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The ''Evening Standard'', formerly ''The Standard'' (1827–1904), also known as the ''London Evening Standard'', is a local
free daily newspaper
Free newspapers are distributed free of charge, often in central places in cities and towns, on public transport, with other newspapers, or separately door-to-door. The revenues of such newspapers are based on advertising. They are published at d ...
in London, England, published Monday to Friday in
tabloid format.
In October 2009, after being purchased by Russian businessman
Alexander Lebedev
Alexander Yevgenievich Lebedev ( rus, Александр Евгеньевич Лебедев, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲebʲɪdʲɪf; born 16 December 1959) is a Russian businessman, and has been referred to as one of t ...
, the paper ended a 180-year history of
paid circulation and became a free newspaper, doubling its circulation as part of a change in its business plan.
Emily Sheffield
Emily Julia Sheffield (born 1973) is a British journalist. She was the editor of the ''Evening Standard'' from July 2020 until October 2021. Sheffield was Student Journalist of the Year in 1995 and later worked for British ''Vogue''. She was a ...
became editor in July 2020 but resigned in October 2021.
History
From 1827 to 2009
The newspaper was founded by barrister
Stanley Lees Giffard
Stanley Lees Giffard (1788 – November 1858) was founder and first editor of a London newspaper, '' The Standard''.
Biography
Born in Dublin, Stanley Lees Giffard was the son of John Giffard and Sarah Morton of Dromartin Castle. His brother ...
on 21 May 1827 as ''The Standard''.
The early owner of the paper was Charles Baldwin. Under the ownership of
James Johnstone, ''The Standard'' became a morning paper from 29 June 1857. ''The Evening Standard'' was published from 11 June 1859. ''The Standard'' gained eminence for its detailed foreign news, notably its reporting of events of the
American Civil War
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(1861–1865), the
Austro-Prussian War
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of 1866, and the
Franco-Prussian War of 1870, all contributing to a rise in circulation. By the end of the 19th century, the 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
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In 1921, he was awarded a baronetcy, of Downside in the parish of Leatherhead in Surrey, for p ...
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
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'', bought Hulton's newspapers, although he sold them shortly thereafter to the ''Daily Mail
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''s owner Lord Rothermere
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, with the exception of the ''Standard''. It became a 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
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'', which bolstered its sales throughout the 1970s. ''The Evening Standard'' ceased publishing on Saturdays on 30 November 1974, when it still produced six editions daily.
In 1980, Express Newspapers
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merged the ''Standard'' with Associated Newspapers
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' ''Evening News Evening News may refer to:
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'' in a Joint Operating Agreement
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. The new paper was known as the ''New Standard'' until 1985, when 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
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Early in his life, Maxwell escaped from N ...
's ''London Daily News
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History
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'', 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.
Lebedev takeover
On 21 January 2009, the Russian businessman and former KGB
The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...
agent Alexander Lebedev
Alexander Yevgenievich Lebedev ( rus, Александр Евгеньевич Лебедев, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲebʲɪdʲɪf; born 16 December 1959) is a Russian businessman, and has been referred to as one of t ...
and his son Evgeny Lebedev
Evgeny Alexandrovich Lebedev, Baron Lebedev ( rus, Евгений Александрович Лебедев, Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Lebedev, ; born 8 May 1980), is a Russian-British businessman, who owns Lebedev Holdings Ltd, which in turn own ...
, owners of ''The Independent
''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publis ...
'', agreed to acquire control of the ''Evening Standard'' for £1 for 64 percent ownership. A few years earlier, 12 percent of the paper had been sold to Justin Shaw and Geordie Greig
George Carron Greig (born 1960), known as Geordie Greig, is an English journalist and former editor of the ''Daily Mail''. He was editor in 2020 when it surpassed '' The Sun'' to become the best-selling newspaper in the UK.
Early life and care ...
. Associated Newspapers retained the remaining 24 percent.
In November 2009, it was announced that the ''London Evening Standard'' would drop its midday "News Extra" edition from 4 January 2010. From then on, the first edition was the West End Final, available from 2 pm. One edition of 600,000 copies would be printed starting at 12:30 pm, ending 3 am starts for journalists and the previous deadline of 9 am for the first edition. Twenty people were expected to lose their jobs as a result.[
Previously there were three editions each weekday, excluding ]Bank holiday
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s. The first, "News Extra", went to print at 10:00 am and was available around 11 am in central London, slightly later in more outlying areas. A second edition, "West End Final", went to print at 3 pm, and the "Late Night Final" went to print at 5 pm and was available in central London from about 6 pm. There were often considerable changes between editions, particularly with the front-page lead and following few pages, including the Londoner's Diary
"Londoner's Diary" is a gossip column in the London ''Evening Standard''. Since 1916 the column has provided readers with witty and mischievous insights into high society; from political scandals and literary feuds to the backstage gossip at fas ...
, though features and reviews stayed the same. In January 2010, circulation was increased to 900,000.
