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''Evening News'', formerly known as ''The Evening News'', was an evening newspaper published in London from 1881 to 1980, reappearing briefly in 1987. It became highly popular under the control of the Harmsworth brothers. For a long time it maintained the largest daily sale of any evening newspaper in London. After financial struggles and falling sales it was eventually merged with its long-time rival the ''Evening Standard'' in 1980. ==Early history== The paper was founded by Coleridge Kennard and Harry Marks. The first issue appeared on July 26, 1881. It was the first popular evening paper in London. It was priced at one halfpenny, distinguishing itself from the more serious penny papers such as ''The Times''. The first issues were printed on light blue paper and later editions on yellow and green paper. The rivalry between halfpenny papers in the late 19th century was fierce and almost ended the ''Evening News''. According to some sources the paper was losing £40,000 a year. In 1894 the brothers Alfred and Harold Harmsworth bought the paper for £25,000. In 1888 Alfred had founded a paper called ''Answers'' that was modelled after another popular paper called ''Tit-Bits''. Harold gave up his clerk’s job to handle the business-side of the papers while Alfred effectively controlled the papers with great success. Later on Alfred became Lord Northcliffe and Harold became Lord Rothermere. The brothers started several papers of which the Daily Mail became the most influential. Under the editor Kennedy Jones the ''Evening News'' was one of the papers that transformed the English press with their so-called ''new journalism''. This meant that the papers were aimed at a wider general public than the traditional ones, such as ''The Times''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Evening News (London newspaper)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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