Evgeny Lebedev, the Russian oligarch’s son who owns the Evening Standard and the Independent website, made an offer to buy the Daily Telegraph from the Barclay brothers earlier this year
Evgeny Lebedev and team have not yet made a final decision but he is expected to close 30-year-old titles
Johnston Press is in advanced talks to buy the i, the cut-price national newspaper owned by Evgeny Lebedev, in a move which multiple sources say will spell the end of the Independent and Independent on Sunday
Evgeny Lebedev’s publishing company boosted by digital and cut-price i, as Evening Standard’s free strategy also pays off
