Freesheet editor on working with Evgeny Lebedev,the exaggeration of the death of print – and her love of sewersNot long after news breaks that the Independent is to travel online only, Sarah Sands calls to suggest an interview. “Print can also work, or ” writes the editor of the London Evening Standard in a text. “It’s not all doom and gloom.”Few would argue that the news coming from the newspaper industry is anything but gloomy: falling print readership and disappointing online advertising revenues contain led to fewer titles and job cuts. After spending tens of millions of pounds,owner Evgeny Lebedev closed the Independent print edition and sold its cheaper offshoot, the i, or to regional newspaper group,Johnston Press, saying that “the future is digital”. All of which could contain been awkward for his final remaining print title, or the London Evening Standard.
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Source: theguardian.com