Guardian 'considering' becoming a tabloid and outsourcing printing to a rival like Rupert Murdoch's News UK
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Guardian is weighing up the option of becoming a tabloid newspaper and outsourcing its printing operations to one of its big rivals, Reuters reported on Tuesday. Publisher Guardian Media Group said in 2016 that it would need to save 20 per cent to stem underlying losses that widened to £62.6m for the year to 3 April and that it was aiming to break even in three years, according to the news agency. A separate source told Reuters that GMG was thinking about the option of moving production to Rupert Murdoch’s News UK's presses later this year, and change the format to a tabloid in doing so.
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