Don’t make it all about you (or your company)

Have a genuine interest in what others are doing, or trying to do. If you’re going to join get right into it and try aand make it along to things like @edtwestival

Q14 How do you find new people to follow (e.g. Twellow, Summize, friends of friends etc)? -

I started off by searching for Scotland, then Glasgow etc and followed a few people that way but soon found that the best way was word of mouth. I now follow followers of followers if you follow me.

Q15 Qwitter - do you use it? If someone unfollows you do you reciprocate?

- I don’t think I’ve had anyone unfollow me yet - perhaps I should be more controversial. Not had any reason to unfollow anyone though think I’ll give up that cat unless there is a way you can give it a virtual boot.

Q16 If you agree that Twitter should be monetized do you have any suggestions how?-

I don’t think Twitter should be monetized.

Q17 Who do you enjoy following the most? -

There’s six or seven people that I regularly interact with - they know who they are.

Q18 How do you see the future of Twitter? -

I think they’ll get bigger and better and buy out Scooped! for a seven-figure sum.

If you’d like to feature on Tweetabix or know someone you think would be interested in participating please contact Richard McKay on Twitter or email him at ballymascanlon@gmail.com

Funny newspaper gift - you can be new Prime Minister


Scooped! is always adding new templates to its brilliant range of personalised newspaper and magazine gifts.

And our latest funny newspaper gift allows YOU or a loved one to become the new Prime Minister of Britain.

A joke newspaper gift is the perfect personalised gift.

With our NEW PRIME MINISTER spoof newspaper front page you can tell readers that you have recorded a shock landslide victory that puts you in Number 10 - and Gordon Brown out of a job.

A funny newspaper gift is a great personalised birthday gift.

For a different and unusual birthday present, put your loved one on the front page of a joke newspaper.

All our personalised newspapers are written and designed by real journalists.

Monday 19 January 2009

Fake celebrity magazine - the perfect personalised Valentine's Day gift


Celebrate Valentine's Day - by putting your love story on the front cover of a fake celebrity magazine.

A personalised Valentine's magazine front cover is the perfect personalised Valentine's Day gift.

Make your boyfriend, girlfriend, wife or husband's year by naming them the Best Lover In Britain, Best Lover in Scotland, Best Lover In England, Best Lover in Ireland, Best Lover In Wales or the Best Lover in the World.

Or you can name your partner Best Husband in the World or Best Wife in the World.

All our personalised magazine gifts are written and designed by real journalists.

Thursday 15 January 2009

Fake celebrity magazine gifts


DUE to popular demand, we have re-introduced our fake celebrity magazine gifts to our range of personalised newspaper and magazine gifts.

Show the bride and groom how special their big day is - by putting them on the front page of a fake celebrity magazine.

A personalised wedding magazine is the perfect personalised wedding gift for any bride and groom.

Give the new Mr and Mrs a special keepsake and mark their wedding day by putting them on the front of a spoof glossy mag.

All our personalised magazine gifts are written and designed by real journalists.

To order a joke magazine front cover email Scooped! at scooped@makingthenews.co.uk or call 0141 639 9918.

Put your love story on the front page of the News of the




YOU can celebrate Valentine's Day this year - by putting your love story on the front page of the News of the World.

A personalised Valentine's newspaper is the perfect personalised Valentine's Day gift.

Make your boyfriend, girlfriend, wife or husband's year by naming them the Best Lover In Britain, Best Lover in Scotland, Best Lover In England, Best Lover in Ireland, Best Lover In Wales or the Best Lover in the World.

Or you can name your partner Best Husband in the World or Best Wife in the World.

Scooped! has teamed up with The News of the Worldnewspaper to launch an entire range of personalised newspaper gifts.

Here is just three spoof Sun front pages that you can order. Give your missus the best personalised Valentine's Day ever - by naming her the BEST WIFE IN BRITAIN and putting her on the front page of the country's best-selling newspaper.

Or give your man the best funny Valentine's gift around by naming his BEST HUBBY IN BRITAIN and let him appear on a spoof News of the World front page.

Best of all, you can snap up a really sexy Valentine's Day present by insisting you are the BEST LOVER IN BRITAIN.

Valentine's Day .. yes, we really do love it.

All our personalised newspaper gifts are written and designed by real journalists.

Scooped! launches spoof newspaper party invitations


Scooped! has launched spoof newspaper party invitations to its range of personalised newspaper and magazine gifts!

Want to announce your party to the world - then why not create your very own personalised newspaper?

A spoof newspaper is the perfect personalised party invitation.

Our joke newspaper front pages are ideal party invitations for birthdays, weddings, Christenings or work leaving dos.

We will create your personalised party invitations and send you a preview prior to going to print.

Scooped! - Personalised newspaper gifts written and designed by real journalists.

