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Kelner to be the Indy’s editor permanently
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 5 May 2010
The Independent has announced that Simon Kelner will stay on as the title’s editor. Kelnor originally stood down as the struggling broadsheet’s editor two years ago, moving up to an editor-in-chief type role instead. But with the departure of his replacement, Roger Alton, following the purchase of the paper by Standard owner Evgeny Lebedev, Kelner jumped back into the editor’s chair. That was originally meant to be a temporary arrangement while a new editor could be found, but it now seems Kelner will perform that role again on a permanent basis.
Kelner will continue to be Editor In Chief for the Indy’s Sunday edition, as well as being a director of the new Independent Print Ltd company. Speculation remains as to whether Lebedev and his team have any bold plans for the Indy. They’ve denied they plan to make the paper free – a la the Standard – though the fact they decided to give away the paper around London in the run up to the election makes you think going the freebie route is still on the ‘under consideration’ list.
