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The Independent is a British online newspaper, often nicknamed the Indy. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper, beginning as a broadsheet and changing to compact format in 2003. The last printed edition was published on Saturday 26 March 2016, leaving only the online edition. History1980sLaunched in 1986, the first issue of The Independent was published on 7 October in broadsheet format.

The Daily TelegraphThe Daily TelegraphBritish daily broadsheet newspaperThe Daily Telegraph, also known as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet conservative newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally. It was founded by Arthur B. Sleigh in 1855 as The Daily Telegraph and Courier.The TimesThe TimesBritish daily national newspaperThe Times is a British dailynational newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register, adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788. The Times and its sister paper, The Sunday Times (founded in 1821), are published by Times Media, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. The Times and The Sunday Times were founded independently and have had common ownership since 1966.The GuardianThe GuardianBritish national daily newspaperThe Guardian is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as The Manchester Guardian and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, The Guardian Weekly, The Guardian is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited.Andreas Whittam SmithSir Andreas Whittam Smith (13 June 1937 – 29 November 2025) was an English financial journalist, who was one of the founders of The Independent newspaper, which began publication in October 1986 with Whittam Smith as editor. He was a onetime president of the British Board of Film Classification.Alexander LebedevAlexander LebedevAlexander Yevgenievich Lebedev (Russian: Александр Евгеньевич Лебедев, IPA:; born 16 December 1959) is a Russian businessman, and has been referred to as one of the Russian oligarchs. Until 1992, he was an officer in the First Chief Directorate (Foreign Intelligence) of the Soviet Union′s KGB and later one of the KGB's successor-agencies, Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).Stephen Glover (columnist)Stephen Charles Morton Glover (born 13 January 1952) is a British journalist and columnist for the Daily Mail. Early lifeThe son of clergyman John Morton Glover (died 1979), a prebendary of Hereford Cathedral and rector of Broseley, Shropshire, and Helen Ruth, née Jones (died 1984), Glover was educated at Shrewsbury School and Mansfield College, Oxford. CareerGlover joined the Daily Telegraph in 1978 as a leader writer.Chris BlackhurstChris BlackhurstChris Blackhurst (born 24 December 1959) is a strategic communications advisor and commentator, who is a former editor of The Independent. For four years, he was a director of CT Partners, the international strategic communications, campaigning, and advisory firm. He also writes a column for independent.co.uk. He contributes to numerous other magazines and publications, as well as making frequent appearances on TV and Radio, and making public speeches.BroadsheetBroadsheetA broadsheet is the largest newspaper format and is characterized by long vertical pages, typically of 22.5 inches (57 cm) in height. Other common newspaper formats include the smaller Berliner and tabloid–compact formats. Historically, the broadsheet format emerged in the 17th century as a means for printing musical and popular prints, and later became a medium for political activism through the reprinting of speeches.Matthew SymondsMatthew John Symonds (born 20 December 1953) is a British journalist and a co-founder of The Independent. Born in 1953, Symonds is the son of John Beavan, who at the time was London editor of The Guardian, and BBC World Service broadcaster Anne Symonds.Online newspaperOnline newspaperAn online newspaper (or news website or electronic news or electronic news publication) is the online version of a newspaper, either as a stand-alone publication or as the online version of a printed periodical. Going online created more opportunities for newspapers, such as competing with broadcast journalism in presenting breaking news in a more timely manner.Compact (newspaper)Compact (newspaper)A compact newspaper is a broadsheet-quality newspaper printed in a tabloid format, especially one in the United Kingdom. The term as used for this size came into use after The Independent began producing a smaller format edition in 2003 for London's commuters, designed to be easier to read when using mass transit. Readers from other parts of the country liked the new format, and The Independent introduced it nationally.Michael Berry, Baron HartwellWilliam Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell MBE (18 May 1911 – 3 April 2001), was a British newspaper proprietor and journalist.

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