Patrick Smith
Mar 12, 2009 11:51 AM
Now in the hands of Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev, London’s Evening Standard could be floated on the London exchange in an attempt to incentivise staff through share options, as Guardian.co.uk reports. It’s not the best time in financial history to expose your business to the volatility of market—just ask Johnston…
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Patrick Smith
Jan 21, 2009 3:15 AM
As the Daily Mail‘s own Richard Littlejohn might put it, you couldn’t make it up. In a statement to the City today, DMGT confirms it has agreed to sell the London Evening Standard to Russian oligarch and former KGB agent Alexander Lebedev for a “nominal fee”, reported to be as…
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Patrick Smith
Jan 15, 2009 2:46 AM
The most extraordinary deal in UK newspapers for years is very much alive: Russian billionaire and former KGB agent Alexander Lebedev is set to buy the London Evening Standard, Guardian.co.uk and Bloomberg report today, with a deal expected to be signed by Lebedev’s son Evgeny that would give the oligarch…
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Robert Andrews
Sep 29, 2008 9:23 AM
Back in the mists of time, when newspaper executives thought it best to launch online by creating new brands (think Electronic Telegraph, Guardian Unlimited, icWales), London’s Evening Standard created ThisIsLondon, its big portal play. Today, though, publisher Associated Newspapers reorganised its online offering in a move that sees the Standard…
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