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44-568: Antiques Trade Gazette was founded in September 1971 in London by journalist Ivor Turnbull, previously diarist at the Evening Standard and editor of Art and Antiques Weekly . It provided a calendar of art and antiques sales, and was initially resented by many antique dealers keen to protect their favourite country sales. However, it eventually became an essential tool of the trade - being described by

88-645: A baronetcy , of Downside in the parish of Leatherhead in Surrey , for public services during World War I , which became extinct on his death in 1925. Hulton was born on 3 March 1869 in Hulme , Manchester . He was the second son of Edward Hulton (1838–1904), a Manchester newspaper publisher, and his wife, Mary Mosley. He was raised as a Roman Catholic in Whalley Range, Manchester and attended St Bede's Commercial College from 1878–85. Hulton's father founded

132-472: A change in its business plan. On 29 May 2024, the newspaper announced that it would reduce print publication to once weekly, after nearly 200 years of daily publication, as it had become unprofitable. Daily publication ended on 19 September 2024. The first weekly edition was published on 26 September 2024 under the new name of The London Standard . The newspaper was founded by barrister Stanley Lees Giffard on 21 May 1827 as The Standard . The early owner of

176-506: A cousin of the Rudge Sisters . Edward's son, Sir Edward George Warris Hulton (1906–1988), published magazines including Picture Post and Lilliput , and was a member of the 1941 Committee . As Edward George Warris was born before his parents were married, he did not inherit the Hulton baronetcy which became extinct on his father's death in 1925. Edward George Warris had two sons and

220-534: A daily to weekly print publication as it was unprofitable. The newspaper had dropped from about 70 to 30 pages in the preceding decade. The change was made by Lebedev under pressure by Sultan Muhammad Abuljadayel, who has owned a 30% stake in the Evening Standard ' s parent company since 2018. On 14 June 2024, the newspaper announced it would eliminate 150 jobs. The redundancies included 70 editorial workers (out of 120), 40 office workers and 45 workers from

264-532: A daughter by his second wife Princess Nika Yourievitch . Edward's daughter, Betty Stevens (née Hulton; 1909–1932), died at the age of 22 following the birth of her son, Sir Jocelyn Stevens . Hulton died on 23 May 1925 at the age of 56 after a prolonged illness in Downside, and is buried in Putney Vale Cemetery in southwest London. The net value of his estate was £2,222,471. He bequeathed £5,000 to

308-411: A high-profile campaign that backfired. In the 1960s, the paper was upstaged by The Evening News , which sold more than 1 million copies nightly. During the decade, the paper also began to publish the comic strip Modesty Blaise , which bolstered its sales throughout the 1970s. The Evening Standard ceased publishing on Saturdays on 30 November 1974, when it still produced six editions daily. In

352-453: A large group of newspapers was sold for £6 million when Hulton retired due to illness in 1923. The newspapers sold, which were subsequently controlled by Lord Beaverbrook and Lord Rothermere , included: Sporting Chronicle , Athletic News , Sunday Chronicle , Empire News , Evening Standard , Daily Sketch , Sunday Herald , Daily Dispatch and Evening Chronicle . Most of these newspapers were sold again soon afterwards, to

396-636: A majority stake in the company in February 2020 with existing investor, ECI Partners, reinvesting from its latest fund and holding a minority stake. On 8 February 2021, the company, chaired by Breon Corcoran , announced plans to float in the London Stock Exchange through an IPO in March 2021. Official website Evening Standard The London Standard , formerly the Evening Standard (1904–2024) and originally The Standard (1827–1904),

440-565: A result. There were often considerable changes between editions in the front-page lead and the following news pages, including the Londoner's Diary , though features and reviews stayed the same. In January 2010, circulation was increased to 900,000. In May 2009, the newspaper launched a series of poster ads, each of which prominently featured the word "Sorry" in the paper's then-masthead font. These ads offered various apologies for past editorial approaches, such as "Sorry for losing touch". None of

484-411: A rise in circulation. By the end of the 19th century, the evening edition eclipsed its morning counterpart. Both The Standard and the Evening Standard were acquired by C. Arthur Pearson in 1904. In May 1915, Edward Hulton purchased the Evening Standard from Davison Dalziel . Dalziel had purchased both papers in 1910, and closed The Standard , the morning paper, in 1916. Hulton introduced

