The Aegis (newspaper) The Aegis (newspaper) The Aegis is a local newspaper in Harford County, Maryland, United States. Its first issue was published on February 2, 1923. Before the Times Mirror Company, then-owners of "The Baltimore Sun", purchased "The Aegis" in 1986, it was known as "The Aegis & Intelligencer". In 1923, then-owner John D. Worthington, Sr. simplified its name to "The Aegis". The name "Aegis" originally derived from Greek mythology and is a reference to Zeus' shield, meant to "evoke protection for the interests of Harford residents" as well as the founding paper's Southern sympathies. Since 1923, "The Aegis" has gone through
The Evening News (London newspaper) in the late 1980s. The "Evening News" reappeared for few months in 1987 when it was launched by the "Evening Standard's" owners "Associated Newspapers" in order to counter Robert Maxwell's "London Daily News"; this sparked a price war, by the end of which the "Evening News" was being sold at 5p to the "London Daily News"' 10p. The revived newspaper was edited by Lori Miles, one of the first female editors in Fleet Street. Following the collapse of the "London Daily News" in July the "Evening News" continued for a further three months as a separate brand from the "Evening