Alexander Hay

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'Farewell To The Flesh': A Digital-Only Future for The Independent newspaper?

March 25, 2010
This week's takeover of ailing UK newspaper The Independent by Russian oligarch (and ex-KGB man) Alexander Lebedev has certainly got tongues wagging. The parlous state of the newspaper was certainly made all too clear when it was announced that it had been sold to Lebedev for a mere £1.00 (and a £9.5 million 'Golden Goodbye' from former owners Independent News & Media, in exchange for takings the paper's liabilities off its hands).

So what next for the paper? Rumours that it will be given away free like Lebedev's other newspaper, The London Evening Standard, continue, despite its new owner apparently assuring Prime Minister Gordon Brown that it won't be.

Yet what will happen? Certainly Lebedev will invest a considerable amount of money in the paper, not least because his media properties back home in Russia have always had both his wallet and his backing to rely on, though presumably avoiding any conflict with him. Yet whether this will translate into a viable - let alone profitable - newspaper remains to be seen. More...

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The Polecat Writes Back

March 21, 2010
Norman Tebbit may not be the most obvious of web journalism innovators. Soon to be celebrating his closest allies - even a potential successor at one point, a small 'c' as well as a capital 'C' conservative, and certainly a provocative figure. More...

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