"staunchly Conservative paper, harshly attacking Labour in 1945 in a high-profile campaign that backfired. In the 1960s, the paper was upstaged by ""The Evening News"", which sold over 1 million copies nightly. During the decade, the paper also began to publish the comic strip ""Modesty Blaise"", which bolstered its sales throughout the 1970s. The ""Evening Standard"" ceased publishing on Saturdays on 30 Nov 1974, when it still produced six editions daily. In 1980, Express Newspapers merged the ""Standard"" with Associated Newspapers' ""Evening News"" in a Joint Operating Agreement. The new paper was known as the ""New Standard"" until 1985, when"
"After that the control of the Associated Newspapers, including the ""Daily Mail"", ""Evening News"", ""Weekly Dispatch"" and ""Overseas Daily Mail"", was bought by his brother Harold. After 1936 Harold’s son Esmond took over as the chairman of Associated Newspapers. In 1960, as part of the same takeover that merged the ""News Chronicle"" into the ""Daily Mail"", the ""Evening News"" incorporated another London evening paper, ""The Star""; for some years the merged paper was called The Evening News and Star. Although it had been the biggest evening paper in London over several decades, by the 1970s the ""Evening News"" was struggling"
"in the negotiations to merge the London Evening Standard with the ""Evening News"", championing the case for keeping the staff and approach of the ""Standard"". As a result, the proposed merger was called off. The Express Group was sold to Trafalgar House, and new owner Victor Matthews appointed Wintour editor of the ""Standard"" again in 1978. In 1979, Wintour joined the Press Council, serving for two years. In 1980, the ""Standard"" and the ""News"" were finally merged. While the name of the ""Standard"" was ultimately retained, Wintour and his senior executives were replaced by former ""News"" editor Louis Kirby and"
"Evening Standard The Evening Standard (also the London Evening Standard) is a local, free daily newspaper, published Monday to Friday in tabloid format in London. It is owned by Russian businessman Alexander Lebedev. It is the dominant local/regional evening paper for London and the surrounding area, with coverage of national and international news and City of London finance. Its current editor is former UK Conservative Member of Parliament and Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne. In October 2009, the paper ended a 180-year history of paid circulation and became a free newspaper, doubling its circulation as part of a change"
"Associated Newspapers bought out the remaining stake, turning it into ""The Standard"". In 1987 the ""Evening News"" was briefly revived to compete with Robert Maxwell's ""London Daily News"", but was reabsorbed into ""The Standard"" later that year, after the collapse of Maxwell's paper. In 1988 the ""Evening Standard"" included the by-line ""Incorporating the 'Evening News'"", which remained until the paper's sale in 2009. On 21 January 2009, the Russian businessman and former KGB agent Alexander Lebedev and his son Evgeny Lebedev, owners of ""The Independent"", agreed to purchase control of the newspaper at £1 for 64 percent ownership. A few"
"Louis Kirby Louis Kirby (30 November 1928–14 October 2006) was a British newspaper editor. In 1971, the ""Sketch"" merged with the ""Mail"". ""Sketch"" editor David English was appointed as editor of the merged newspaper, leaving Kirby as acting editor of the last editions of the ""Sketch"". He then moved to join English, becoming Deputy Editor of the ""Mail"". Kirby became editor of the London daily, the ""Evening News"" in 1974, and completed its transformation from broadsheet to tabloid. Negotiations to merge the ""Evening News"" with its competitor, the ""Evening Standard"" began in 1976, but failed to make progress due to"
"and in 1969 was promoted to Executive Editor. The two papers finally merged in November 1980 to produce the ""New Standard"", soon named the ""Evening Standard"" once more. Kirby was appointed editor, and made more than 100 journalists redundant, most from the ""Evening News"". He stepped down in 1986, becoming Editorial Director of Mail Newspapers. From 1988 to 1993 he was political consultant to the ""Daily Mail"", then until 2003 he was editor of the ""UK Mail"", a weekly news digest. Louis Kirby Louis Kirby (30 November 1928–14 October 2006) was a British newspaper editor. In 1971, the ""Sketch"" merged"
"1983. In 1955 the ""Sunday Chronicle"" merged with the ""Empire News"", which merged five years later with the ""News of the World"" tabloid, which ceased publication in 2011. Hulton's second son Edward expanded his father's newspaper interests, founding the ""Manchester Evening Chronicle"" in 1897, the ""Daily Dispatch"" in 1900 and the ""Daily Sketch"" tabloid in 1909. Edward sold his publishing business based in London and Manchester, which included a large group of newspapers, for £6 million when he retired in 1923. The newspapers sold included: ""Sporting Chronicle"", ""Athletic News"", ""Sunday Chronicle"", ""Empire News"", ""Evening Standard"", ""Daily Sketch"", ""Sunday Herald"", ""Daily"
