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Sunday Herald and The Herald staff merge within Newsquest Scotland amidst readership slump

on Aug 14, 2018 | 0 comments

By John Glenday

Scotland’s Sunday Herald has been granted a stay of execution amidst a readership slump after its publishers elected to merge its staff with the better performing Glasgow Herald rather than pull the plug completely.

The decision by Newsquest to focus dwindling resources on weekday output raises the possibility of both titles being formally merged, with the Sunday Herald rebadged as The Herald on Sunday while adopting an equivalent editorial line to its Monday to Friday stablemate.

Such a move would have some political ramifications after the Sunday Herald broke ranks to back Scottish independence, even as Read full story ›

Source: The Drum