As well as commenting on its decision that desk editors at The Independent are to take over subbing duties while reporters file copy directly for publication,he thinks that the time is ripe for the paper to start giving way free copies.
Refering to the executives of INM he says that
They have clearly rejected the really radical step of switching from newsprint to online (probably because the website is attracting many fewer users than its rivals).
But there is a halfway house. Gavin, is this not the time to give The Independent away for free within your M25 heartland? It could remain as a paid-for elsewhere.
This would undoubtedly improve the volume of readership and might therefore enhance its chances of appealing to advertisers. It would offer competition to Metro, which covers the news but, unlike the Indy, does not publish comment and analysis.
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