08 May 2009
| by Staff
LONDON - Alexander Lebedev, the billionaire Russian owner of the Evening Standard, has been forced...Lebedev said yesterday that he would delay paying 120 journalists on the paper "for a week" because of business problems at the German airline he owns, Blue Wings. The financial problems are not expected to affect the Evening Standard , which is gearing up for a relaunch on 11 May. Lebedev bought ...
19 Apr 2010
| by John Reynolds
LONDON - The Independent, under its new Russian owner Alexander Lebedev, is to relaunch tomorrow...as to whether to go free with the title, according to a report in The Guardian . Lebedev made the decision ...
15 Oct 2010
| by Ian Darby
For Jon O'Donnell, becoming the group commercial director at Alexander Lebedev's titles is a big...by the Russian Alexander Lebedev and
then the departure last month of The Independent's commercial director ...
don't add up - that Lebedev would lose
too much in cover-price revenue should it make this move (82 ...
now yet O'Donnell
argues that the spirit injected under the Lebedev regime will carry the
day: "We ...
11 Jan 2011
| by John Reynolds
Alexander Lebedev's 20p daily newspaper i is launching its debut TV advertising campaign later
23 Apr 2009
| by Ian Darby
Sources close to the paper suggest that the relaunch, under the guidance of its Russian owner, Alexander Lebedev, and his son, Evgeny, is planned for Monday 11 May. Editorial changes to the title ...
distribution methods, including coverprice reductions. Lebedev acquired a 75.1 per cent stake in the loss ...
30 Mar 2010
| by John Reynolds
and The Independent on Sunday from Independent News Media (IN M), by Alexander Lebedev. The press ad appears ...
this week. Referring to speculation that Lebedev could make The Independent free or part-free, Freeman added that there was a "waste issue" which posed for a challenge for free newspapers. Lebedev chose ...
20 Apr 2009
| by Anne Cassidy
Alexander Lebedev in 2008. ...
31 Mar 2009
| by Ian Darby
Walker won the business following a pitch process that was triggered by the title s acquisition by the Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev. The previous incumbent, Starcom MediaVest Group, held the Standard account as part of its relationship with the previous majority owner of the London title, Associated ...
05 May 2009
| by Caroline Lovell
editor Veronica Wadley, who edited the Standard for seven years before its acquisition by Alexander Lebedev. ...
02 Oct 2009
| by Ian Darby
in the Standard by Alexander Lebedev in February. Since then, the title has been relaunched and its team have experimented with various distribution models, including giving away free copies after 10pm. Lebedev said: "I ...