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528-456: A tradition of providing arts coverage. Its best known former art critic, Brian Sewell , was known for his acerbic view of conceptual art , Britart and the Turner Prize and his views attracted controversy and criticism in the art world. He has been described as "Britain's most famous and controversial art critic". During the 2008 London mayoral election , the newspaper – and particularly

572-515: Is a long-established regional newspaper published weekly and distributed free of charge in London , England. It is printed in tabloid format , and also has an online edition. In October 2009, after being purchased by Russian businessman Alexander Lebedev , the paper ended a 180-year history of paid circulation and multiple editions every day, and became a free newspaper publishing a single print edition every weekday, doubling its circulation as part of

616-515: The Burlington Magazine as the "acknowledged 'Bible' of the fine art and antiques industry". The Gazette's publisher, Metropress, was acquired by the Daily Mail and General Trust in 1994. The company adapted to the internet, creating the-saleroom.com, before, in 2006, launching a live bidding platform, the latest step in its transition from print to an internet offering. In October 2008, when

660-829: The Sporting Chronicle in 1871, the Athletic News in 1875 and the Sunday Chronicle in 1885. Hulton subsequently founded the Manchester Evening Chronicle in 1897 (renamed the Evening Chronicle in 1914), the Daily Dispatch in 1900 and the Daily Sketch , a tabloid , in 1909. Edward Hulton and Co., of London and Manchester, a private company of proprietors, printers and publishers that owned

704-503: The 2024 London mayoral election , the Evening Standard endorsed Labour candidate Sadiq Khan for Mayor of London. The Evening Standard later endorsed the Labour Party in the 2024 United Kingdom general election . On 14 December 2004, Associated Newspapers launched a Monday–Friday freesheet edition of the Evening Standard called Standard Lite to help boost circulation. This edition had 48 pages, compared with about 80 in

748-670: The Allied Newspapers consortium formed in 1924 (renamed Kemsley Newspapers in 1943 and bought by Roy Thomson in 1959). The newspapers Hulton founded have since merged with other newspapers. In 1955, the Daily Dispatch merged with the News Chronicle , which was subsequently absorbed into the Daily Mail in 1960. The Evening Chronicle merged with the Manchester Evening News in 1963. The Daily Sketch merged with

792-661: The Conservatives in the general election , saying that "the Conservatives are ready for power: they look like a government in waiting". On 5 May 2015, an editorial stated that the newspaper would again be supporting David Cameron and the Conservatives in the 2015 General Election , saying that the Conservatives have "shown themselves to be good for London". The newspaper also said "there may be good tactical reasons to vote Liberal Democrat". The Media Reform Coalition (MRC) and Goldsmiths, University of London considered that in

836-485: The Daily Mail in 1971. Hulton owned a successful thoroughbred horse racing stable. With Richard Dawson training his horses, he was the British flat racing Champion Owner in 1916. That year his wins included the filly Fifinella capturing The Oaks and The Derby double. His horses Roseway and Straitlace won the 1919 1,000 Guineas and the 1924 Epsom Oaks respectively. He also registered his racing colours under

880-482: The Evening Standard announced job cuts. By the end of 2019, the company reported a pre-tax loss of £13.6 million. In August 2020, the paper announced a further 115 job cuts in order to save the company. Before the COVID-19 pandemic that started in 2020, the Evening Standard' s daily circulation was about 800,000. By mid-2024, it had dropped below 300,000. On 29 May 2024, the newspaper announced that it would go from

924-617: The Evening Standard endorsed the Conservative Party. During the 2019 Conservative leadership election , the Evening Standard endorsed Boris Johnson . During the 2020 Labour leadership election , the Evening Standard endorsed Keir Starmer to become Labour leader and consequently Leader of the Opposition . The Evening Standard endorsed Liz Truss in the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election . For

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968-431: The pseudonym "Mr. Lytham". Edward Hulton was the chairman of Manchester City F.C. in the early 1900s. Hulton was first married to Agnes Moir Turnbull Wood in 1900. He had a son and a daughter by his second wife, Fanny Warris (1869–1940), whom he married in 1916. Warris was a music hall artist, actress and singer, née Fanny Elizabeth Warriss or Wariss, also known by the stage name Millie Lindon , and

