Newsquest Merging Glasgow Herald Sites For New HeraldScotland.com

imageNewsquest, which in December said it would make 235 journalists on its Herald titles in Glasgow reapply for fewer multimedia jobs, is now merging the brands’ TheHerald.co.uk and SundayHerald.com websites.

It’s something of a no-brainer. Nationally, Telegraph Media Group and Guardian News & Media integrated have already integrated their daily, Sunday and website operations over the last couple of years. The move will replace the current, and somewhat old-fashioned websites, with a new site, HeraldScotland (promo here), in the next few weeks, AllmediaScotland.com says: “Yesterday, staff were informed of the proposal, with the papers