Evgeny Lebedev
How UK’s Indy was digitally transformed in 10 years
Ten years ago, Lord (Evgeny) Lebedev’s dreams of owning a successful UK media group seemed to be crashing…
13 June 2025
Indy keeps making the point but…
The UK-based Independent doubled its EBITDA profit in 2023 despite a slight fall in revenue. But it seems…
11 October 2024
Is Indy the future of global news?
Evgeny Lebedev is the UK news proprietor that journalists love to hate. He's the Russia-born, UK-educated son of…
7 July 2023
How Lebedev is quietly making it
It's been a uniquely difficult year for Evgeny Lebedev, the British son of a former KGB agent. His…
2 December 2022
Can Lebedev cut his losses?
Evgeny Lebedev has sometimes seemed to enjoy being the public face of his UK media group. He campaigns…
18 March 2022
Indy may buy ‘local’ news brands
The Independent, founded in 1986 as a UK daily newspaper but now digital-only, and owned by Evgeny Lebedev…
25 February 2021
How The Independent did it
In addition to hastening the print-to-digital transition and much else, the Covid Accelerator may kill or cure many…
30 October 2020