DUMMY RUNNERS
WITH just weeks to go until the
Observer
slips the surly bonds of the
Guardian
and becomes Tortoise’s problem, there is much queasiness among the staff still listed to move across with it.
When the deal was announced, journalists were assured that with Tortoise’s management being such fans of the Observer and Guardian Media Group (GMG) retaining a stake, much would remain the same with the paper. But the dummy editions Tortoise founder James Harding has been having drawn and redrawn reveal big changes may be in the offing. Plans mooted by Harding and his colleagues are described as “chaotic”.