counter demonstrators. ukraine has condemned russia s assumption of the rotating presidency of the un security council as a slap in the face to the international community . ukraine s foreign minister urged council members to thwart any russian attempts to abuse the position. the presidency is largely ceremonial, although it oversees the agenda. now on bbc news, the media show geordie greig: britain s best connected editor. hello. what does the future hold for britain s newspapers? few people are more qualified to answer that question than my guest on the media show today, and it s rare to get an interview with him. welcome to the independent. thank you so much. lovely to be here. very nice to have you here. geordie greig has sat in the editor s chair at some of the country s biggest titles, the daily mail, the mail on sunday, as well as the evening standard, tatler magazine, and since january here at the independent geordie. geordie greig, welcome to the media show for th
so it was a business decision by them to hire an editor who d previously edited other publications. who would be interested, though, from your perspective? the question that is often asked is what s in it for them? what s in it for evgeny lebedev to be a proprietor, a newspaper proprietor in the uk? you know, the the temptation to buy a newspaper has been something which many people with deep pockets have thought would be one of the most enjoyable. isn t it to wield influence? that s what we want to do it for. of course, being a proprietor brings influence, but the independent has no proprietor. we are individual. independent, original producers of news and comment, which is unadulterated by any interference from anyone who s got any money invested in the newsprint. i want to explore a bit the relationship between the media and politicians. clearly, yevgeny
The Telegraph's defense and security editor, Dominic Nicholls, talks about Boris Johnson's successor, Western diplomats openly scoffing at the "cosplay pantomime" in the Kremlin, and what might actually take down Vladimir Putin if it's not the human toll of the war.
newspapers. the evening standard and the independent. yes, i think what you have to do these days when everybody is saying that the product printed product is dying and all the viewers and reading on-line what you have to do in order to survive in print media is you have to look inwardly and imaginatively at the possibilities and what you can do. i think it is still possible to exist in print media as well as focusing on the digital as well as focusing on tablets. and what we ve done is decided that the only way to save the evening standard was to take it free and then exist on the advertising only business model. which has worked very well. and i think what we have done is we have proven all the critics who said we were absolutely mad to buy it in the first place. rose: bilawal bhutto zardari and evgeny lebedev when we continue. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following:. rose: additional funding provided by these funders: from our studios in new york