Understandably there is much gloom at London free newspaper City AM where it has been announced that its entire team of six sub-editors is being axed. Where on earth can the paper’s supremo, Jens Torpe, have got such a crazy idea?

Back in March, media commentator Ray Snoddy reported Mecom boss David Montgomery’s belief that the “age of the sub-editor is coming to an end”.

Snoddy went on: “If Montgomery applies his own theories to the Mecom newspapers everywhere, from Scandinavia to Germany, the Netherlands and Poland, then costs should be cut and profits increased.”