Simon Jones heard rumors The Independent might be acquired by The Mirror Group in 1994, and he and many others sensing a dramatic change began interviewing for other work.
Storyteller: Simon Jones
Date of Story: July, 1994
Location of Story: City Road, London, UK
Location: Sydney, Australia
Date: 7 April, 2016
Simon Jones describes how The Independent was different from other papers in that advertising and editorial sections interacted much more with each other, largely because of town hall meetings that were established from the very beginning (although they stopped a year after launch).
Storyteller: Simon Jones
Date of Story: September, 1986
Location of Story: City Road, London, UK
Location: Sydney, Australia
Date: 7 April, 2016
Simon Jones remembers being employee number 23 at The Independent when it was founded in 1986. He describes the founding advertising team and the initial sources of revenue for the newspaper.
Storyteller: Simon Jones
Date of Story: May, 1986
Location of Story: City Road, London, UK
Location: Sydney, Australia
Date: 7 April, 2016
Terry Kirby talks about how the financial struggles and of the early 1990s compounded by internal tensions amongst the owners led to the sale of the paper in 1994. Before long the paper had relocated to One Canada Square in Canary Wharf where it formed part of a ‘vertical Fleet Street’ with other papers like the the Daily Mirror and the Daily Telegraph.
Storyteller: Terry Kirby
Date of Story: 1994
Location of Story: One Canada Square, London, UK
Location: London, UK
Date: 22 March, 2016
