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Although it is (perhaps unsurprisingly) not featuring on the Guardian/Observer webpages, Observer journalists are about to go on strike in protest against the proposed sale of the newspaper to Tortoise media....
Given the often semi duplication between the titles, I for one would like to see the Observer independent from the Guardian, and as such a sale to Tortoise media might be an interesting route to achieve that... however the journalists clearly do not agree!
@ChrisMayLA6 I think it would be a real shame if the split happened. It is probably more of a worrying sign the Guardian Media Group need the cash.
I think the latter is the case... on the split; as someone who reads both at the weekend, I think a great distance between them would benefit the Observer (provided Tortoise's plans are in good faith)
@ChrisMayLA6 @luketrevorrow Do you know any reason to suspect they are not?
I see a lot of semi-duplicated news coverage..... the opinion sections are clearly distant from the Guardian, the reportage sections much less so... although of course one might also argue they are based on common (agency) sources in some cases