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The Evening Standard is an English tabloid regional local newspaper published and sold in London and surrounding areas of southeast England. It is dominant as a London local daily paper, with a strong City (i.e.
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The Evening Standard is an English tabloid regional local newspaper published and sold in London and surrounding areas of southeast England. It is dominant as a London local daily paper, with a strong City (i.e. financial) emphasis as well as carrying national and international news. On 21 January 2009, the newspaper was taken over by Russian businessman and former KGB agent Alexander Lebedev, who bought 75.1% of the paper for £1.
History
The paper was launched as the Standard on 21 May 1827. The early owner of the paper was Charles Baldwin. It was under the ownership of James Johnstone that The Standard became a morning paper from 29 June 1857, with The Evening Standard being published from 11 June 1859. The Standard gained eminence for its detailed foreign news, with its reporting events of the American Civil War (1861–1865), of the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, and of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, all contributing to a rise in circulation.
The Evening Standard has sponsored the annual Evening Standard Theatre Awards since the 1950s. The newspaper has also awarded the annual Evening Standard Pub of the Year (discontinued 2007) and the Evening Standard British Film Awards since the 1970s.
Present
The paper was published by Associated Newspapers Ltd., a division of Daily Mail and General Trust until the Standard's sale to Lebedev on 21 January 2009. Associated Newspapers also publishes the national papers Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, and Metro, a free morning paper distributed at stations.
It publishes four editions each day, from Monday to Friday excluding Bank holidays. The first of these is officially timed for 8 a.m. and is available around 11 a.m. in shops in London and its more outlying circulation areas (such as Tonbridge, Kent). A second edition is available in the central area, and the third, "West End Edition", circulated more widely to include the suburbs, available from around 3 p.m. The last edition "West End Final" is timed to catch the commuter market, and obviously carries the latest news. This edition is available from 5 p.m. in the central area and around 7 p.m. outside the central area. There is often considerable variation between the editions, particularly with the front page lead and following few pages, including the Londoner's Diary (which now appears on page 15), though features and reviews stay the same. In 2008, the Standard announced plans to reduce the number of editions to two per day.
Editorial style
The current editor of the Standard is Geordie Greig. Veronica Wadley was the paper's editor for seven years, from 2002 to 2 February 2009. Max Hastings was editor from 1996 until his retirement in 2002.
Although, under Associated Newspaper's ownership, the Standard shared the same Editor in Chief, Paul Dacre, as the Daily Mail, it maintained a quite different style from the latter's "middle England" outlook, having to appeal to its local, though cosmopolitan readership. The Standard has a circulation of around 263,000, high for a local paper, (compared to The Times 's national circulation of 640,000 and the Mail 's of around 2,300,000).
The Evening Standard although a Regional newspaper for London, also covers national and international news, though with an emphasis on London-centred news (especially in its features pages), covering building developments, property prices, traffic schemes, politics, the congestion charge and, in the Londoner's Diary page, gossip on the social scene. It also occasionally runs campaigns centred around local issues that national newspapers do not cover in long detail.
It has a tradition of providing quality arts coverage, and is noted for its visual art critic, Brian Sewell, more recently also a television personality, who is renowned for his outspoken dismissal of Britart and the Turner Prize. This accords with the general readership, but was so unpopular with leading figures in the art world that they signed a letter demanding his dismissal (he is still there).
Its headline writers have been accused of having a "doom-and-gloom" agenda , and it is quick to boldly announce possible tube and train strikes, which in the event often do not happen as settlement is reached beforehand (which provides the opportunity for another headline).
2008 London Mayoral Election
During the 2008 London mayoral election, the Evening Standard - and particularly its correspondent Andrew Gilligan - published reports in support of Conservative candidate Boris Johnson, including frequent frontpage headlines condemning Ken Livingstone. This famously included the notable (and arguably misleading) headline, "Suicide bomb backer runs Ken's campaign!". The Standard also published numerous YouGov polls indicating the Boris Johnson would win 43-49% of the first preference votes (he ultimately won 42%).
Freesheet and supplements
On 14 December 2004 Associated Newspapers launched a freesheet edition of the Evening Standard called Standard Lite to help boost circulation. This had 48 pages, compared with about 80 in the main paper, which also had a supplement on most days.
In August 2006, the freesheet was renamed London Lite. It is designed to be especially attractive to younger female readers, and features a wide range of lifestyle articles but less news and business news than the main paper. It was initially only available between 11.30am and 2.30pm at Evening Standard vendors and in the central area, but is now 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 association between the Standard and the Lite was broken.
On Fridays, the Evening Standard includes a free glossy lifestyle magazine, ES. This has moved from more general articles to concentrate on glamour, with features on the rich, powerful and famous. On Wednesdays, readers can pick up a free copy of the Homes & Property supplement, edited by Janice Morley, which includes London property listings as well as articles from lifestyle journalists including Barbara Chandler, Katy Law and Alison Cork.
An entertainment guide supplement Metro Life (previously called Hot Tickets) was launched in September 2002 was a what's on guide with listings of cinemas and theatres in and around London was given away on Thursdays. This was discontinued on 1 September 2005.
The paper also supplies the occasional CDs and DVDs for promotions. It is also known to give Londoners a chance to win exclusive tickets to film premieres and sports tournament tickets, such as the Wimbledon Ladies Singles Final.
The Black Book, London's 1000 most influential people in 2008, including for example Simon Cowell & Philip Bourchier O'Ferrall
Websites
The newspaper's website run, , carries some (but by no means all) of the stories from the Evening Standard as well as promotions, reviews and competitions. This contrasts with four daily UK "nationals (broadsheets)" whose websites mirror the print content. A recent innovation is the inclusion of a number of blogs on this site by Evening Standard writers such as restaurant critic Charles Campion, theatre critic Kieron Quirke and music critic Richard Godwin.
A separate contains images of each page of the print edition (two versions) and supplements. It requires registration to view.
Editors
- 1827: Stanley Lees Giffard
- 1846: Robert Knox
- 1857: Unknown
- 1860: Charles Williams and Pritchard
- 1863: Thomas Hamber
- 1870: John Gorst
- 1874: W. H. Mudford
- 1897: S. Pryor
- 1906: William Woodward
- 1912: James A. Kilpatrick
- 1914: Donald M. Sutherland
- 1916: Arthur Mann
- 1920: D. Phillips
- 1923: E. Raymond Thompson
- 1928: George Gilliat
- 1933: Percy Cudlipp
- 1938: Frank Owen
- 1942: Michael Foot
- 1945: Bert Gunn
- 1952: Percy Elland
- 1959: Charles Wintour
- 1976: Simon Jenkins
- 1978: Charles Wintour
- 1980: Louis Kirby
- 1986: John Leese
- 1991: Paul Dacre
- 1992: Stewart Steven
- 1996: Max Hastings
- 2002: Veronica Wadley
- 2009: Geordie Greig
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