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 Citizen (Searcy) The Daily Citizen (Searcy) The Daily Citizen is a newspaper which is published every day except for Monday and Saturday at 723 W. Beebe-Capps Expressway, Searcy, Arkansas 72143, by Paxton Media Group. The newspaper was founded in September 1854. The newspaper earned general excellence from the Arkansas Press Association from 2011-2013, and the Associated Press awarded the newspaper general excellence and sweepstakes in 2012 and 2013. The newspaper's circulation is 6,000. List of staff: • Publisher: David Damerow • Editor: Steve Watts • Sports Editor: Bruce Guthrie • Human Resources/Accountant: Keri Johnson • Senior Staff Writer: Tracy Whittaker • Staff