said it would create a single integrated editorial production operation across both the and and the division's associated websites and titles including the and .
The cuts at Trinity Mirror came on a bad day for British newspapers as said it wanted to merge sub-editor roles at the Leicester Mercury, Derby Telegraph, and Nottingham Evening Post, resulting in the loss of 30 jobs.
A similar structure will be created in Hull for its Humberside and Lincolnshire papers, the Hull Daily Mail, Grimsby Telegraph, Scunthorpe Telegraph and Lincolnshire Echo, with 20 jobs at risk under that plan.
(NUJ) described the changes at Northcliffe as "the establishment of a news factory" and demonstrated a total lack of commitment to local journalism.
As a result of the changes at Trinity Mirror, Bruce Waddell has been appointed editor-in-chief of the Daily Record and Sunday Mail, in what will be the creation Scotland's biggest multi-media publisher.
Sunday Mail editor, Alan Rennie, has been appointed editorial development director of Trinity Mirror's national titles, where he will work closely with Waddell until the new editorial structure has been put in place.
The group has entered into a period of consultation with 70 staff likely to be affected by the job cuts as it plans for the installation of a new web-based content management system, called ContentWatch, which will allow the production of content across multiple channels.
The changes proposed go to the heart of how Britain's newspapers produce stories and are likely to be keenly watched by rivals.
Trinity Mirror is proposing to ditch the current five step editorial process -- from reporter to newsdesk to designer to sub to revise -- in favour of a new, three-step process: content creation, multimedia desk and page finishing all driven by simplified new technology.
Rennie will play a major role in the implementation of editorial systems and journalistic training across the division, as all staff under the new operation will be given full multimedia training.
Waddell said: "The Daily Record and Sunday Mail are Scotland's best read and most iconic titles. They will remain so. They both have fantastic news, sport and features content. Nothing will change in that respect. As part of this, we will integrate our growing digital operation into the overall editorial structure."
Mark Hollinshead, Trinity Mirror's managing director of nationals division, said: "These are extraordinary days in our industry. No business, including ours, has escaped the economic downturn. This reorganisation plus the investment in technology and retraining of staff will better position us for the future in what will be a dramatically different media economy and commercial environment."
Paul Holleran, the NUJ's Scottish organiser, has been in meetings at Trinity Mirror in Glasgow and the union said it would look at options for negotiation. A mass meeting of staff is planned for this afternoon.
Holleran said: "It's a pretty brutal level of cuts. People are in a state of shock and very angry. A lot of people reckon the Daily Record and Sunday Mail as one of the more profitable parts of the industry and this is no way for that to be rewarded."
The Daily Record's circulation has fallen to less than 340,000 and is no longer Scotland's biggest paper, having been overtaken by the . The Sunday Mail sells around 416,000 and remains the region's most popular Sunday newspaper.
The losses at the Record and Mail follow restructuring and job losses at The Herald and Sunday Herald. Last week, The Scotsman and its sister paper, Scotland on Sunday, appointed a joint editor.
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