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Reading Evening Post Reduced to Two Days
12 March 2009
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The Reading Evening Post is set to switch to twice-weekly publication as part of a radical cost-cutting plan by its owner Guardian Media Group.
Up to 95 jobs are also under threat at GMG's Surrey and Berkshire divisions as a result of the proposals which are being outlined to staff today.
Commenting on the news that the Reading Evening Post to go twice-weekly, Lib Dem Parliamentary Campaigner for Reading East, Cllr Gareth Epps said:
"The Post is a huge part of Reading life. Everyone I've spoken to is shocked that the Post itself may become a casualty of the recession.
Local newspapers are hugely important to local communities. I hope that other ways can be found for the paper to survive and grow back."
Editor's Notes
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