The How-Do website for the media in North-West says it now seems certain The Guardian is to launch a new website for the Manchester area this summer and says it will be headed by Sarah Hartley, the former head of online editorial at the MEN group.
It is also predicting that the move will not go down well with staff employed at Guardian Media Group's MEN Media, publisher of the Manchester Evening News, who have faced job cuts and office closures.
How-Do first reported back in November about The Guardian's plans. It says: "Details of the project have yet to be officially unveiled, but sectors of the digital and publishing community in the city are a buzz with rumours of what form the new site will take and how it will impact on MEN's portfolio of sites, including City Life....It is understood that the site will be launching this summer, causing some commentators to suggest to How-Do that The Scott Trust, which operates both the Guardian and MEN Media, is guilty of at best bad timing and at worst insensitivity to the staff at its established North West base."
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