What happens when (if) Alexander Lebedev buys the Indy? Will the titles be held separately or, well, merged?
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Your Independent Standard in full
And the new Daily Express is…
...The Independent. Well, that's the talk. Last night, a newspaper editor told me that had heard that the Lebedev-Kelner plan for the Indy was to...
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Russian invasion…
“They just told me not to spend the proceeds on yachts,” Alexander Lebedev speaking to the FT, after he sold his Aeroflot stake for $400 million. There have been rumours about a Lebedev cash-out circulating for a few weeks now. I’m guessing the Indy doesn’t count as a yacht, which means things are starting...
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A Question of Independence
Rod Liddle’s candidacy to edit The Independent ought to be over. The extraordinary row about his inflammatory postings on the Millwall website should be enough to make Alexander Lebedev, the Indy’s wannabe new owner think. For those who missed it, he wrote, as reported in the Mail on Sunday: “Why do blacks need a...
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