The European newspaper into a magazine was notĪ runaway success. Seminal episode in Andrew's life was being Britain Editor of the Economist. The Independent (16 October 2006) saw Neil as a Captain Ahab: 'The The Barclays relaunched in February 1998 with Andrew Neil as publisher and Jeff Randall as editor.This boosted the paper but, after a loss of staff, in 2003 Neil handed over its production to the Press Association and then came up with the magazine concept. Sales carried on falling and in in 1997 the title was bought by David and Frederick Barclay, who owned The European (and later bought The Daily Telegraph and The Scotsman). Initial sales were claimed of 150,000, but just 60,000 by the fourth issue ( Media Week,, p1) and several staff left. The magazine was a relaunch of Sunday Business, which was founded by Tom Rubython as a national broadsheet in 1996 to compete with the Financial Times (which does not publish on a Sunday). Londonĭoesn't have a business magazine.' The Economist 'is York has Business Week, Forbes, Fortune, Barron's. Neil told the Telegraph (also owned by the Barclay brothers): 'New Into a magazine-style tabloid but plans to become a magazine foundered. Neil had spent 10 year on the Economist where he became UK editor, before becoming editor of tthe Sunday Times for Rupert Murdoch, so should Magazine format and was published on Wednesdays. This was a relaunch of the Sunday Business broadsheet paper in a standard – as 'Britain's first weekly international business magazine' inĪutumn 2006. The Business calls itself 'London's first global business magazine'įirst out of harbour was Andrew Neil with The Business magazine Condé Nast's Portfolio, Vanity Fair and Business.Andrew Neil with weekly-broadsheet-turned-magazine The Business –.
Condé Nast in Germany with a weekly Vanity Fair and.