The Daily Mail & General Trust said the sale of the Evening Standard, one of Britain's leading newspapers to a former KGB officer, would save the publication. Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev, once a lieutenant colonel with the Soviet KGB, is set to purchase controlling interest the Evening Standard,

By Jane Bradley NEWSPAPER publisher Daily Mail & General Trust yesterday reported a better-than-expected start to its financial year, saying revenue rose 2 per cent in the three months to the end of December.

By Ian Burrell The day is not far off when the bust of Lord Northcliffe will look down across the vast atrium of the Associated Newspapers headquarters as staff traipse into work in trainers, jeans, sloppy T- shirts and even on skateboards.

NEWSPAPER publisher Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) today told of weakening advertising markets, with recruitment advertising at its Northcliffe regional publishing division at its lowest level in 15 years.

Nicole Kidman accepted an apology and undisclosed damages Tuesday from a British newspaper group to settle a libel lawsuit over an article alleging that she'd had an affair with her co-star, Jude Law.