May 2009 relaunch
In May 2009, the newspaper launched a series of poster ads, each of which prominently featured the word "Sorry" in the paper's then-masthead font. These ads offered various apologies for past editorial approaches, such as "Sorry for losing touch". None of the posters mentioned the ''Evening Standard'' by name, although they featured the paper's Eros
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logo. Ex-editor Veronica Wadley
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criticised the "Pravda-style" campaign saying it humiliated the paper's staff and insulted its readers. The campaign was designed by McCann Erickson
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. Also in May 2009 the paper relaunched as the ''London Evening Standard'' with a new layout and masthead, marking the occasion by giving away 650,000 free copies on the day, and refreshed its sports coverage.
October 2009: freesheet
After a long history of paid circulation, on 12 October 2009 the ''Standard'' became a free newspaper,[ with free circulation of 700,000, limited to central London. In February 2010, a paid-for circulation version became available in suburban areas of London for 20p (although many places sell it for 50p). The newspaper won the ''Media Brand of the Year'' and the ''Grand Prix Gold'' awards at the Media Week awards in October 2010. The judges said, "]he Standard has
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quite 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.
May 2010: mobile application
''The Evening Standard'' launched a mobile app with US app developer Handmark
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in May 2010. The range of apps was updated in 2015.
March 2018: redesign
In March 2018, editor George Osborne
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initiated a redesign of the paper, which featured a dropping of the 'London' from the paper's title in a signal of the paper's ambition to have greater national and international influence. The paper also introduced more colourful "sign-posting" for different sections such as news, comment, and business, as it was noted by Osborne that it had not been "easy" to find them inside the paper previously.[ The masthead was also redesigned with a new font, and emojis were added to the paper's five-day weather forecast.
]
May 2018: financial sponsorship
In May 2018, James Cusick of openDemocracy
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alleged the newspaper had been providing favourable news coverage to companies including Uber and Google in exchange for financial sponsorship.
2019 and 2020 job cuts
In June 2019, the ''Evening Standard'' announced job cuts. By the end of 2019, the company reported a pre-tax loss of £13.6 million. In August 2020, the paper announced a further 115 job cuts in order to save the company.
2022
The ''Evening Standard'' endorsed Liz Truss
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in the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election
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.
Editorial style
From July 2020 to October 2021, the newspaper's editor was Emily Sheffield
Emily Julia Sheffield (born 1973) is a British journalist. She was the editor of the ''Evening Standard'' from July 2020 until October 2021. Sheffield was Student Journalist of the Year in 1995 and later worked for British ''Vogue''. She was a ...
, sister of Samantha Cameron
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, who took over from the former Chancellor of the Exchequer
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George Osborne
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, who has now taken over the role of editor-in-chief. As editor he had replaced Sarah Sands
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Sands was born in Cambridge ...
who, in turn, had replaced Geordie Greig
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following his departure to ''The Mail on Sunday
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'' in March 2012. Veronica Wadley
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was the newspaper's editor between 2002 and 2009. Max Hastings
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was editor from 1996 until he retired in 2002.
''The London Evening Standard'', although a regional newspaper, does cover 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
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'' page, gossip on the social scene. It also occasionally runs campaigns on local issues that national newspapers do not cover in detail.
It has a tradition of providing arts coverage. Its best known former art critic, Brian Sewell
Brian Alfred Christopher Bushell Sewell (; 15 July 1931 – 19 September 2015) was an English art critic. He wrote for the ''Evening Standard'' and had an acerbic view of conceptual art and the Turner Prize. ''The Guardian'' described him as " ...
, was known for his acerbic view of conceptual art
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, Britart
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and the Turner Prize
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and his views attracted controversy and criticism in the art world. He has been described as "Britain's most famous and controversial art critic".
During the 2008 London mayoral election
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the newspaper – and particularly the correspondent Andrew Gilligan
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– published articles in support of the Conservative candidate, Boris Johnson
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, including frequent front-page headlines condemning Ken Livingstone. This included the headline "Suicide bomb backer runs Ken's campaign".
On 5 May 2010, the newspaper stated in an editorial that, having supported Labour
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under Tony Blair
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, the newspaper would be supporting David Cameron
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and the Conservatives
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in the General Election
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, saying that "the Conservatives are ready for power: they look like a government in waiting." On 5 May 2015, an editorial stated that the newspaper would again be supporting David Cameron
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and the Conservatives in the 2015 General Election, saying that the Conservatives have "shown themselves to be good for London." The newspaper did however also claim "there may be good tactical reasons to vote Liberal Democrat."
The Media Reform Coalition (MRC) and Goldsmiths University of London
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argued that in the 2016 elections, the Evening Standard favoured the Conservative Party, according to MRC chair Justin Schlosberg. There were almost twice as many positive headlines about the Conservative
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candidate, Zac Goldsmith
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, as for his Labour rival, Sadiq Khan
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, with stories exhibiting the strongest bias against Khan also being the most prominent.
During the 2019 Conservative leadership election, the ''Evening Standard'' endorsed Boris Johnson
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. During the 2020 Labour leadership election, the ''Evening Standard'' endorsed Keir Starmer
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to become Labour leader
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and consequently Leader of the Opposition
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.
