History of British newspapers to those being employed by News International. Even though the last major British news office, Reuters, left in 2005, the term "Fleet Street" continues to be used as a metonym for the British national press. "The Independent" was first published on 7 October 1986. The paper was created at a time of fundamental change and attracted staff from the two Murdoch broadsheets who had chosen not to move to the new headquarters in Wapping. Launched with the advertising slogan "It is. Are you?", and challenging "The Guardian" for centre-left readers, and "The Times" as a newspaper of record, it reached
The Post (British newspaper) get" page design and was the first national newspaper to be both conceived and composed by journalists, it had, for its short life, the most advanced production techniques devised, project managed and implemented by both Bryan Dean and Graham Binns . In addition to this, the pages were transmitted by phone line to the printshop, which gave extra lead time (no courier service). The Post (British newspaper) The Post was a national tabloid newspaper in the United Kingdom, owned by Eddy Shah. It ran for only five weeks in November and December 1988. The first edition was issued on Thursday