The Latest Breaking News from the Scott Trust

Guardian urged to ‘press pause’ on Observer sale as more strikes planned

Staff are planning two days of action next week over the sale of The Observer to Tortoise Media

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2024

The Observer sale and the Guardian strike

Letters: Readers respond to this week’s strike by journalists at the Guardian and Observer, and the proposed sale of the latter to Tortoise Media

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2024

Sale of UK's Observer, world's oldest Sunday newspaper and a bastion of liberal values, is agreed

The sale of the Observer, the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper and a bastion of liberal values in Britain’s media landscape, has been approved, despite two days of strike action from journalists this week

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2024

Journalists strike over proposed sale of Observer to Tortoise Media

Forty-eight-hour strike, first at Guardian in more than 50 years, to take place on Wednesday and Thursday

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2024

Guardian and Observer journalists to strike over sale of the Observer

Union says sale of Sunday paper to Tortoise would be a ‘betrayal of the Scott Trust’s commitment to the Observer’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2024

The downfall of The Guardian: from The Observer sale to quitting X, and potential job losses

With Labour in power, the paper should be driving the agenda – instead, it’s at war with itself

Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2024

Dr Jonathan Paine joins Scott Trust board

Dr Jonathan Paine has been appointed to the Scott Trust board and will also join the Scott Trust Endowment board. He will also become a member of the joint audit committee for the group.

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2024

The Guardian announces two new Manchester appointments

The new roles, based in the Guardian’s Manchester office, are part of the Scott Trust Legacies of Enslavement programme, which uncovered links between the founders of the Manchester Guardian and transatlantic slavery

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2024

Tributes paid to historian lauded for work on Atlantic slavery

Prof Trevor Burnard’s expertise helped lead to apology by the Scott Trust, owner of the Guardian, over links to trade

The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2024

Friday briefing: One year on from the Guardian’s look at its historic connections to slavery

In today’s newsletter: What the Legacies of Engagement programme has achieved in its first year – and what’s still to do

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2024