Trinity Mirror set to make 70 redundancies

Trinity Mirror is set to cut 70 journalists, almost a third of its editorial staff, from its Glasgow-based Scottish newspapers, including the Daily Record and Sunday Mail.

As part of a radical shakeup at the publisher, editorial operations for Trinity Mirror’s Glasgow papers will be integrated, with the Daily Record editor appointed to the newly created role of editor-in-chief of the two flagship titles, with the added responsibility of overseeing the group’s new web-based content management system, according to reports.

The Sunday Mail editor, Allan Rennie, has also been moved to the new role of editorial development director of Trinity’s national titles, which includes the Daily Mirror and the People as well as Scottish newspapers.

The initial changes at Trinity are expected to involve the reorganisation of the senior editorial team, which includes weekly titles the Glaswegian, Business7 and the afternoon freesheet Record PM.

Trinity Mirror is now seeking up to 60 voluntary redundancies from across the Glasgow-based editorial departments as it develops in to a single editorial production operation.

The publisher said the changes will see a “multimillion-pound investment” in new technology in its Glasgow base, which will enable the production of high-quality content across multiple print and online publications.

Mark Hollinshead, managing director of Trinity Mirror’s national division, said: “These are extraordinary days in our industry. No business, including ours, has escaped the economic downturn.

“This reorganisation plus the investment in technology and retraining of staff will better position us for the future in what will be a dramatically different media economy and commercial environment.”