Evening Standard

Evening Standard Near Profitability After Going Free

Guardian | Peter Preston | Posted 05.25.2011

It's 18 months since the mighty Rothermere empire shrugged sadly and sold its cherished Evening Standard to Alexander Lebedev for a quid, drawing a li...

Evening Standard To Become Free Newspaper

Telegraph | Amanda Andrews, Media Editor | Posted 05.25.2011

The London Evening Standard is to become a free paper in a surprise move that threatens the future of the London Lite free newspaper. The decision...

Alexander Lebedev, New Evening Standard Owner, Tells Media: Drop KGB Tag

Independent | Ian Burrell | Posted 05.25.2011

The Russian oligarch who has purchased the London Evening Standard made an appeal for the British media to refrain from branding him as a former agent...

Alexander Lebedev, Former KGB Spy, To Buy London's Evening Standard

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.25.2011

LONDON — When Alexander Lebedev was a KGB spy in London, it was a daily habit to read the capital's Evening Standard newspaper. Now, he owns it...

Trial Runs For Wall Street's Finest

Vicky Ward | Posted 05.25.2011

Vicky Ward

Men in suits are on their way in and out of courthouses on charges of white-collar crime -- desperate economic times encourage desperate measures.