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Independent And Independent On Sunday To Close
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Just heard on the radio that the Russian Owner has announced they will be closed in March.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Desperately sad about this – especially the crossword. 'Anax' was my first newspaper pseudonym and it's based on my daughter's name, so it's personally important; would hate to lose it.
At the moment it appears the 'I' will continue but as a satellite of a Scottish newspaper which currently has its own 3-setter team. No idea if they'll keep running old Indy stock as they do now, or switch to new crosswords using the existing Indy team, or use their own trio. And it's possible, of course, the current crossword series will continue online.
For now, nobody knows, but our editor will keep us up to date as soon as he hears anything (he said he's usually the last know!).
At the moment it appears the 'I' will continue but as a satellite of a Scottish newspaper which currently has its own 3-setter team. No idea if they'll keep running old Indy stock as they do now, or switch to new crosswords using the existing Indy team, or use their own trio. And it's possible, of course, the current crossword series will continue online.
For now, nobody knows, but our editor will keep us up to date as soon as he hears anything (he said he's usually the last know!).
There'll be "paper" papers for years to come.
Just maybe fewer of them. The Indy always lagged behind the other main rivals. I always wondered why. New papers seem never to catch on somehow. "Today" came and went. At least the Indy is departing from the newsstands at a time when digital news and technology is well developed.
Just maybe fewer of them. The Indy always lagged behind the other main rivals. I always wondered why. New papers seem never to catch on somehow. "Today" came and went. At least the Indy is departing from the newsstands at a time when digital news and technology is well developed.
Now the i newspaper has been taken over by another media group, I don't see how it can continue to be sold in it's present format and at its present great value for money (40p) without the loss-making resources of The Independent, with whom it shares so many reporters and columnists. I, too, really enjoy the cryptic crosswords, and doubt the new version of i will have access to old Independent crosswords as it does now. Too bad for the likes of Quixote (Don Manley) who has been setting for the Independent papers since I first bought The Independent on Sunday when it started many moons ago. And, of course, really bad for the many journalists who will soon be looking for a job. Bad news all round.