Media Week: Standard creates BA sponsored mobile app

Posted on 25 May, 2010 by Martin Stabe

"The London Evening Standard has launched a mobile phone news service sponsored by British Airways London City service. It is available free across a series of mobile platforms, including iPhone, BlackBerry and Google Android smartphones."

paidContent:UK: The Time Must Finally Be Now For Grassroots Media

Posted on 30 June, 2009 by Martin Stabe

Patrick Smith: "The relaunched Evening Standard still offers very little on a local, district level online. In a city made up of inter-connected but often distinct boroughs, it surely makes sense to offer Londoners something relevant to the specific areas they live in. The Standard should become an umbrella for local blogs and news start-ups—a platform for local people to write news about their area."

Roy Greenslade: London Evening Standard says sorry to its readers

Posted on 4 May, 2009 by Martin Stabe

"Buses and tubes will carry a series of messages throughout the week that begin with the word "sorry." The first says "Sorry for losing touch". Subsequent slogans say sorry for being negative, for taking you for granted, for being complacent and for being predictable."

Shakeup Media: Murdoch the chess-player

Posted on 20 January, 2009 by Martin Stabe

Richard Addis: "The Lebedev affair has had loads of coverage over the weekend. But I do not think anyone has looked at it hard enough from the Murdochian point of view."

Comment is Free: Simon Fletcher: Blogs close the news gap

Posted on 22 November, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"Twice in the past month [Andrew] Gilligan has used the platform of the Standard to attack the City Hall bloggers ... The line was that the blogs were an amateur joke. But you don't take the time and space in a mass-circulation paper to repeatedly bash an irrelevance. They are a target precisely because they are doing something interesting and relevant."

MarketingWeek: Thisislondon.co.uk relaunches as Standard.co.uk

Posted on 27 September, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"Standard.co.uk, which will launch on Monday (September 29) will carry a mixture of original content, breaking news, comment and analysis, updated throughout the day."

Guido Fawkes: Thieving Parasitical Journalists

Posted on 23 September, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"Guido always tries to credit the source of a story with a link. It is not just honest and good manners, it pays dividends in traffic terms. Here is the difference in understanding between online writers and dead tree writers. Bloggers understand that if you increase the usefulness of your site with useful links, you get more traffic. Something that the dead tree press has only just realised..."

Evening Standard: The negative equity map

Posted on 14 April, 2008 by Martin Stabe

Evening Standard maps at London boroughs level. Drill-down to street-level data is available — by downloading a PDF. A missed opportunity to do something interesting with data.

The World: No cash needed for London paper

Posted on 6 February, 2008 by Martin Stabe

The BBC's Chris Vallance looks at the Evening Standard's Eros card for The World.

mad.co.uk: Can Eros bring back the love for Evening Standard?

Posted on 9 October, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"The start of the freesheet wars in London between News International's thelondonpaper and Associated's London Lite has triggered a major rethink at the once-monopolistic Evening Standard...."

The Observer: The Standard plays a smart card trick

Posted on 30 September, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Peter Preston on how Eros card could be a step towards UK newspaper publishers finally getting a better understanding of who reads their newspapers. The current "two-stage distribution system [is] notably short on useful data".

Independent: ‘London Lite’ is on a roll. So what price the ‘Standard’?

Posted on 16 September, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"Sources at [Associated Newspapers] say plans are in place to take the Standard further upmarket and distinguish it more clearly from its free siblings."

NMA: Associated reveals major online investment plan

Posted on 7 September, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"The publishing group has tasked digital agency Conchango with developing new ways of accessing news content throughout titles including, The Daily Mail and The Evening Standard's websites, in a deal believed to be worth £1m."

Campaign: Associated Newspapers stops distribution of London Lite

Posted on 4 May, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"Associated Newspapers has stopped ...Evening Standard vendors distributing ... London Lite. According to media buyers, the move has been driven by declining sales of the Standard. Distribution will now be solely via London Lite distributors."

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