Sly Bailey, chief executive of the newspaper company, will be ordering administrative structures to be streamlined and old-style bureaucratic processes to be done away with.
There will also be changes to the way that company distributes its newspapers, with some of its contracts up for renewal in the middle of 2004.
At the same time, Trinity Mirror will also begin a programme of disposals. However, despite pressure from some shareholders to sell the Daily Mirror, such a move has been ruled out. The only papers that are now being considered for a possible sale are the regional titles in Northern Ireland.
The restructure will also look at how its two Sunday tabloids, the Sunday Mirror and The People can be better distinguished from each other. The People has been linked several times with possible sell-off rumours, most recently to Express Newspaper owner Richard Desmond, but a sale is thought to be unlikely.
Earlier this month, the newspaper group was reported to be on the verge of unveiling a cost-cutting strategy designed to save between £20m and £30m a month, through cutting the technology budget and slashing overheads.
Bailey was named as the new chief executive of Trinity Mirror in December last year. She has been undertaking a strategic review of the company, which is due to report is interim results on July 31.
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