Freesheet and supplements
On 14 December 2004, Associated Newspapers
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launched a Monday–Friday freesheet
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edition of the ''Evening Standard'' called ''Standard Lite
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'' 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 relaunched as ''London Lite
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''. It was designed to be especially attractive to younger female readers and featured a wide range of lifestyle articles, but less news and business news than the main paper. It was initially available only 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 more general articles to concentrate on glamour, with features on the rich, powerful and famous. On Wednesdays, selected areas offer 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, Katie Law, and Alison Cork.
An entertainment guide supplement ''Metro Life'' (previously called ''Hot Tickets'') was launched in September 2002. This was a what's-on guide with listings of cinemas and theatres in and around London and was given away on Thursdays. It was discontinued on 1 September 2005.
Website
The newspaper's ''This Is London'' website carries some of the stories from the ''Evening Standard'' and promotions, reviews and competitions. It also includes a number of blogs by ''Evening Standard'' writers, such as restaurant critic Charles Campion, theatre critic Kieron Quirke
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and music critic David Smyth. A separate website contains images of each page of the print edition (two versions) and supplements.
Editors
:1827: Stanley Lees Giffard
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Born in Dublin, Stanley Lees Giffard was the son of John Giffard and Sarah Morton of Dromartin Castle. His brother ...
:1846: Robert Knox
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:1857: Thomas Hamber (''The Standard'')
:1860: Charles Williams
:1863: Thomas Hamber
:1870: James Johnstone Jr. and John Gorst
:1876: W. H. Mudford William Heseltine Mudford (1 March 1839–18 October 1916), known as W. H. Mudford, was a British newspaper editor.
Biography
The son of William Mudford, a newspaper editor, W. H. Mudford went to work for '' The Standard'' newspaper in Lon ...
:1899: Byron Curtis
:1906: William Woodward
:1912: James A. Kilpatrick
:1914: D. M. Sutherland
:1916: Arthur Mann
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:1920: D. Phillips
:1923: E. Raymond Thompson
:1928: George Gilliat
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:1933: Percy Cudlipp
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:1937: Reginald John Tanner Thompson
:1938: Frank Owen
:1942: Michael Foot
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:1943: Sydney Elliott
:1945: Bert Gunn
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Born in Gravesend, Bert Gunn worked as a reporter for the '' Kent Messenger'', and then the ''Straits Times'' in Singapore. He returned to the U ...
:1952: Percy Elland Percy Elland (7 October 1908–3 March 1960) was an English people, English newspaper editor.
Born in Doncaster, Elland attended Doncaster Grammar School before entering journalism.''Who was who, vol. 5'' (1961), p.343 In 1952, he became edito ...
:1959: Charles Wintour
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:1976: Simon Jenkins
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Jenkins chaired the National Trust from 20 ...
:1978: Charles Wintour
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:1980: Louis Kirby
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:1986: John Leese
:1991: Paul Dacre
Paul Michael Dacre (; born 14 November 1948) is an English journalist and the former long-serving editor of the British right-wing tabloid the '' Daily Mail''. He is also editor-in-chief of DMG Media, which publishes the ''Daily Mail'', ''The ...
:1992: Stewart Steven
Stewart Gustav Steven (born Stefan Gustaf Cohen; 30 September 1935 – 19 January 2004) was a British newspaper editor and journalist who grew circulation but whose career was marked by three major errors.
Biography
Born in Hamburg to Jewish ...
:1996: Max Hastings
Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings (; born 28 December 1945) is a British journalist and military historian, who has worked as a foreign correspondent for the BBC, editor-in-chief of ''The Daily Telegraph'', and editor of the ''Evening Standard'' ...
:2002: Veronica Wadley
Veronica Judith Colleton Wadley, Baroness Fleet, (born 28 February 1952) is the chairman of Arts Council London and board member of Arts Council England (2010–present). She is a director and trustee of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools ...
:2009: Geordie Greig
George Carron Greig (born 1960), known as Geordie Greig, is an English journalist and former editor of the ''Daily Mail''. He was editor in 2020 when it surpassed '' The Sun'' to become the best-selling newspaper in the UK.
Early life and care ...
:2012: Sarah Sands
Sarah Sands (''née'' Harvey; 3 May 1961) is a British journalist and author. A former editor of the ''London Evening Standard'', she was editor of ''Today'' on BBC Radio 4 from 2017 to 2020.
Early life and education
Sands was born in Cambridge ...
:2017: George Osborne
George Gideon Oliver Osborne (born Gideon Oliver Osborne; 23 May 1971) is a former British politician and newspaper editor who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2010 to 2016 and as First Secretary of State from 2015 to 2016 in the ...
:2020: Emily Sheffield
Emily Julia Sheffield (born 1973) is a British journalist. She was the editor of the ''Evening Standard'' from July 2020 until October 2021. Sheffield was Student Journalist of the Year in 1995 and later worked for British ''Vogue''. She was a ...
:2021: Charlotte Ross
Charlotte Ross (born January 21, 1968) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Eve Donovan on the NBC soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' from 1987 to 1991, and as Det. Connie McDowell on the ABC police procedural drama seri ...
''(acting)''
:2022: Jack Lefley ''(acting)''
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