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Sad farewell to London Lite?

Source: The Guardian

Nov 09, 2009

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Associated Newspapers closes its unprofitable freesheet London Lite on Friday, leaving 36 staff out of a job and the Tubes a lot cleaner

A newspaper closure is almost inevitably a time to mourn. But the news that London Lite is to end publication this Friday brings no tears to the eyes.

It is, of course, sad for the 36 staff – 26 editorial and 10 commercial – and we can only hope that some will stay on to work in other parts of the Associated Newspapers empire.

Once Rupert Murdoch's News International decided in September to close the London Paper, another unlamented loss to Britain's press, there was precious little point to the Lite's continuation. It was launched in the summer of 2006 to ensure that Murdoch didn't have a free run with his freesheet, and its closure will mean the two titles have vanished within the space of eight weeks.

Aside from losing their media mogul owners many, many millions of pounds, their major contribution has been to weaken still further a genuine paper, the London Evening Standard.

For the only real effect of the metropolitan freesh

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