Changes at the London Evening Standard
On 12 October 2009 The London Evening Standard will become the first quality newspaper in the world to go free. The number of circulated copies of the London Evening Standard will more than double from 250,000 a day to over 600,000 a day.
This is an historic moment and a great opportunity for the London Evening Standard. Its owners will be funding the distribution of over 600,000 copies of the newspaper, making it available to more Londoners than ever before. And most importantly this will be a quality newspaper.
Geordie Greig | Editor of the London Evening Standard
The Standard has an exciting and secure future with this new, pioneering strategy of more than doubling our distribution. We will remain the only London newspaper committed to a tradition of high quality journalism with the finest writers and undiminished commitment to the best reporting of news, business and sport.
I also want the paper to continue being a cheerleader for London, the greatest city in the world. We will celebrate where we can but also criticise and expose those who are not doing what is best for London and Londoners.
The Editorial Team
The combined talents of over 821 years of experience pooled together in one newspaper!
The Evening Standard's team of journalists are widely regarded as the best editorial team within the newspaper marketplace.
Our exciting team of writers deliver every shade of opinion on all the subjects that matter to all those living and working in London.
Editor: Geordie Greig
Geordie has worked for the Daily Mail, Sunday Today and The Sunday Times where for five years he was the paper’s American correspondent and subsequently literary editor. He has been editor of the society magazine Tatler since 1999 during which period he took the magazine to its highest ever circulation figure in its 300-year history.
We have a radical new look which is fresh, modern and forward-looking, for a newspaper which will be fair, independent and will celebrate the capital.
Geordie Greig | Editor
