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London Lite - news archive

This is an archive of news about London Lite. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

London Lite names Craig Mackenzie deputy editor
From Media Guardian. Posted August 11 2008, 4.51am
Former Sun editorial executive Craig MacKenzie is the new deputy editor of London Lite. (more)

Craig Mackenzie joins London Lite
From Media Guardian. Posted August 11 2008, 4.51am
Former Sun editorial executive Craig MacKenzie has joined London Lite. (more)

London Lite and London Paper recycling deal falls short
From Media Guardian. Posted July 21 2008, 4.44am
The agreement on recycling free newspapers Westminster Council and two publishers is falling short of the local authority's targets. (more)

Evening Standard merges newsdesk with London Lite
From Press Gazette. Posted June 9 2008, 11.00pm
The London Evening Standard and London Lite have merged their newsdesk operations – a move that has seen the departure of London Lite news editor Michael Leese. (more)

London Evening Standard and London Lite streamline news desks
From Media Guardian. Posted June 9 2008, 5.06am
The London Evening Standard and London Lite are merging news desk and some production operations. (more)

NRS figures show London Lite and Thelondonpaper neck and neck on readers
From Press Gazette. Posted May 14 2008, 11.00pm
London Lite and Thelondonpaper are neck and neck on readership – despite a 100,000 copy a day gap on distribution – according to the latest figures from the National Readership Survey. (more)

Thelondonpaper and London Lite begin recycling in Westminster
From Press Gazette. Posted January 18 2008, 12.00am
Thelondonpaper and London Lite have begun recycling newspapers discarded by the public in a deal struck with Westminster City Council. (more)

Charlotte Church wins correction over London Lite report
From Press Gazette. Posted November 7 2007, 12.00am
A complaint against the London Lite by Charlotte Church’s representative over an inaccurate article has been resolved after the paper printed a correction. (more)

London Lite names new arts editor
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted October 30 2007, 12.00am
Former contributing editor of The Times joins London Lite   . (more)

London Lite's arts editor leaves
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted October 4 2007, 11.00pm
Nina Caplan is going freelance   . (more)

'London Lite' is on a roll. So what price the 'Standard'?
From The Independent. Posted September 15 2007, 11.40pm
Surveying the global newspaper market, it is increasingly plausible to imagine free newspapers as the future of print. Recent figures compiled by Piet Bakker for the website newspaperinnova-tion.com show global circulation of free titles at more than 40 million daily copies. (more)

Readership figures put London Lite ahead of thelondonpaper
From Brand Republic. Posted September 13 2007, 9.15am
LONDON - More Londoners are reading Associated Newspaper's London Lite than News International's thelondonpaper, despite thelondonpaper distributing around 100,000 copies more than its rival, according to the latest NRS survey. (more)

Readership survey puts London Lite ahead in freebie war
From Press Gazette. Posted September 12 2007, 11.00pm
London Lite is ahead of arch rival thelondonpaper on readership despite being behind on circulation, according to an independent readership survey released today. (more)

London Lite and the London Paper: London freesheets will tackle litter
From Media Guardian. Posted August 23 2007, 12.00am
London Lite and the London Paper have reached agreement with Westminster council over clearing waste. By Stephen Brook. (more)

London Lite agrees to pay for Westminster recycling bins
From Press Gazette. Posted August 21 2007, 11.00pm
Associated Newspapers has reached an agreement with Westminster City Council to pay for 32 London Lite-branded recycling bins to be placed around Central London. (more)

London Lite axes lunchtime distribution
From Media Guardian. Posted May 1 2007, 12.00am
3.30pm Free newspaper London Lite has stopped distributing at lunchtime. (more)

National ABCs - Standard survives and London Lite wins freebie battle
From Press Gazette. Posted October 13 2006, 11.10am
12.15pm: Sales of the Evening Standard were down 11.7 per cent year-on-year in September to 289,254. (more)

Thelondonpaper trumped by London Lite in distribution
From Brand Republic. Posted September 28 2006, 10.09am
LONDON - Associated Newspapers is winning the battle in the London freesheet war, consistently distributing more copies of its London Lite title than its News International rival, thelondonpaper. (more)

Standard survives freebie onslaught as London Lite nears 400,000 mark
From Press Gazette. Posted September 8 2006, 10.55am
The Evening Standard claims it has survived London's free newspaper war relatively unscathed so far. (more)

Standard hit as London Lite claims 387,000 pick up
From Press Gazette. Posted September 7 2006, 10.01am
Associated Newspapers claims it is already within 13,000 copies of hitting its 400,000 distribution target for London Lite. (more)