"evening edition eclipsed its morning counterpart. Both ""The Standard"" and the ""Evening Standard"" were acquired by C. Arthur Pearson in 1904. In May 1915, Edward Hulton purchased the ""Evening Standard"" from Davison Dalziel. Dalziel had purchased both papers in 1910, and closed ""The Standard"", the morning paper, in 1916. Hulton introduced the gossip column ""Londoner's Diary"", originally billed as ""a column written by gentlemen for gentlemen"". In 1923, Lord Beaverbrook, owner of the ""Daily Express"", bought Hulton's newspapers, although he sold them shortly thereafter to the ""Daily Mail""s owner Lord Rothermere, with the exception of the ""Standard"". It became a"
"in the late 1980s. The ""Evening News"" reappeared for few months in 1987 when it was launched by the ""Evening Standard's"" owners ""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 to the ""London Daily News""' 10p. The revived newspaper was edited by Lori Miles, one of the first female editors in Fleet Street. Following the collapse of the ""London Daily News"" in July the ""Evening News"" continued for a further three months as a separate brand from the ""Evening"
"London Evening Post The London Evening Post was a pro-Jacobite Tory English language daily newspaper published in London, then the capital city of the Kingdom of Great Britain, from 1727 until 1797. The paper was first published on December 17, 1727 by Richard Nutt (1694-1780) on a tri-weekly schedule matching the primary post nights (Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday). It appears to have been immediately successful. Samuel Nevill took over the enterprise in 1730, and started to cover politics more than his predecessor (who mainly avoided it). (Nevill later emigrated to colonial America, where he served as a judge and speaker"
"London's ""Evening Standard"" from February 2002 to February 2009, during which time it was owned by Associated Newspapers. She was the first female editor of the paper. During her seven years at the ""Standard"" she championed the arts and chaired the Evening Standard Theatre awards and Film awards. After Alexander Lebedev acquired the ""Standard"" in 2009, he replaced her with former ""Tatler"" editor Geordie Greig. The newspaper was particularly critical of the then London Mayor, Ken Livingstone. This came to a head in the run-up to the 2008 London mayoral election, in which Wadley's newspaper attacked Livingstone's record. According to"
"of “three columns written daily by gentlemen for gentlemen” with a distinctive slant on politics, personalities and London based stories. The section was the first of its kind; as early as 1917 it was noted that “the best tribute to ‘A Londoner's Diary’ is the fact that it now has its counterpart in the other penny evening papers in London.” In 1923 The Evening Standard was acquired by Lord Beaverbrook, the wildly influential Canadian press baron who was gleefully parodied as the ruthless Lord Monomark in Evelyn Waugh’s Vile Bodies and Stephen Fry’s film adaptation Bright Young Things. With London"
"himself acknowledging, ""after all, you make the money we spend."" In 1961, The Manchester Guardian and Evening News Ltd bought out the ""Manchester Evening News""s ailing rival, the ""Manchester Evening Chronicle"", and two years later, merged the papers. Following this, the ""Manchester Evening News""s circulation increased to over 480,000. In December 2009, GMG confirmed it had held ""exploratory talks"" about selling the ""Manchester Evening News"", following a report by ""The Daily Telegraph"" which named Trinity Mirror as a potential buyer and claimed the ""disposal would amount to a fire sale"" due to the current value of the business. The title"
"Lloyd's Evening Post Lloyd's Evening Post, also known as Lloyd's Evening Post and British Chronicle, was a British evening newspaper published tri-weekly in London from 1757 to 1808. Founded shortly after the ""London Chronicle"" and similar in format, it came out on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, alternating in ""friendly rivalry"" with the ""London Chronicle"" which came out on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. The ""Lloyd's Evening Post"" was founded in July 1757 by James Emonson (a former partner of William Bowyer), and was published from Emonson's printing office in St John's Square, Clerkenwell. According to the colophon of the July 14–16,"
"Manchester Evening News The Manchester Evening News (sometimes abbreviated to the MEN) is a regional daily newspaper covering Greater Manchester in North West England. Founded in 1868, the paper is published Monday–Saturday and is owned by Reach plc (formerly Trinity Mirror), one of Britain's largest newspaper publishing groups. Since adopting a 'digital-first' strategy in 2014, the publication has experienced huge online growth, while its average print daily circulation for the first half of 2018 was 36,715. In the 2018 British Regional Press Awards, it was named Newspaper of the Year and Website of the Year. The ""Manchester Evening News"" was"
"business news than the main paper. It was initially only available between 11.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. at ""Evening Standard"" vendors and in the central area, but later became available in the evening from its street distributors. With the sale of the ""Evening Standard"", but not the ""London Lite"", to Alexander Lebedev on 21 January 2009, the ownership links between the ""Standard"" and the ""Lite"" were broken. On Fridays, the newspaper includes a free glossy lifestyle magazine, ""ES"" (launched as the ""Evening Standard Magazine"" in 2009), and the circulation was increased to 350,000 in September 2014. This has moved from"