1012-559: The "Media Brand of the Year" and the "Grand Prix Gold" awards at the Media Week awards in October 2010. The judges said: "[ The Standard has] quite simply ... stunned the market. Not just for the act of going free, but because editorial quality has been maintained, circulation has almost trebled and advertisers have responded favourably. Here is a media brand restored to health." The Standard also won

1056-565: The 1960s, the paper's political editor Robert Carvel was granted a morning briefing by prime minister Harold Wilson and it had its own correspondents in Paris and Washington . In 1980, Express Newspapers merged the Standard with Associated Newspapers ' Evening News in a Joint Operating Agreement . The new paper was known as the New Standard until 1985, when Associated Newspapers bought out

1100-517: The 2016 elections , the Evening Standard favoured the Conservative Party, according to MRC chair Justin Schlosberg. There were almost twice as many positive headlines about the Conservative candidate, Zac Goldsmith , as for his Labour rival, Sadiq Khan , with stories exhibiting the strongest bias against Khan also being the most prominent. In the 2017 and 2019 United Kingdom general elections ,

1144-508: The Russian businessman and former KGB agent Alexander Lebedev and his son Evgeny Lebedev , who in 2010 went on to own The Independent , agreed to acquire control of the Evening Standard for £1 for 64 per cent ownership. A few years earlier, 12 per cent of the paper had been sold to Justin Shaw and Geordie Greig . Associated Newspapers retained the remaining 24 per cent. In November 2009, it

1188-449: The business had 53 staff and a turnover of £6 million, it was the subject of a management buyout backed by private equity house Matrix (today Mobeus Equity Partners). The deal also saw the company divest three US-based publications AntiqueWeek , AntiqueWest and Auction Exchange . From 15 percent of sales at the time of the MBO in 2008, the-saleroom.com revenues accounted for 45 per cent of

1232-758: The business's £8.9 million turnover by 2012. The company offered its antique bidding platform to publishers in Germany and France, and invested in China’s live auction site, epai.hk. It also established a separate auction site, ibidder.com, focused on industrial equipment. Private equity firm ECI Partners invested in the business in 2014, by which time the website sold £68.3 million of art and antiques, while ibidder.com saw sales worth £39.4m, generating revenues of over £15 million. The company renamed itself from ATG Media to Auction Technology Group in November 2016. TA Associates acquired

1276-573: The central area, but later became available in the evening from its street distributors. With the sale of the Evening Standard , but not the London Lite , to Alexander Lebedev on 21 January 2009, the ownership links between the Standard and the Lite were broken. On Fridays, the newspaper includes a free glossy lifestyle magazine, ES (launched as the Evening Standard Magazine in 2009, ) and

1320-562: The circulation was increased to 350,000 in September 2014. This has moved from more general articles to concentrate on glamour, with features on the rich, powerful and famous. On Wednesdays, some areas offer a free copy of the Homes & Property supplement, edited by Janice Morley, which includes London property listings and articles from lifestyle journalists including Barbara Chandler, Katie Law, and Alison Cork . A free entertainment guide supplement Metro Life , previously called Hot Tickets ,

1364-432: The correspondent Andrew Gilligan – published articles in support of the Conservative candidate, Boris Johnson , including frequent front-page headlines condemning Labour opponent Ken Livingstone . This included the headline "Suicide bomb backer runs Ken's campaign". On 5 May 2010, the newspaper stated in an editorial that, having supported Labour under Tony Blair , the newspaper would be supporting David Cameron and

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1408-671: The daily newspaper of the year award at the London Press Club Awards in May 2011. The Evening Standard launched a mobile app with US app developer Handmark in May 2010. The range of apps was updated in 2015. In March 2018, editor George Osborne initiated a redesign of the paper, which included dropping the "London" from its title in a signal of the paper's ambition to have greater national and international influence. The paper also introduced more colourful "signposting" for different sections such as news, comment, and business, as it