Media News: Dummy copies snag hampers London Lite
From Brand Republic. Posted August 30 2006, 11.08pm
Associated Newspaper's rush to launch its freesheet London Lite has had a rocky start as key media buyers have yet to see a dummy copy. (more)

Media buyers stay cool on London Lite
From Brand Republic. Posted August 30 2006, 2.08pm
LONDON - Leading media buyers have given a lukewarm reception to Associated Newspapers' London Lite after the freesheet received its full launch today. (more)

London Lite undercuts rival's advertising rates by 6%
From Brand Republic. Posted August 30 2006, 8.08am
LONDON - Associated's London Lite has increased the pressure on News International's thelondonpaper by undercutting it on ad rates. The former's ratecard is already 6% lower, while thelondonpaper intends to raise its rates by 46% after a four month introductory offer. (more)

London Lite presents "once in a lifetime opportunity" for Associated
From Press Gazette. Posted August 29 2006, 12.16pm
Associated Newspapers today claimed that its new free daily – London Lite – represents a “once in a lifetime opportunity” to tap into a new market for newspapers. (more)

6pm update: London Lite publishes second editon
From Press Gazette. Posted August 25 2006, 5.03pm
Associated Newspapers this evening published a second, later edition of its new free afternoon newspaper, London Lite. (more)

6pm update: London Lite publishes second edition
From Press Gazette. Posted August 25 2006, 5.03pm
Associated Newspapers this evening published a second, later edition of its new free afternoon newspaper, London Lite. (more)

First look at Associated's London Lite
From Press Gazette. Posted August 25 2006, 1.48pm
Associated Newspapers drew first blood in its free newspaper war with News International today. (more)

EXCLUSIVE: First look at Associated's London Lite
From Press Gazette. Posted August 25 2006, 1.48pm
Associated Newspapers drew first blood in its free newspaper war with News International today. (more)

Associated jumps ahead with London Lite dummy run
From Brand Republic. Posted August 25 2006, 10.08am
LONDON - Associated Newspaper's London Lite will get the jump ahead on its rival afternoon freesheet, News International's thelondonpaper, by handing out thousands of copies this lunchtime as part of a 'dummy run' to 'test the logistics' of its distribution network. (more)

London Lite test run today ahead of Wednesday launch
From Press Gazette. Posted August 25 2006, 9.34am
Associated Newspapers' new free daily newspaper London Lite is hitting the streets of the capital today for a test run. (more)

Associated brings forward launch of London Lite
From Brand Republic. Posted August 24 2006, 8.08am
LONDON - Associated Newspapers has declared it will publish its afternoon freesheet London Lite 'imminently', raising expectations it will beat thelondonpaper, its News International rival, to its September 4 launch date. (more)

London Lite launch date ‘imminent’
From Press Gazette. Posted August 23 2006, 11.00pm
Associated Newspapers aims to leapfrog News International by launching its free daily London Lite five days ahead of rival thelondonpaper. (more)

London Lite to launch early
From Media Guardian. Posted August 23 2006, 12.00am
5.30pm update: Associated Newspapers is to launch freesheet London Lite next Wednesday, five days ahead of News International's rival The London Paper. By Julia Day. (more)

Metro man to run London Lite
From Media Guardian. Posted August 23 2006, 12.00am
Associated Newspapers has announced new freesheet London Lite will publish 48 pages a day, overseen by Metro's managing director Steve Auckland. By Julia Day. (more)

London Lite risks newspaper 'bloodbath'
From Media Guardian. Posted August 17 2006, 12.00am
Analysts warned last night that there could be a 'bloodbath' in the London newspaper market after the announcement that another free daily paper. By Katie Allen and Julia Day. (more)

London free newspaper war beckons as Associated to launch London Lite
From Press Gazette. Posted August 16 2006, 9.33am
London is heading for a free newspaper war next month as Associated Newspapers today confirmed plans to launch London Lite against News International’s thelondonpaper. (more)

Free newspaper war looms as Associated confirms London Lite
From Press Gazette. Posted August 16 2006, 9.33am
Associated Newspapers today confirmed plans to launch London Lite against News International’s thelondonpaper, putting the capital on course for a free newspaper war next month. (more)

Associated fights back with new London Lite freesheet
From Brand Republic. Posted August 8 2006, 8.08am
LONDON - Associated Newspapers is planning an afternoon freesheet, likely to be called London Lite, to disrupt News International's September launch of thelondonpaper. (more)