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
Metro (British newspaper) a sister paper to the conservative "Mail", the newspaper has never endorsed any political party or candidate, and claims to take a neutral political stance in its reporting. The "Metro" free newspaper concept originated in Sweden, where a publication of the same name was launched in 1995 by Metro International. British newspaper executives Jonathan Harmsworth and Murdoch MacLennan, from DMGT, were reportedly inspired by the idea and flew to Stockholm on a 'fact-finding mission' with a view to developing their own version. There were also reports in the late 1990s that both Metro International and Rupert Murdoch's News International were