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More than a hundred job cuts planned across North West publishing |
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Friday, 28 November 2008 |
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Trinity Mirror has announced plans to cut 78 jobs in the North West and North Wales. In a turbulent few hours for North West publishers the news came as 30 possible redundancies are discussed at CN Group and three senior executives have left Newsquest.
Almost a quarter of Trinity Mirror’s Merseyside editorial staff is at risk, that’s 43 posts out of 175.
Eight editorial jobs are set to go in North Wales and four in Cheshire.
The Liverpool base of the Echo and Post is going to be the hardest hit as the group restructures newsgathering and the Post moves to Monday to Friday publishing, dropping the Saturday edition.The statement said:
"The revolutionary editorial plan, conceived by senior editors over several months is designed to secure a strong long-term future for the key newspaper and online brands.
"The company is committed to achieving as many of the redundancies as possible on a voluntary basis and has entered into a period of consultation with all affected staff today."
The statement went on to say that reporter and photographer roles will be merged, and replaced by "multimedia journalists" who can also shoot video and write web content.
Trinity Mirror North West and North Wales regional managing director, Sara Wilde, added:  Wilde
"To do that in the digital age, and in such difficult trading conditions, has entailed taking some very radical steps, which will revolutionise the way in which we produce our newspapers and websites.
"However, we believe the changes we are introducing mean we can do that while maintaining the high quality products our readers have come to expect."
"Nobody likes the idea of losing jobs, but we will remain by far the city's biggest employer of journalists, producing the best stories for the people of Liverpool," added Echo editor Alastair Machray.
It aims to implement the cuts before March 2009 and has entered into talks with staff and the NUJ. Something to add? Then leave a comment below or email us now.
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