Press Holdings is the name of a British holding company owned by the Barclay brothers which has: The Spectator and the Apollo arts magazine, as well as operating some online journalism ventures such as handbag.com. Its chief executive is Andrew Neil. The Telegraph Media Group, which controls the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, is a subsidiary of Press Holdings.

In December 2005, it sold The Scotsman Publications to the Edinburgh-based Johnston Press for £160m, having paid £82m for the group in 1995. The Barclays are property magnates, and still own The Scotsman’s Edinburgh headquarters having sold the old historic building for conversion to an hotel.

Mike Daly is an American producer / songwriter / multi-instrumentalist who grew up in Roselle Park, New Jersey, United States. Daly attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, graduating in 1994. Soon after, he joined the band Swales and recorded one album, What's His Name? for Bar/None Records. Daly first came to prominence as the Whiskeytown resident multi-instrumentalist / co-writer. He wrote or co-wrote many of the songs on the Pneumonia album and has contributed to all of Caitlin Cary's solo releases. In one incident, Daly dragged Ryan Adams, at the time the Whiskeytown frontman, away from security at The Fillmore when they attempted to restrain him after he kicked the monitors into the crowd.

Daly's songs have been recorded by such artists as Alanis Morissette, Jason Mraz, Lana Del Rey, Alberta Cross, Young the Giant, Jessie Baylin, The Plain White T's, Josh Kelley and Jimmy Barnes. Mike is currently writing and producing many artists, some with whom he has worked include Stephen Kellogg, the Pernice Brothers,Ambulance LTD, Patrick Park, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Marie Digby, Georgia, Sherwood, Rachael Yamagata, Young the Giant, Alberta Cross, Breanne Duren, Aslyn and Donavon Frankenreiter. Additionally, Daly has served as a panelist at the South by Southwest Festival, appeared on the Tonight show with Jay Leno, Good Morning America, Regis and Kelly, and Austin City Limits.