Writing in the Independent yesterday the paper's new editor, Roger Alton, announced that he would be taking his paper full colour from next week. "This will allow us to strengthen our bold and graphic approach to design, producing a paper that is visually more appealing and even easier to navigate." But it's not stopping there, Big Rog goes on to detail the "sassy" revamp heading the way of the Extra supplement as well as expanding the arts and book coverage in an bigger Friday mag and a strengthening of the sports reports.
The full-colour relaunch sounds like it could cost a few quid - not the kind of thing you can do on a shoestring. Monkey hears that the media downturn is biting at the Independent, cutting into the funds that Alton was promised when he agreed to take over earlier in the year. And the budget cutter? None other than Alton's mate and predecessor as editor, the Indy's managing director, Simon Kelner.
