Following the announcement by Edinburgh broadsheet the Scotsman that it would be merging some of its daily and Sunday departments, 130 of the paper’s journalists have passed a vote of no confidence in the paper’s publisher Andrew Neil. At a workforce meeting called by the National Union of Journalists, Scotsman staff accused Neil of mismanagement and called on him to resign. "This is one in a long line of decisions that have damaged the titles in Scotland," said Paul Holleran, the NUJ's Scottish organiser. "Given that the Scotsman is held up as one of the most important publications in the Scottish political and business community, there are serious concerns about the quality of the content." Neil appeared on Newsnight in Scotland last night to defend his decisions at the paper but it remains to be seen in his journalists take their campaign any further.
Jul 19, 2002
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Trouble at The Scotsman
130 Scotsman journalists have passed a vote of no confidence in publisher Andrew Neil over plans to merge daily and Sunday departments.