UK's Independent Axing Quarter Of Editorial, Says Online Requires Fewer Editors

From our sister site PCUK: Independent News & Media (INM) plans to make about 60 redundancies from its 250 Independent editorial staff by the New Year, in a US-style slash-and-burn that this country has rarely seen outside regionals and magazines. In all, 90 of 424 total staff will go in a bid to save £10 million, FT.com says. INM sales fell 14.1 percent in the UK between January and June - with the ad recession biting harder now, it's the staff who are in the firing line...UK MD Simon Kelner: "We have got 1986 working practices and 2008 technology. Reporter's copy can come under five sets of eyes. That is just not necessary with the technology we have now. You can get rid of at least one of those levels of process." More on PCUK.

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