Evgeny Lebedev after a year. The papers have been described as "progressive" in "The New York Times". In 2013, Amol Rajan became editor of "The Independent", making him the second non-white editor of a national newspaper. Two of the other editors have been women: Sarah Sands preceding George Osborne at the "Evening Standard", and Lisa Markwell of "The Independent on Sunday". Some of the editors in Lebedev's newspaper group are unusually young; Rajan and the "i" editor, Oliver Duff, are both in their early thirties. In February 2016, it was announced that Independent Press Ltd had reached an agreement to sell the
The Daily Eastern News State News before its current name was chosen in 1980. Notable alumni of the newspaper include Bloomberg Businessweek reporter Cam Simpson, Associated Press national editor Chris Sundheim, and several Pulitzer Prize winners. The Daily Eastern News The Daily Eastern News is the student-run newspaper published on the grounds of Eastern Illinois University serving the campus and community of Charleston, Illinois. The newspaper was founded on Nov. 5, 1915 and publishes on weekdays during the school year and online-only in the summer. It currently has a daily circulation of over 4,000. The newspaper includes news, sports, features, opinions and special sections,