Editing Evening Standard (section)

===2024: from daily to weekly, with redundancies===
Before the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic]] that started in 2020, the ''Evening Standard'''s daily circulation was about 800,000. By mid-2024, it had dropped below 300,000.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tobitt |first1=Charlotte |title=Newspaper ABCs: Sunday People sees biggest print decline in July |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-newspapers-uk-abc-monthly-circulation-figures-2/ |access-date=20 August 2024 |work=Press Gazette |date=15 August 2024}}</ref> The newspaper lost nearly £20 million in 2023.<ref name=guardian-20250501>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/may/01/lebedev-promises-to-continue-funding-the-standard-after-latest-loss-of-20m |title=Lebedev promises to keep funding Standard after another £20m loss |last=Partridge |first=Joanna |newspaper=The Guardian |date=1 May 2025 |access-date=1 May 2025}}</ref>

On 29 May 2024, the newspaper announced that it would go from a daily to weekly print publication as it was unprofitable, and become a [[digital first]] publication.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Waterson |first1=Jim |title=London Evening Standard to close daily newspaper and launch new weekly |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/may/29/london-evening-standard-close-daily-newspaper-launch-new-weekly |access-date=29 May 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=29 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Maher |first=Bron |title=Evening Standard set to go from daily to weekly print edition |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/evening-standard-daily-weekly-newspaper-redundancies/ |website=Press Gazette |access-date=29 May 2024 |date=29 May 2024}}</ref><ref name=guardian-20250501/> The newspaper had dropped from about 70 to 30 pages in the preceding decade.<ref name=warrington>{{Cite news |last=Warrington |first=James |date=14 June 2024 |title=Evening Standard to axe 150 jobs as it scraps daily newspaper |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/06/14/evening-standard-axe-150-jobs-scraps-daily-newspaper/ |access-date=15 June 2024 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> The change was made by Lebedev under pressure by Sultan Muhammad Abuljadayel, who has owned a 30% stake in the ''Evening Standard''{{'}}s parent company since 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sherwin |first=Adam |date=13 June 2024 |title=Lebedev closed daily Evening Standard after pressure from Saudi investor |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/media/lebedev-saudi-investor-evening-standard-cut-3085226 |access-date=15 June 2024 |website=[[i (British newspaper)|i]] |language=en}}</ref>

On 14 June 2024, the newspaper announced it would eliminate 150 jobs. The redundancies included 70 editorial workers (out of 120), 40 office workers and 45 workers from the paper's printing and distribution operations at [[Broxbourne]].<ref name=warrington/> Lebedev proposed to make statutory minimum payments plus £1,000, capped at £21,000, to those [[Redundancy in United Kingdom law|made redundant]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Warrington |first1=James |title=Evening Standard owner Lord Lebedev accused of closing newspaper 'on the cheap' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/08/09/evening-standard-lord-lebedev-accused-closing-news-on-cheap/ |access-date=22 August 2024 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=9 August 2024}}</ref>

On 29 July 2024, the last Friday and Monday editions had been printed,<ref>{{Cite tweet |publisher=Press Gazette|user=pressgazette|number=1817947292474773724 |date=29 July 2024 |title=Today's edition of the Evening Standard was its last on a Monday, and last week was its last on a Friday}}</ref> and on Thursday 19 September 2024 the last daily format edition was printed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Dylan |author-link=Dylan Jones |date=19 September 2024 |title=We’ll See You Next Week ... With Your New Favourite Newspaper |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/evening-standard-newspaper-weekly-launch-september-b1182999.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919152452/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/evening-standard-newspaper-weekly-launch-september-b1182999.html |archive-date=19 September 2024 |access-date=20 January 2025 |website=The Standard}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=James W.|last=Kelly|title=London Evening Standard prints final daily paper|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgvl44nq2no|work=BBC News|date=19 September 2024|accessdate=19 September 2024}}</ref> The weekly edition was published on Thursdays from 26 September 2024 under the new name of "The London Standard".<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 September 2024 |title=The London Standard Digital Edition |url=https://thelondonstandard.pressreader.com/the-london-standard/20240926/page/1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250120201655/https://thelondonstandard.pressreader.com/the-london-standard/20240926/page/1 |archive-date=20 January 2025 |access-date=20 January 2025 |website=thelondonstandard.pressreader.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Maher |first=Bron |date=21 August 2024 |title=Weekly Evening Standard to be distributed on Thursdays as 'The London Standard' |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/the-london-standard-evening-standard-rebrand-thursdays/ |access-date=22 August 2024 |website=Press Gazette |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Wilkinson |first=Mark |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-standard-streets-first-weekly-newspaper-b1184317.html |title=The London Standard hits the streets for the first time |work=The London Standard |date=26 September 2024 |access-date=29 September 2024}}</ref>