By Staff on January 19, 2012
Print is enjoying an unexpected revival in some quarters of the UK, especially London, although it’s usually not the kind you pay for (to the dismay of many traditional publishers). Now another free publication, Scout London is planning to hit the capital’s streets in March, joining the free Alexander Lebedev-owned Evening Standard and sports magazine [...]
Posted in Media, News | Tagged Alexander Lebedev, associated newspapers, entertainment, evening standard, feemium, free magazine, Jim Zambrano, listings, london olympics, metro, News International, scout london, shortlist, thelondonpaper
By Paul Simons on January 12, 2012
Last week I saw an economic forecast from Citibank which was quite depressing. The gloom and doom in the general business press strongly suggests 2012 is going to be challenging. Therefore in the current climate I have assumed every business in the wider advertising world would be on red alert for any new business opportunity. [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, News, PR | Tagged agency pitches, agency websites, allen brady & marsh, big networks, british rail, citibank, evening standard, Paul Simons, Playstation, £5m account
By David O'Reilly on June 15, 2010
The Evening Standard, the London paper given away for £1 to Alexander Lebedev 18 months ago by a despairing Mail Group when its losses were as high as £20 million, is reported to be close to making a profit. If it keeps on its upward curve, the Standard will become the poster boy for free [...]
Posted in Media, News | Tagged evening standard, guardian, Independent, Lebedev, Mail, News International, Rupert Murdoch
By Stephen Foster on May 31, 2010
Once upon a time British newspapers had style, or tried to, and Peter O’Donnell’s cartoon Modesty Blaise in the London Evening Standard, which ran for over 40 years, certainly did. O’Donnell died recently, as did another legendary Fleet Street stylist who made his name in the 1960s, political columnist Alan Watkins. Both rose to fame [...]
Posted in Media, News | Tagged Alan Watkins, evening standard, Modesty Blaise, Peter O'Donnell
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