‘Independent’ stable to cease its print editions
ESI Media said The Independent, launched in 1986, will become “the first national newspaper title to move to a digital-only future”. It did not reveal how many of the 150 full-time staff would lose their jobs.
The move comes after the paper’s owners Alexander and Evgeny Lebedev agreed a deal to sell its cut-price sister paper I to regional publisher Johnston Press for around £24m (€30.9m).
