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The Evening Standard, formerly The Standard (1827–1904), is a local free daily newspaper in London, England, published Monday to Friday in tabloid format. In October 2009, after being purchased by Russian businessman Alexander Lebedev , the paper ended a 180-year history of paid circulation and became a free newspaper, doubling its ...
The Evening News reappeared for a few months in 1987 when it was launched by the Evening Standard ' s owner Associated Newspapers in order to counter Robert Maxwell's London Daily News; this sparked a price war, by the end of which the Evening News was being sold at 5p, while copies of the London Daily News were 10p.
Express and Star (covering the whole of the Black Country, this is the biggest-selling regional evening newspaper in the UK) Worcester. Berrow's Worcester Journal (part of the Newsquest group) Worcester News (part of the Newsquest group) Worcestershire. Kidderminster Shuttle (weekly; free) Worksop.
This plaque in London marks the publication in 1702 of The Daily Courant as London's first daily newspaper. There were twelve London newspapers and 24 provincial papers by the 1720s. The Daily Courant (11 March 1702–1703) was the first successful daily newspaper in London.
Charles Vere Wintour CBE (18 May 1917 – 4 November 1999) was a British newspaper editor. He was the father of Anna Wintour, the Vogue magazine editor-in-chief, and Patrick Wintour, the diplomatic editor of The Guardian newspaper. After a life in media and publishing, Charles Wintour became the editor-in-chief of the London Evening Standard .
The paper was the first London newspaper to be published in direct competition with the Evening Standard since 1987 and Robert Maxwell's short-lived London Daily News. It was also the first newspaper to be launched by News International (the publisher's other titles were bought many years after initial publication).
Further jobs at an evening newspaper in Luton and a news agency followed. Beginning as a pop columnist for the London Evening News in the early 1970s, his journalism developed into a column titled "Ad Lib", a gossip column and lifestyle guide. It survived the merger of the Evening News with the Evening Standard.
East London Observer: 1857–1944: Kingston Guardian –2016: Newsquest London Chronicle: 1757–1823: London Evening News: 1855– London Evening Post: 1727–1797: London Lite: 2004–2009: Associated Newspapers: The London Paper: 2006–2009: News International: London Weekly: 2010–2011: Morning Star: 1856–1869: Public Advertiser: 18th ...