Two Yorkshire newspapers to get one editor as roles merge

The editorship of two of the UK's oldest regional newspapers will be merged under plans Johnston Press say will create a "more efficient management structure".

The Yorkshire Post and the Leeds-centred Yorkshire Evening Post will be edited by one person with responsibility for both titles.

It is not clear whether the current editors of either publication will assume the new role.

In a statement Helen Oldham, managing director of Yorkshire Post Newspapers said bosses "are in consultation with both [Yorkshire Post editor] Peter Charlton and [Yorkshire Evening Post editor] Paul Napier and further announcements will be made in due course."

The announcement comes after a significant upheaval for both papers. They are now printed away from Leeds and the Yorkshire Post has stopped printing special editions for each county in Yorkshire.

The circulation of both papers has also dropped over the last couple of years (see these ABC reports), although the Yorkshire Post has recently started publishing to iPad in a bid to increase readership and subscriptions.

The move will likely mean the two papers working more closely.

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