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) Sun". He told a press conference he was watching the free newspaper market "keenly and apprehensively". Murdoch's News International subsequently launched a London-based evening freesheet in 2006 called "The London Paper". This was closed on 18 September 2009. "London Lite" was another free, evening newspaper published in central London only from 2006 to 2009, at the time owned by the same parent company as "Metro", and was seen as a 'spoiler' to protect against the commercial threat from "The London Paper". Another rival is the "London Evening Standard", which became a freesheet in 2009, although unlike "Metro" it is only