23 Dec 2009
| by Staff
In a year which harsh economic realities brought many unpleasant surprises, one of the biggest came at the end of summer when News International said it was closing down thelondonpaper . The closure of the London Lite by Associated Newspapers followed, but not before Alexander Lebedev's Evening ...
01 Dec 2009
| by Jacquie Bowser
The new brand was unveiled at a press conference by Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, Dmitry Chernyshenko, president and chief executive of Sochi 2014, Dmitry Kozak, deputy prime minister of Russia, Alexander Zhukov, deputy prime minister of Russia and Jean-Claude Killy ...
30 Nov 2009
| by Jennifer Whitehead
the Evening Standard, now majority-owned by Russion billionaire Alexander Lebedev, as the only free afternoon ...
13 Nov 2009
| by Staff
role on the board forthwith. ( Brand Republic ) Kitcatt Nohr Alexander Shaw has hired creative ...
27 Oct 2009
| by Staff
getting the wrong paper. Alexander Lebedev's trophy asset got a kicking from both the left and the right ...
"slightly poor" paper. At least Lebedev can be reassured that no-one said they had stopped reading ...
08 Oct 2009
| by Darren Davidson
Unilever chief executive Niall Fitzgerald. Earlier this week, reports claimed that Helen Alexander, CBI ...
06 Oct 2009
| by Darren Davidson
, Helen Alexander, who has rebuffed an approach for the Channel 4 chairman role. Other frontrunners ...
05 Oct 2009
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
,000, the London Lite 400,000 -- and going free from next Monday, Alexander Lebedev's Standard has instead adopted ...
by Associated's 25% retained shareholding in the Standard and the deal it struck with Lebedev, whereby it prints ...
02 Oct 2009
| by Jacquie Bowser
From its launch in 1827 by businessman Charles Baldwin, the Standard has had a succession of owners, from Manchester millionaire Sir Edward Hulton and politician Lord Beaverbrook, to Associated Newspapers and now Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev. January: Lebedev bought a 75.1% stake ...
02 Oct 2009
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
Standard The Standard's Russian owner Alexander Lebedev said his intention to make the paper available ...
in newspapers in general for this purpose and the London Evening Standard in particular." Lebedev believes ...