The i is a British newspaper published by Independent Print, owned by Alexander Lebedev, which also publishes The Independent. The newspaper, which is aimed at "readers and lapsed readers" of all ages and commuters with limited time, costs 20 pence, and was launched on 26 October 2010.
In January 2012 it had an average daily circulation of 243,321, significantly more than The Independent.
The i is tabloid size and stapled, and the first issue contained 56 pages. The newspaper contains "matrixes" for news, business and sports — small paragraphs of information which are expanded upon in full articles further on in the paper. The title also includes a features section titled iQ, and a television guide. The managing director of The Independent stated several days before the newspaper went into print that the publication is designed for people who do not have much time to read a newspaper. On 20 April 2011, editor Simon Kelner announced that a Saturday edition of i will be published, starting from 7 May 2011 and costing 30 pence. The paper is now running Monday-Saturday. The paper now runs a subscription, whereby customers can buy pre-paid vouchers to exchange for their copy of the paper. The subscription can be either six months or a year long and can be chosen Monday to Friday or including Saturday.
George Galloway (born 16 August 1954) is a British politician, author, journalist, and broadcaster, and the Respect Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford West. He was previously an MP for the Labour Party, for Glasgow Hillhead and then its successor constituency Glasgow Kelvin from 1987 until 2005. He was expelled from the Labour Party in October 2003 because of his strident public opposition to the Iraq War. He subsequently became a founding member of the left-wing Respect Party, and was elected as the MP for Bethnal Green and Bow in 2005. In 2010, Galloway unsuccessfully contested the seat of Poplar and Limehouse, and in 2011 he unsuccessfully contested the Glasgow list for the Scottish Parliament, before being elected as an MP in the Bradford West by-election, 2012.
Galloway is well known for his campaigns in support of the Palestinians in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. In the late-1980s Hansard records him delivering a ferocious assault on the Ba'ath regime, and Galloway opposed Saddam's regime until the United States-led Gulf War in 1991. Galloway is known for a visit to Iraq where he met Saddam Hussein, and delivered a speech, which ended in English with the statement "Sir, I salute your courage, your strength, your indefatigability." He has always stated that he was addressing the Iraqi people in the speech. Galloway testified to the United States Senate in 2005 over alleged illicit payments from the United Nations' Oil for Food Programme.
Simon Kelner (born 1957, Heywood, Lancashire) is a British journalist and newspaper editor. Kelner was editor-in-chief of The Independent and Independent on Sunday newspapers. He was appointed in May 1998 to succeed Andrew Marr and Rosie Boycott and ended his tenure in 2008. After a stint as Managing Director of the Independent titles he was reappointed editor in April 2010 by the new owner Alexander Lebedev.
He attended Bury Grammar School on Tenterden Street in Bury. He qualified in journalism at the former Preston Polytechnic, now the University of Central Lancashire.He has an Honorary Fellowship from the department of Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Central Lancashire[citation needed]
Kelner started at the Neath Guardian in 1976, staying there until 1979. From 1980-3, he worked as a sports reporter at the Kent Evening Post. He joined The Observer in 1983 as assistant sports editor, then The Independent as deputy sports editor in 1986, where he stayed until 1989. He was then sports editor of the now defunct Sunday Correspondent, editor of The Observer magazine, and also the Mail on Sunday supplement Night and Day. He rejoined The Independent as editor when Alexander Lebedev bought the newspaper. He was replaced as editor by Chris Blackhurst, former city editor of the Evening Standard, on 2 July, 2011. He is now the chief executive of The Journalism Foundation, set up to "promote and sustain free journalism in a free world." www.thejournalismfoundation.com
Oliver Duff (28 May 1883 – 2 March 1967) OBE was a New Zealand writer, and editor. In 1939 he was founding editor of the New Zealand Listener, a widely read magazine with a national monopoly on publishing radio and television programs.
Duff was born in Waitahuna Gully, a gold mining town in Otago. He received his tertiary education at Otago and Canterbury Universities. At the age of 18 he volunteered for the South African war and on his return he won a scholarship to study for the Presbyterian ministry from the Synod of Otago and Southland. Influenced by writers such as Emerson and Thoreau he dropped out and became a journalist. He worked on a number of papers including the Sun in Christchurch, the Timaru Herald (as editor), the Press in Christchurch, as editorial assistant (under M. C. Keane) then editor. At the Press he worked with writers such as Ngaio Marsh, M. H. Holcroft and D'Arcy Cresswell. He resigned over his coverage of the Christchurch tramway strike, which the owners thought too sympathetic to the unions.
