Scottish publisher DC Thomson to cut 15 jobs

Publisher DC Thomson is to cut a total of 15 editorial jobs, with journalists having until today apply for voluntary redundancy.

The editorial team at Glasgow’s Sunday Post newspaper is to be cut by more than half, with 10 job losses out of a team of 19.

The National Union of Journalists has described the redundancy process as a “complete farce”.

The Dundee-based company, which publishes the Dundee Courier, the Evening Telegraph, the Sunday Post and the Weekly News, plus consumer magazines and comics including the Beano, called a meeting on 2 March in which staff members were shown a presentation entitled ‘Our Future in Newspapers’.

From: Journalism