i is a British newspaper published by Independent Print, owned by Alexander Lebedev

Alexander Lebedev

Alexander Yevgenievich Lebedev is a Russian businessman, referred to as one of the Russian oligarchs.In May 2008, he was listed by Forbes magazine as one of the richest Russians and as the 358th richest person in the world with an estimated fortune of $3.1 billion...

, which also publishes The Independent

The Independent

The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...

. The newspaper, which is aimed at "readers and lapsed readers" of all ages, and commuters

Commuting

Commuting is regular travel between one's place of residence and place of work or full time study. It sometimes refers to any regular or often repeated traveling between locations when not work related.- History :...

 with limited time, costs 20 pence, and was launched on 26 October 2010.

In July 2011 it had an average daily circulation of 183,677, slightly more than The Independent.

Format

i is tabloid size and stapled, and the first issue contained 56 pages. The newspaper contains "matrixes" for news, business and sports — small paragraphs of information which are expanded upon in full articles further on in the paper. The title also includes a features section titled iQ, and a television guide. The managing director of The Independent stated several days before the newspaper went into print that the publication is designed for people who do not have much time to read a newspaper. On 20 April 2011, editor Simon Kelner

Simon Kelner

Simon Kelner is a British journalist and newspaper editor. Kelner was editor-in-chief of The Independent and Independent on Sunday newspapers. He was appointed in May 1998 to succeed Andrew Marr and Rosie Boycott and ended his tenure in 2008...

 announced that a Saturday edition of i will be published, starting from 7 May 2011 and costing 30 pence

Pound sterling

The pound sterling , commonly called the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence...

. The paper is now running Monday-Saturday.

History

A press statement released on the website of The Independent on 19 October 2010 announced the launch of i. Also in October, Independent Print Limited launched an advertising campaign to promote the new publication. The first issue of i went on sale on 26 October 2010, along with a new-look version of The Independent.

See also

• List of newspapers in the United Kingdom
• The Independent
  The Independent
  The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
  
  

External links

• i on App Store