Founding Editor of The Independent on the paper's legacy

Founding editor of The Independent newspaper Sir Andreas Whittam Smith laments the end of print circulation of The Independent and points out the paper pioneered a lot of the innovations seen in many newspapers today.

Speaking to Edwards Stourton on The World At One Sir Andreas added that the "baleful" economic conditions that caused this decision "are the same for all newspapers across the world."

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