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Andreas Whittam Smith, English journalist and publisher, co-founded The Independent

Andreas Whittam Smith

English financial journalist

Sir Andreas Whittam Smith, is an English financial journalist, who was one of the founders of The Independent newspaper, which began publication in October 1986 with Whittam Smith as editor. He is a former president of the British Board of Film Classification.
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The Independent

British online daily newspaper

The Independent is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the Indy, it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was published on Saturday 26 March 2016, leaving only the…
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