1452-463: The gossip column Londoner's Diary , originally billed as "a column written by gentlemen for gentlemen". In 1923, Lord Beaverbrook , owner of the Daily Express , bought Hulton's newspapers, although he sold them shortly thereafter to the Daily Mail ' s owner Lord Rothermere , with the exception of the Standard . It became a staunchly Conservative paper, harshly attacking Labour in 1945 in

1496-409: The main paper, which also had a supplement on most days. In August 2006, the freesheet was relaunched as London Lite . It was designed to be especially attractive to younger female readers and featured a wide range of lifestyle articles, but less news and business news than the main paper. It was initially available only between 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. at Evening Standard vendors and in

1540-490: The new name of "The London Standard". From July 2020 to October 2021, the newspaper's editor was Emily Sheffield , sister of Samantha Cameron , who took over from the former Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne , who became editor-in-chief. As editor he had replaced Sarah Sands who, in turn, had replaced Geordie Greig following his departure to The Mail on Sunday in March 2012. Veronica Wadley

1584-426: The occasion by giving away 650,000 free copies on the day, and refreshed its sports coverage. After a long history of paid circulation, on 12 October 2009, the Standard became a free newspaper, with free circulation of 700,000, limited to central London. In February 2010, a paid-for circulation version became available in suburban areas of London for 20p (although many places sell it for 50p). The newspaper won

1628-596: The paper was Charles Baldwin. Under the ownership of James Johnstone , The Standard became a morning paper from 29 June 1857. The Evening Standard was published from 11 June 1859. The Standard gained eminence for its detailed foreign news, notably its reporting of events of the American Civil War (1861–1865), the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, all contributing to

1672-405: The paper's printing and distribution operations at Broxbourne . Lebedev proposed to make statutory minimum payments plus £1,000, capped at £21,000, to those made redundant . On 29 July 2024, the last Friday and Monday editions had been printed, and on Thursday 19 September 2024 the last daily format edition was printed. The weekly edition was published on Thursdays from 26 September 2024 under

1716-466: The posters mentioned the Evening Standard by name, although they featured the paper's Eros logo. Ex-editor Veronica Wadley criticised the " Pravda -style" campaign saying it humiliated the paper's staff and insulted its readers. The campaign was designed by McCann Erickson . Also in May 2009, the paper relaunched as the London Evening Standard with a new layout and masthead, marking

1760-468: The remaining stake, turning it into The Standard . In 1987 the Evening News was briefly revived to compete with Robert Maxwell 's London Daily News , but was reabsorbed into The Standard later that year, after the collapse of Maxwell's paper. In 1988 the Evening Standard included the by-line "Incorporating the 'Evening News ' ", which remained until the paper's sale in 2009. On 21 January 2009,

1804-427: Was announced that the London Evening Standard would drop its morning "News Extra" edition from 4 January 2010. From then on, the first edition was the "West End Final", available from 2 pm. One edition of 600,000 copies would be printed starting at 12:30 pm, ending 5.30 am starts for journalists and the previous deadline of 7 am for the first edition. Twenty people were expected to lose their jobs as

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1848-423: Was noted by Osborne that it had not been "easy" to find them inside the paper previously. The masthead was also redesigned with a new font, and emojis were added to the paper's five-day weather forecast. In May 2018, James Cusick of openDemocracy alleged the newspaper had been providing favourable news coverage to companies, including Uber and Google , in exchange for financial sponsorship. In June 2019,

1892-403: Was published on Thursdays from September 2002 to September 2005. This was a "what's-on" guide with listings of cinemas and theatres in and around London. Editors, with their year of appointment, have been: Edward Hulton Sir Edward Hulton, 1st Baronet (3 March 1869 – 23 May 1925) was a British newspaper proprietor and thoroughbred racehorse owner. In 1921, he was awarded

1936-616: Was the newspaper's editor between 2002 and 2009. Max Hastings was editor from 1996 until he retired in 2002. The Evening Standard , a regional newspaper, emphasises London-centred news (especially in its features pages), covering building developments, property prices, traffic schemes, politics, the congestion charge and, in the Londoner's Diary page, gossip on the social scene, and also covers significant national and international news. It also occasionally runs campaigns on London issues that national newspapers do not cover in detail. It has

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