Dale Vince plans London-wide news operation to take on ‘rightwing bias’ in the media
Photograph: Victoria Jones/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenDale Vince. “At the same time, [we will] get behind the Westminster edition and make that an edition for the wider London area.“I think London is missing a local paper now, with the demise of a couple that have gone before. Despite its 9m population, media outlets have struggled to support large London-focused newsrooms.The Evening Standard, which has been published for almost 200 years, shut down its daily newspaper in 2024.
- ▪Photograph: Victoria Jones/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenDale Vince.
- ▪“At the same time, [we will] get behind the Westminster edition and make that an edition for the wider London area.“I think London is missing a local paper now, with the demise of a couple that have gone before.
- ▪Despite its 9m population, media outlets have struggled to support large London-focused newsrooms.The Evening Standard, which has been published for almost 200 years, shut down its daily newspaper in 2024.
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Dale Vince. Photograph: Victoria Jones/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenDale Vince. Photograph: Victoria Jones/ShutterstockDale VinceDale Vince plans London-wide news operation to take on ‘rightwing bias’ in the mediaGreen energy entrepreneur plans rescue package for the group behind the Camden New Journal, Islington Tribune and Westminster ExtraMichael Savage Media editorTue 29 Sep 2026 05.48 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleThe green energy entrepreneur and Labour donor Dale Vince is planning to launch a London-wide news operation, as part of a “rescue” of one of the capital’s most highly regarded local newspapers.Vince, who has vowed to take on what he sees as rightwing bias in the UK media, said he would invest “whatever it takes” to support the loss-making group behind the…
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