Tuesday 13 January 2009

Scooped! Director Interviewed


Scooped! director James McIvor was interviewed as part of the Eastwood Today newspaper's 'Today's People' series.
They asked 20 questions, here are his answers ...

Thursday 8 January 2009

Star on the front page of The Sun this Valentine's Day




LOVE is always in the air in the Scooped! office! Well, it's not really actually but we couldn't think of a cheesier line to announce the launch of our new range of Valentine's Day newspaper gifts.

You can celebrate Valentine's Day this year - by putting your love story on the front page of a spoof newspaper.

A personalised Valentine's newspaper is the perfect personalised Valentine's Day gift.

Make your boyfriend, girlfriend, wife or husband's year by naming them the Best Lover In Britain, Best Lover in Scotland, Best Lover In England, Best Lover in Ireland, Best Lover In Wales or the Best Lover in the World.

Or you can name your partner Best Husband in the World or Best Wife in the World.

Scooped! has teamed up with The Sun newspaper to launch an entire range of personalised newspaper gifts.

Here is just three spoof Sun front pages that you can order. Give your missus the best personalised Valentine's Day ever - by naming her the BEST WIFE IN BRITAIN and putting her on the front page of the country's best-selling newspaper.

Or give your man the best funny Valentine's gift around by naming his BEST HUBBY IN BRITAIN and let him appear on a spoof Sun front page.

Best of all, you can snap up a really sexy Valentine's Day present by insisting you are the BEST LOVER IN BRITAIN.

Valentine's Day .. yes, we really do love it.

All our personalised newspaper gifts are written and designed by real journalists.

Monday 5 January 2009

Spoof News of the World front page gifts





EVER dreamed of starring on the front page of The News of the World - well now you can!

Scooped! has teamed up with Britain's best-selling Sunday newspaper to make you or a loved one a star for the day.

Our personalised newspaper gifts are the perfect personalised Christmas gifts.

You can be named Christmas No1, Santa's Little Helper, World Wii Champion .... or even have you exposed as being RELATED to Santa.

You can create your joke newspaper front page in just 60 seconds.

All our fake newspaper gifts are written and designed by real journalists.

Spoof Sun front page gifts





EVER dreamed of starring on the front page of The Sun newspaper - well now you can!

Scooped! has teamed up with Britain's best-selling newspaper to make you or a loved one a star for the day.

Our personalised newspaper gifts are the perfect personalised Christmas gifts.

You can be named Christmas No1, Santa's Little Helper, World Wii Champion .... or even have you exposed as being RELATED to Santa.

You can create your joke newspaper front page in just 60 seconds.

All our fake newspaper gifts are written and designed by real journalists.

Star on the News of the World front page .. for FREE


BEAT the credit crunch this Christmas by claiming your special edition News of the World front page absolutely FREE — the perfect gift for your friends and family!

Scooped! has teamed up with The News of the World to give readers a 100 per cent discount on our Christmas range of personalised newspapers that put YOU or a loved one on the front page of the paper.


Each page is worth £19.99 — but we are giving them away completely FREE! And what’s more, there is an exclusive front page for ALL the family — and you can order as many as you like.


Ever dreamed of being Christmas No1? Fancy being related to Santa Claus? Ever thought your son or daughter would make a great Santa’s Little Helper? Or is your computer whizzkid good enough to be World Wii Champion?


If you order online at http://www.makingthenews.co.uk/notw it will take just 60 SECONDS to create your very own News of the World front page.

All we need is the person’s name, age, where they live and a picture (optional) and that’s it. At the checkout, enter code SCOOPNOTW to claim your free page.

All you will be asked to pay is £2.99 postage and packaging. If you like what you see, order ANOTHER special edition News of the World page right away.

To claim your free front page go to http://www.makingthenews.co.uk/notw

Have fun!

Star on The Sun front page .. for FREE


BEAT the credit crunch this Christmas by claiming your special edition Sun front page absolutely FREE — the perfect gift for your friends and family!

Scooped! has teamed up with The Sun to give readers a 100 per cent discount on our Christmas range of personalised newspapers that put YOU or a loved one on the front page of the paper.


Each page is worth £19.99 — but we are giving them away completely FREE! And what’s more, there is an exclusive front page for ALL the family — and you can order as many as you like.


Ever dreamed of being Christmas No1? Fancy being related to Santa Claus? Ever thought your son or daughter would make a great Santa’s Little Helper? Or is your computer whizzkid good enough to be World Wii Champion?


If you order online at http://www.makingthenews.co.uk/thesun it will take just 60 SECONDS to create your very own Sun front page.

All we need is the person’s name, age, where they live and a picture (optional) and that’s it. At the checkout, enter code SCOOPSUN to claim your free page.

All you will be asked to pay is £2.99 postage and packaging. If you like what you see, order ANOTHER special edition Sun page right away.

To claim your free front page go to http://www.makingthenews.co.uk/thesun

Have fun!