In February 12th, the British ESI Media Group announced that its ＜independent newspaper ＞ will be published in March 26th, the last print edition of the newspaper, after the full transformation to digital media.
Founded in 1986,＜independent newspaper ＞ is one of the most influential British national daily, in the UK it insist for a long time the independent left-wing position. ＜independent newspaper ＞in its heyday, 40 million copies of daily issue, but until recently, the number has shrunk to about 4, 000, has become a national newspaper readers in Britain at least. And at the same time, as of last December, the ＜independent newspaper ＞the network version of the user reached 70 million, network version also has been profitable.
2010, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, independent news and media group elected, will\'s British ＜independent newspaper ＞ and <＜week independent on ＞ to 1 pound of symbolic price sold Russian billionaire, former KGB agent Alexander Lebedev, when ＜independent newspaper ＞ issue also maintains at about 18 million copies. An ambitious ex KGB agent was solemnly said, newspapers will not die, nor death. In the period prior to the acquisition of the ＜independent newspaper ＞. He had also bought the British also a veteran newspaper ＜evening standard＞.
