What is Evening Standard?
{{italictitle}} The '''''Evening Standard''''', formerly '''''The Standard''''' (1827–1904), also known as the '''''London Evening Standard''''', is a local [[free daily newspaper]] in [[London]], [[England]], published Monday to Friday in [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] format. In October [[2009]], after being purchased by Russian businessman [[Alexander Lebedev]], the paper ended a 180-year history of [[Newspaper circulation|paid circulation]] and became a free newspaper. They doubling its circulation as part of a change in its business plan.<ref name=eandp09>{{cite magazine |title=London's 'Evening Standard' To Become Free Paper |url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004018125 |url-status=dead |magazine=[[Editor & Publisher]] |date=2 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004161745/http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004018125 |archive-date=4 October 2009}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{uk-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Newspapers published in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:English-language newspapers]]