I read with interest today the news that the MEN Media group, which includes the Manchester Evening News as well as our own Salford Advertiser, has been sold by Guardian Media Group to rival publisher Trinity Mirror.
I’ve made it clear in the past that I feel that our local newspapers have been treated very badly by Guardian Media Group – jobs have been cut and coverage slashed at their regional titles in order to prop up the loss-making Guardian and Observer.
I hope that our local titles are treated better under Trinity Mirror than they have been by GMG – but I’m not holding my breath. The MEN Media group staff, who have already been through a huge upheaval with job losses and the closure of local offices including the Advertiser office on Church Street in Eccles, now face a further period of uncertainty, and I wish them all the best.
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