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Evgeny Alexandrovich Lebedev, Baron Lebedev [1] (Russian: Евгений Александрович Лебедев, romanized: Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Lebedev, [a] pronounced [jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈlʲebʲɪdʲɪf]; born 8 May 1980), is a Russian-British businessman, who owns Lebedev Holdings Ltd, which in turn owns the Evening Standard and ESTV (London Live).
The publication began as the Weekly Mail, an alternative newspaper by a group of journalists in 1985 after the closure of two leading liberal newspapers, The Rand Daily Mail and Sunday Express. The Weekly Mail criticised the government and its apartheid policies, which led to the banning of the paper in 1988 by then State President P. W. Botha.
The Economist Newspaper Limited (commonly The Economist Group) is a media company headquartered in London, England. It is best known as publisher of The Economist newspaper and its sister lifestyle magazine, 1843 .
AOL began in 1983, as a short-lived venture called Control Video Corporation (CVC), founded by William von Meister.Its sole product was an online service called GameLine for the Atari 2600 video game console, after von Meister's idea of buying music on demand was rejected by Warner Bros. [8] Subscribers bought a modem from the company for $49.95 and paid a one-time $15 setup fee.
In 2005, the name "Macon" was also dropped from the masthead, and the name of the newspaper became The Telegraph. The following year, Knight Ridder was sold to the McClatchy Company, bringing the newspaper under a new owner once again. In June 2024, the newspaper announced it will reduce its number of print editions to two a week. [10]
The newspaper had won four Pulitzer Prizes as of 2023. The Journal bills itself as "America's oldest daily newspaper in continuous publication", [1] as the Hartford Courant, started in 1764, did not become a daily until 1837, and the New York Post, which began daily publication in 1801, suspended publication during strikes in 1958 and 1978. [3]
The New York Post (NY Post) is an American conservative [3] daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City.The Post also operates three online sites: NYPost.com; [4] PageSix.com, a gossip site; and Decider.com, an entertainment site.
The Washington Post is regarded as one of the leading daily American newspapers along with The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and The Wall Street Journal. [18] The Post has distinguished itself through its political reporting on the workings of the White House, Congress, and other aspects of the U.S. government.