Springer in India

German publisher Springer has announced a substantial expansion of its outsourcing operations in India according to contentsutra.com. The report quotes CEO Derk Haank as saying that staffing in India could rise from its current 25% of the group's 5,000 total to 50%. I imagine they're not having to offer six weeks a year of paid holidays in Chennai.

This isn't the first time this has come up and certainly won't be the last. In July, we reported on Reuters outsourcing editorial to India following a post in June about "fear and trembling in the news room".

CMP Media may be the smart ones in all this with their tie-up with Cybermedia to report on the trend. Presumably, the editors won't be sitting in Long Island, though.