"paper from 1757 to 1805. The Guildhall Library holds the complete run to 1808 either in print or on microfilm. Lloyd's Evening Post Lloyd's Evening Post, also known as Lloyd's Evening Post and British Chronicle, was a British evening newspaper published tri-weekly in London from 1757 to 1808. Founded shortly after the ""London Chronicle"" and similar in format, it came out on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, alternating in ""friendly rivalry"" with the ""London Chronicle"" which came out on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. The ""Lloyd's Evening Post"" was founded in July 1757 by James Emonson (a former partner of William Bowyer),"
"a 65% share in the ""Evening Standard"" newspaper. The previous owners, Daily Mail and General Trust plc, continue to hold 24.9% of the company. Under the Lebedevs' ownership, the ""Evening Standard"" became a free newspaper in October 2009, and confounded industry observers by moving from large losses to become profitable. Circulation tripled immediately to 700,000. In January 2014, the circulation was increased to 900,000, and the paper now has a readership of more than 2 million people in London. On 25 March 2010, just weeks before it was due to close, Lebedev bought ""The Independent"" and ""The Independent on Sunday""."
"2005, but Fleet Street is still commonly used as a collective term for the national press. London has two citywide daily newspaper titles - the Evening Standard and Metro, both of which are available on the streets and at London tube and railway stations. The Evening Standard became a free newspaper in October 2009 after 182 years as a paid-for publication. There is also a freesheet covering financial news, City A.M.. The independent weekly listings guide Time Out Magazine has been providing concert, film, theatre and arts information since 1968. There are a vast number of local newspapers in the"
"Evening Times The Evening Times is an evening tabloid newspaper published Monday to Saturday in Glasgow, Scotland. The paper, an evening sister paper of ""The Herald"", was established in 1876. The paper's slogan is ""Nobody Knows Glasgow Better"". Publication of the ""Evening Times"" (and its sister paper) moved to a Charles Rennie Mackintosh building in Mitchell Street in 1868. The building is now the Lighthouse, Scotland's Centre for Architecture, Design and the City. In 1964, publishers George Outram were bought by Sir Hugh Fraser. In 1979, the ownership was acquired by Tiny Rowland's Lonrho. On 19 July 1980, the paper"
"result of a merger between the ""Los Angeles Evening Express"" and ""Evening Herald"" in 1931. The ""Herald-Express"" was also Hearst-owned and excelled in tabloid journalism under City Editor Agness Underwood, a veteran crime reporter for the ""Los Angeles Record"" before moving to the ""Herald-Express"" first as a reporter and later its city editor. With the merger in 1962, the newspaper became an afternoon-only newspaper. The ""Examiner"", while founded as a pro-labor newspaper, moved to the far right over the decades. It was pro-law enforcement and was vehemently anti-Japanese during World War II. Its editorials openly praised the mass deportation of"
"with businessman, Passmore Edwards, arrived in Portsmouth in 1883 with intentions of buying out the ""Hampshire Telegraph"" and starting a new evening newspaper, the ""Southern Standard"". By this time, ""The Evening News"" had already been established in Portsmouth by Graham Niven, who served as the paper's editor, manager, reporter and distributor. Both Storey and Niven faced a problem when they realised there was no room for two evening papers in Portsmouth. Niven soon sold out to Storey, retaining one quarter share. Storey's original project, ""The Southern Standard"" only survived for eight issues. When the Storey-Carnegie syndicate broke up in 1885,"
"year. His son, Mike Leese, was also a news editor at the ""Evening Standard"". John Leese John Arthur Leese (4 January 1930 – 23 September 1991) was a British newspaper editor. Leese studied at Bishop Vesey's Grammar School. He edited the ""Coventry Evening Telegraph"" in the mid-1960s, then moved to London to work on the ""Evening News"". The paper closed in 1980, and Leese moved to New York City and produced the ""SoHo News"" for a year. He returned to the UK to launch ""You"" magazine for the ""Mail on Sunday"", then in 1986 became Editor of the ""Evening Standard""."
"Rothermere, included: ""Sporting Chronicle"", ""Athletic News"",""Sunday Chronicle"", ""Empire News"", ""Evening Standard"", ""Daily Sketch"", ""Sunday Herald"", ""Daily Dispatch"" and ""Evening Chronicle"". Most of these newspapers were sold again soon afterwards, to the Allied Newspapers consortium formed in 1924 (renamed Kemsley Newspapers in 1943 and bought by Roy Thomson in 1959). The newspapers Hulton founded have since merged with other newspapers. In 1955 the ""Daily Dispatch"" merged with the ""News Chronicle"", which was subsequently absorbed into the ""Daily Mail"" in 1960. The ""Evening Chronicle"" merged with the ""Manchester Evening News"" in 1963. The ""Daily Sketch"" merged with the ""Daily Mail"" in 1971."
