Roy Greenslade: Newsquest's Glasgow actions are scandalous

A commenter to my posting below about the danger to Philippines' radio journalists, courtstown, raises questions about my attitude towards cuts by newspaper publishers (and specifically, the cuts at Newsquest/Gannett's Glasgow division) that merit both a reply and a separate posting.First off, I must point to the fact that on Wednesday, the day before Newquest's announcement, I posted an item headlined Tough times ahead for new Herald editor in which I outlined the problems that the newly-appointed editor-in-chief of the Glasgow-based Herald group, Donald Martin, would be facing and also mentioned that he would be constrained by decisions taken elsewhere. The papers' ultimate owner, Gannett, would be pulling the strings.That said, I wish I had found the time, either yesterday or this morning, to comment on the extraordinary... [read full story]