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3 unusual facts about London Daily News


London Daily News

The London Daily News was a short-lived London newspaper owned by Robert Maxwell.

London Evening News

A newspaper under the same title was briefly revived as a successful spoiler tactic by Associated Newspapers, then owners of all Evening Standard shares, against the London Daily News of Robert Maxwell which quickly closed, followed by its rival.

Magnus Linklater

This was followed by three years at The Observer, before he was recruited to launch and edit the London Daily News, a short-lived newspaper owned by Robert Maxwell.



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Kate Josephine Bateman

She married George Crowe (1841-1889), son of Eyre Evans Crowe, the former editor of the London Daily News, in 1866, then left the stage, but later revived Leah in 1868 at the Haymarket Theatre in London.

Nick Davies

After the London Daily News folded he moved to the USA for a year, where he wrote White Lies, about the wrongful conviction of a black janitor, Clarence Brandley, for the murder of a white girl.