The Independent goes online

DEMOCRACY, INDEPENDENCE and TRANSPARENCY – These are the ideals The Independence promotes and known for since 1986.

The Indy is one of the youngest national daily newspapers in United Kingdom who is independent and free spirited reporting. It is now publish in London by Independent Print Limited, a company owned by the Lebedev family. Other than that, readers can not only seek truth and information through print but now they can also go online. On 23 January 2008, they launched its online edition, www.independent.co.uk, for easier access and increase interaction with their readers.

The website introduced a new look, better access to the blog service, with an expanding range of galleries and graphics and additional areas of the site including art, architecture, fashion, gadgets and health that will keep you up-to-date. It also has section for students with relative information about news and trending issues, getting into a university, student life and even career planning. The site also carried short video news bulletins provided by the Al Jazeera English news channel.

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Every area of the site is clearly linked and easily accessible. There is a section where columnists and commentators come together to discuss various issues where readers can join in. It has search index which is updated throughout the day for deep searches including new articles. Crosswords, RSS feeds, Weather, Offers, Property and Music are also included. And moreover, this site is made to know the thoughts and ideas of the readers about the topics or issues they cover and be open for comments contributions and feedbacks.

"The technology and platform will create an environment which allows us to continue to improve content and functionality," Bill Swanson, general manager of The Independent said. In addition, NRS [National Readership Survey] research has shown that readers of The Independent are more likely to access the internet.

But as the use of internet for source of information rapidly grows, there were seemingly a decline on the circulation of newspapers. It shows in the ABC’s Circulation figures for UK national daily newspapers last 2012 that The Independent was the larger fall with -54.28% changes on the circulation of newspapers.

This is really a big change for journalism with the extent of the medium used and the emergence of technology. But this is also a good way to reach a wider audience and deliver information worldwide as Jimmy Leach, the editorial director for digital for the Independent, said: "This is a great way of delivering a global perspective both to our UK-based users and to our growing audience overseas.


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Source:http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/independent-titles-sold-to-lebedev-family-company-1927436.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/service/welcome-to-the-independents-new-website-771573.html

http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/independent-unveils-revamped-website/s2/a530956/

http://www.theguardian.com/media/table/2012/aug/17/abcs-national-newspapers?newsfeed=true

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