The Independent is a British online newspaper. Established in 1986 as an independent national morning newspaper published in London, it was controlled by Tony O'Reilly's Independent News & Media from 1997 until it was sold to Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev in 2010. The last printed edition of "The Independent" was published Saturday 20 March 2016, leaving only its digital editions. 

Nicknamed the "Indy", it began as a broadsheet, but changed to tabloid (compact) format in 2003. Until September 2011, the paper described itself on the banner at the top of every newspaper as "free from party political bias, free from proprietorial influence". It tends to take a pro-market stance on economic issues. 

The daily edition was named "National Newspaper of the Year" at the 2004 British Press Awards. 

In June 2015, it had an average daily circulation of just below 58,000, 85 per cent down from its 1990 peak, while the Sunday edition had a circulation of just over 97,000. 

Launched in 1986, the first issue of "The Independent" was published on 7 October in broadsheet format. It was produced by Newspaper Publishing plc and created by Andreas Whittam Smith, Stephen Glover and Matthew Symonds. All three partners were former journalists at "The Daily Telegraph" who had left the paper towards the end of Lord Hartwell's ownership. Marcus Sieff was the first chairman of Newspaper Publishing, and Whittam Smith took control of the paper.
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The Independent
The Independent is a British online newspaper
online newspaper
The Independent is a British online newspaper
London
1986 as an independent national morning newspaper published in London
1986
Established in 1986
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The last printed edition of "The Independent" was published Saturday 20
Independent News & Media
Tony O'Reilly's Independent News & Media from 1997
the "Indy"
Nicknamed the "Indy",
Sunday
In June 2015, it had an average daily circulation of just below 58,000, 85 per cent down from its 1990 peak, while the Sunday edition had a circulation of just over 97,000. 
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85 per cent down from its 1990 peak, 
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85 per cent down from its 1990 peak
"National Newspaper of the Year"
The daily edition was named "National Newspaper of the Year" at the 2004 British Press Awards
British Press Awards
The daily edition was named "National Newspaper of the Year" at the 2004 British Press Awards. 
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The daily edition was named "National Newspaper of the Year" at the 2004 British Press Awards. 
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created by Andreas Whittam Smith, Stephen Glover and Matthew Symonds
"The Daily Telegraph"
former journalists at "The Daily Telegraph" 
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Alexander Lebedev
Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev in 2010.
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 Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev 
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The last printed edition of "The Independent" was published Saturday 20 March 2016, leaving only its digital editions. 
"free from party political bias, free from proprietorial influence"
 the banner at the top of every newspaper as "free from party political bias, free from proprietorial influence"