Evening Standard Axes Online News Staff

Associated New Media, which was already a laggard in embracing the Internet, has axed news staff on the London Evening Standard website to focus on entertainment, amid fears that the online service is cannibalizing sales of the newspaper.

Up to 10 staff are understood to have left ThisisLondon.com, which will in future carry only a handful of news stories lifted straight from the paper.

Associated Newspapers was among the last newspaper companies in UK to bring its newspapers online…The Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday sites were launch in May last year.

Last year, UK’s Sun tabloid also decided to cut back on online operations due to similar fears…

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