Evening Standard is a daily newspaper in London, United Kingdom covering local news, sports, business, jobs, and community events. The Evening Standard is a British tabloid newspaper distributed in the greater London metropolitan area and across southeast England. In January 2009, Daily Mail and General Trust plc sold the newspaper to Russian businessman and former KGB agent Alexander Lebedev. The Evening Standard was first published in 1827 as The Standard. On October 12, 2009, the Evening Standard became a free newspaper before that day, that newspaper had cost 50 pence. This newspaper is owned by Alexander Lebedev. The web site is presented in the English language.
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Political Bias: Leans Right (3 votes)
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Mondo Times editors Boulder, Colorado USA | Posted at 1:53pm on Monday, October 5th, 2009 | On October 2, 2009, the London Evening Standard announced that it will become a free newspaper as of Monday, October 12:
"From Monday 12 October your London Evening Standard will become the first quality newspaper in the world to go free.
It will mean that more Londoners than ever before will be able to read its unrivalled coverage of our city. The number of copies printed will more than double to 600,000.
The Evening Standard will remain the same newspaper with the same award-winning journalism.
All your favourite writers and columnists will be in your Evening Standard as normal. All the daily sections - Trends, Beauty and Fashion, London Life, Film and Music - will stay on the same days. ES Magazine will continue to publish on Fridays and Homes & Property on Wednesdays.
More than twice as many copies will be available of our West End Final edition with the latest news, politics and sports coverage from our experienced team of specialists. Our city editor Chris Blackhurst's acclaimed business team, including Anthony Hilton, will provide the latest reports and analysis. The Evening Standard's much-respected columnists including Simon Jenkins and Anne McElvoy will be writing on their regular pages.
Our influential reviews and arts coverage including Brian Sewell on art, Andrew O'Hagan on film, Henry Hitchings on theatre and Fay Maschler on restaurants will continue to reflect the cultural life of London.
Geordie Greig, Editor of the London Evening Standard, said: “This is an historic moment and great opportunity for the London Evening Standard. Its owners will be funding the circulation of over 600,000 copies of the newspaper, making it available to more Londoners than ever before. And most importantly this will be a quality newspaper.
"The Standard has an exciting and secure future with this new, pioneering strategy of more than doubling our distribution. We will remain the only London newspaper committed to a tradition of high quality journalism with the finest writers and undiminished commitment to the best reporting of news, business and sport."
Alexander Lebedev, Chairman of Evening Standard Ltd, said: "I am confident that more than doubling the London Evening Standard's circulation and maintaining its quality journalism is what is best for London. An essential fabric of a free and democratic society is high quality journalism. It acts as a deterrent against corruption and is a way to highlight what is beneficial and worth celebrating. I want to invest in newspapers in general for this purpose and in the London Evening Standard in particular. The Standard has been producing exceptional journalism since 1827 and that is not going to change under my ownership. The London Evening Standard is the first leading quality newspaper to go free and I am sure others will follow."
The full story:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23751782-a-bright-future-for-your-evening-standard.do
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Mondo Times editors Boulder, Colorado USA | Posted at 4:40pm on Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 | On January 22, 2009, The Wall Street Journal confirmed that the Evening Standard, London's leading afternoon newspaper, has a new owner:
Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev agreed to bail out a prominent British newspaper in a deal that illustrates how struggling publishers are turning to unusual alliances and once-rare cooperation agreements to survive.
Mr. Lebedev, a former KBG agent, agreed after nine months of negotiations to pay a nominal sum to Britain's Daily Mail & General Trust PLC for 75.1% of the unprofitable Evening Standard.
While Fleet Street has had owners from Australia, Canada, the U.S. and Ireland, Mr. Lebedev is believed to be the first ex-security service agent or Russian to own a major British newspaper.
Lebedev is also the major shareholder, with former President Mikhail Gorbachev, in Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta.
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Eric Kallgren Boulder, Colorado USA | Posted at 12:49pm on Monday, January 19th, 2009 | On January 14, 2009, The Guardian newspaper in London reported that a Russian billionaire is buying the Evening Standard:
"The billionaire and former KGB agent Alexander Lebedev is to buy London's Evening Standard tomorrow, in a dramatic move that would see him become the first Russian oligarch to own a major British newspaper, MediaGuardian.co.uk can reveal.
Lebedev is poised to buy a controlling stake in the ailing title, following a year of secret negotiations with Lord Rothermere, its owner and the chairman of the Daily Mail & General Trust.
Under the terms of the deal Lebedev will purchase 76% of the newspaper, with the Associated Newspapers group retaining 24%. His son Evgeny, who lives in London, is due to sign the deal with Daily Mail & General Trust tomorrow. The agreement will make Lebedev the paper's controversial new proprietor."
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