"a dispute over who should edit a merged paper. Circulation of the ""Evening News"" continued to fall under Kirby's editorship, and in 1979, the paper stopped publishing a Saturday edition.Kirby was born in Liverpool and grew up in Coalbrookdale. His first job was as a reporter on the ""Wolverhampton Express and Star"", then in 1949 he moved to Bermuda where he worked at ""The Royal Gazette"". In 1951 he returned to Britain to work as a freelance, then joined the ""Daily Mail"" in 1953. He became the ""Mail""'s lobby correspondent, then in 1962 became Chief Reporter with the ""Daily Sketch"","
"London Daily News The London Daily News was a short-lived London newspaper owned by Robert Maxwell. It was published from 24 February to 23 July 1987. The London Daily News was intended to be a ""24-hour"" paper challenging the local dominance of the ""Evening Standard"". ""For the city that never sleeps, the paper that never stops"", ran the promotional slogan. The ""Standard""’s owners, Associated Newspapers, responded by reviving the ""Evening News"" at a lower price to squeeze the ""London Daily News"" out of the market. A price war ensued finishing with the ""London Daily News"" selling at 10p and the"
"simply ... stunned the market. Not just for the act of going free, but because editorial quality has been maintained, circulation has almost trebled and advertisers have responded favourably. Here is a media brand restored to health."" The ""Standard"" also won the daily newspaper of the year award at the London Press Club Press Awards in May 2011. The Evening Standard launched a mobile app with US app developer Handmark in May 2010. The range of apps was updated in 2015. In March 2018, editor George Osborne initiated a redesign of the paper, which featured a dropping of the 'London'"
"""Evening News"" at 5p. Maxwell was dismissive when he heard about the cut-price ""Evening News"". He told the BBC: ""The ""Evening Standard"" and Lord Rothermere are so worried about their monopoly - which the ""London Daily News"" is finally breaking - and so scared about the huge demand for our paper, that they've brought out a cheapo ""Evening News"", which is really a joke."" After the ""London Daily News"" collapsed, The ""Evening Standard"" 's publishers, Associated Newspapers, continued the ""Evening News"" for some months as a separate brand, aiming for a more downmarket readership than the ""Evening Standard"" before re-absorbing"
"series in April 2007. This consisted of a week-long series of interviews and articles in both the newspaper and on the ""Evening Post"" website. They focused on Nottingham’s Muslim community, giving its members the opportunity to express their views of life in the city. The first edition of ""The Evening Post"" was printed by Thomas Forman on 1 May 1878. It sold for ½d and consisted of four pages. In 1963, the ""Post""s main competitor, the ""Nottingham Evening News"", closed and merged with the ""Post"". Also, the city’s two morning papers, the ""Nottingham Guardian"" and the ""Nottingham Journal"", were merged"
"his cousin Edward Taylor. It became the Manchester Guardian and Evening News Ltd when it bought out the ""Manchester Evening News"" in 1924, later becoming the Guardian and Manchester Evening News Ltd to reflect the change in the morning paper's title. It adopted its current name in 1993. In 1991 it had a 20% stake in a consortium which included LWT, STV, The Walt Disney Company and Carlton Communications for a new ITV breakfast franchise called GMTV ""Guardian Monthly"" was a glossy magazine published by the Guardian Media Group for readers around the world. Launched in November 2006, it made"
"George Osborne George Gideon Oliver Osborne (born 23 May 1971) is a British Conservative Party politician, who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton from June 2001 until he stood down on 3 May 2017. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Prime Minister David Cameron from 2010 to 2016. He has been editor of the ""London Evening Standard"" since May 2017 and chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership (NPP) since September 2016. Osborne worked briefly as a freelancer for ""The Daily Telegraph"" before joining the Conservative Research Department in 1994 and becoming head of its political section. He"
"The Evening News (Rockhampton) The Evening News was a newspaper published in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. This newspaper commenced on 3 January 1863 as the Northern Argus. It was published three times a week by Arthur Leslie Bourcicault. The editor was William Herbert Robison. From 1 January 1875, it was published as the Daily Northern Argus. It was published daily by Arthur Leslie Bourcicault. The editor was Francis Hodgson Nixon. From 2 January 1897, it was merged with the ""Record"" and was published as the Daily Record. From 31 July 1922, it was published as ""The Evening News"". The publisher was"