
A new content-sharing deal between two neighbouring dailies in the North East could affect editorial independence and media plurality, the National Union of Journalists has warned.
The Trinity Mirror-owned Teesside Gazette in Middlesbrough will, according to the National Union of Journalists, provide up to 20 stories a day to the Newsquest-owned Northern Echo in Darlington.
The two papers are 16 miles apart. Although they cover each other's patches editorially, there is little cross-over in terms of circulation.
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