Sunday's morning paper told me my luck's gonna change
If I could only learn to act my age would I keep from sleeping
Things I read the things I hear my lesson instead I stay so gullible
Monday morning's paper told me the world is gonna end
I don't need time to gather up my friends cause I haven't any
Things I read the things I hear, it all seems so incredible
You'd think by now I'd learn my lesson
Instead I stay so gullible, I'm gullible
Things I read the things I hear, it all seems so incredible
You'd think by now I'd learn my lesson, instead I stay so gullible, go
talking:
hey bob, yes tom, guess what i just fucking heard man, whats that, dayton familys tape there fucking talking about us man and our momma's too, ohh yea well i got something for those fucks im'a talk about there momma's there daddy's and there whole fucking family there gonna wish they never said shit about the news paper HAHAHA.
shoestringrapping:
Thats right cut them lights off we gonna ride nigga. 1996, 97 night time bout 93 degree's you know how to do it baby, leaving nigga's bloody is the nuttiest for the nine six, more blades than OJ since my clict be pimps we aint buying shit we 4 deep in the grand prix, system wanna band me, Harlem Green cant stand me so he's locking up the Family, these copa's wanna beat ya, and they treat ya like they daddy, you sucka motha fucka's badge busta's ya'll aint had me, send the shots out to the journal white bitch's i dont sleep with ya, Motha fuck your story still 'cause Shoestring rules the media, Hatdcore say no more fuck you and your newspaper momma should have fought you and told you not to fuck a playa, Im talking bout the black race you bitches aint shit but bad look, should be trying to help a nigga instead you fuckin his name up, sayin what ya wanna and ya gonna 'cause you richa, so im'a get'ya lying ass 'cause you paint your own picture, who you think you talking to quit fucking with dayton avenue we aint fearin shit bitches not even the boys in blue, Journal since you know so much theres no reason theres no excuse tell me who killed dat, trick, colouis and that nigga juice, it could have been the jailbirds they say it was the? they hunted him like a horse and beat that boy with no remorse, you bout to have a heart attack, bitchs J i said that, These motha fuckin nigga's from these hoods want they corners back, copp'as like to lie and scheme popo's aint shit but feans, when it comes to fucking up another motha fucka's dreams, boomin ready fuck the fedi and they petty crime, see me on switches now these snitches wanna drop a dime, copp'as in tree's on they knee's as they creep's and crawls, no need to panic but you busta's let'em sqeeze yo ballz, your under presure when they sweat so you talking quick, pist off yo bitch now she done gave the fed's yo brick, yo mouth is bigga than the motha fuckin aligator so fuck so system and motha fuck yo newspaper
[quorus]Girl singing:
this shit that you doooo, the shit that you sayyyyyy, wont fuck with my mind wont fuck up my dayyy, you keep talking shit while you catchin newpapers, so motha fuck what you thought and motha fuck yo newspaper
Bootleg rapping:
Get yo mind off Ira's business maybe you can find you some, though bootleg wasnt comin back i bet you bitchs feelin dumb, makin nigga's numb 'cause when i come i come like horny men, fuckin for the first time and aint never gonna get no ass again, hoes all in my thunderbird and the bitch dont even know my flavor, talkin bout my federal case bring gossip with your friends and neighbors, bitch im to legit to quit, breakin hoes and niggas off you want my clict to go 'cause we make you clict look weak and soft, you niggas piss me off you know my buisness like you know yo kids, all up in the club talking bout some shit you heard that Ira did, bitch im just a man out here struggalin to make his pay, life is hard enough without your rumors standin in my way, Ira this, Bootleg that, bitch you havin dorsey strokes, aint got no life of your own so you hang around all these other folks, in the ghetto is no joke, crabs in a bucket bath, when you try to get ahead they pull you down that aint never gone change, i use to be nieve get caught up in what these bitchs think, what these bitchs think didnt put no food or dishes in my sink, dissing me like I.C.E C you be E publicity, why you in my buisness that one fact remains a mystery, chemistry to diss a G, why you playa hatin me, that killa with buisness thats everything yo bitch ass wanna be, you rappin styles i used to rap, tappin hoes i been done tapped, dayton aint ever changed we put this motha fucka on the map, motha fuck yo talkin stalkin hawkin like a play hata, i fucked yo sister and fuck you and motha fuck yo newspaper