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pressgazette.co.ukFormer Observer big-hitters launch new title with redundancy payoutsFive former Observer journalists including Carole Cadwalladr have launched their own culture publication using their redundancy money.

Save the Observer@savetheobs.bsky.social

Wow. This article claiming journalists ‘voted through the sale of the Observer’ is completely inaccurate. Simply untrue. The journalists voted for a mitigation package giving better terms. The deal was signed before Christmas against the wishes of G&O journalists.🧵 www.thetimes.com/article/0108...

thetimes.comGuardian journalists vote for sale of Observer to Tortoise MediaMembers of the National Union of Journalists back deal to sell Sunday newspaper after management concessions

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While we’re at it, the I paper is also leaving standards at the door. The writer of this comment piece fails to declare that (a) James Harding gave her job as editor of the Today programme and (b) her husband is partner at Brunswick PR - a biz partner of Tortoise Media. 🙄 inews.co.uk/opinion/obse...

inews.co.ukThe Observer sale is good news - time to embrace the futureJournalists are bad at change, and mostly terrible at business

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UPDATE: NUJ achieves concessions for Guardian & Observer journalists The union has been engaged in negotiations with the Guardian Media Group making significant progress over necessary mitigations for journalists www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj... @nujofficial.bsky.social

nuj.org.ukNUJ achieves concessions for Guardian & Observer journalistsThe union has been engaged in negotiations with the Guardian Media Group making significant progress over necessary mitigations for journalists, following members' collective opposition to the sale of...

Carole Cadwalladr@carolecadwalla.bsky.social

The Guardian is pushing ahead with its 'sale' of the Observer. But the journalism continues... If you value the Guardian or Observer, I urge you to read this. It's my attempt to investigate 'the money behind the money'. Who is 'buying' us? And why? open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

open.substack.comWho is 'the money behind the money?'As the Guardian announces the 'sale' of the 233-year-old Observer to Tortoise Media, I wave hello to my new bosses (hi!) with an investigation of their finances.

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“An Early Day Motion, put down by MPs, called on ministers to issue a “Public Interest Intervention Notice (PIIN), to allow for further regulatory consideration of sale’s likely impact” Lisa Nandy urged to intervene (& Guardian cancels table at tonight’s press awards) inews.co.uk/news/media/g...

inews.co.ukGuardian bosses forced to ditch awards do as staff anger mounts at Observer saleGuardian compelled to cancel table at British Journalism Awards as Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy urged to intervene in row over Observer deal

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The fourth incensed letter since Monday … pressgazette.co.uk

Natasha Walter@natashawalter.bsky.social

The Guardian and Observer have been a home and inspiration for my writing for 30+ years. Today I joined colleagues, editors, friends on the picket line and witnessed their anger & resilience. @savetheobs.bsky.social @gonuj.org

Guardian NUJ@gonuj.org

We strike again tomorrow and Friday. Please support us SHARE our posts WRITE to guardian.readers@theguardian.com JOIN US - the picketline was packed last week. Will be the same tomorrow. The strength of feeling is undimmed 💪⬇️

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"The sale, which I believe is a thoroughly bad thing for the Observer, was carried out largely in secret, excluding staff who might have made a crucial contribution to the discussions" - Paul Webster, Observer editor, 2018-24 www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...

theguardian.comAs the Observer’s editor, I was not consulted on its sale to Tortoise Media | LetterLetters: Former Observer editor Paul Webster responds to an article by the chair of the Scott Trust

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Current and former contributors to the international pages of the Guardian and Observer respond to an article by Ole Jacob Sunde, chair of the Scott Trust www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...

theguardian.comWhy foreign correspondents are alarmed and dismayed at plans to sell the Observer | LetterLetter: Current and former contributors to the international pages of the Guardian and Observer respond to an article by Ole Jacob Sunde, chair of the Scott Trust

The News Agents@thenewsagents.co.uk

"The seeds of its own impending implosion." Journalist @carolecadwalla.bsky.social of The Observer describes the "crisis" caused by the sale of the publication to Tortoise Media, calling it a blow to her defence of mainstream media.

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"Key questions have been left unanswered": Observer and Guardian staff and writers respond to an article by the chair of the Scott Trust www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...

theguardian.comKey questions about the sale of the Observer that remain unanswered | LetterLetters: Observer and Guardian staff and writers respond to an article by the chair of the Scott Trust

Save the Observer@savetheobs.bsky.social

Just catching up on yesterday’s news about the Tortoise takeover of the Obs being signed. Pravda here has got a very balanced report packed with strike action background and views of journalists… www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...

theguardian.comSale of the Observer to Tortoise Media agreed in principleScott Trust will become a key shareholder and take a seat on both the editorial and commercial boards of the company

Save the Observer@savetheobs.bsky.social

My friends / former colleagues at the Obs point out that the US press is waking up to the Guardian crisis over the ill judged plan to offload the title. Will 🧵 them here… NYT first. The boss!

RMT Union@rmtunion.bsky.social

Solidarity from RMT ✊ Mick Lynch, RMT General Secretary on the picket line with Guardian & Observer journalists who are on strike for 48 hours over plans to sell the Observer to a loss-making digital start up.

Jamie Fahey@jamiefahey.bsky.social

On strike today with Guardian @gonuj.org colleagues opposed to the Observer sale. Not on the picket line in tho because I’m in Liverpool to take my mother to watch Everton The message on my Guardian football shirt applies to the Observer, not #EFC, who are very much for sale Just to be clear

Paper Cuts@papercutsshow.bsky.social

🚨 MIRANDA IS ON STRIKE! 🚨 But the podcast is still rolling! We explain The Guardian walkouts, look at Trump’s awful Christmas merch, Plus – We look at naff interior design trends that we still love! Join @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social and all the gang here: linktr.ee/papercutsshow

Richard Baker@bakerpictures.bsky.social

Something to do with money at this morning’s Observer and Guardian NUJ picket line with Simon Hattenstone of the Guardian and author, Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social Otherwise: instagram.com/p/DDKcvCEoZkO/ #Media

Chaminda Jayanetti@cjayanetti.bsky.social

Kath "Guardian staff" Viner filling the Guardian website today

Guardian NUJ@gonuj.org

Today Guardian and Observer journalists are on strike over plans to sell the Observer to a loss-making digital start up and put its journalism behind a paywall. 🧵 How can you support us? SHARE our posts WRITE to guardian.readers@theguardian.com JOIN US - there's cake!