MEDIA SPOTLIGHT ON: LONDON NEWSPAPER MARKET - Associated launch could see a renewed London press war. Maxwell was crushed but the Standard faces a new danger, Alasdair Reid says

By ALASDAIR REID Friday, 18 December 1998 12:00AM

When it comes to spoilers, Associated Newspapers is in a class of its own and perhaps its proudest moment in this field came back in 1987 when it blew the London Daily News - one of Robert Maxwell’s many folie de grandeur - out of the water within days of launching.

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