Evening Standard Launches the Definitive Online Guide for London

Posted on December 11, 1997

London is now only a click away with the Evening Standard's This is London, a new interactive online guide dedicated to the full and varied spectrum of life in the capital. Published by Associated New Media (ANM), a division of Associated Newspapers, http://www.thisislondon.com is targeted at residents and visitors alike, and is teeming with all that makes London an interesting city to visit and live in.

This is London takes newspapers into a new dimension with six ever-changing, constantly expanding interactive content supplements. These include a comprehensive entertainment section - Hot Tickets - which is the ultimate in What's On? listing guides for London, sections on LifeStyle, Food & Drink and Things to Do, and up-to-the-minute 24-hour, seven day information on News & City and Sport.

The site combines the best elements of the Evening Standard, along with the acclaimed newspaper's supplements (Business Day, ES Magazine, Hot Tickets), six published guide books (Children's London, London Good Food Shop Guide, London Pub & Bar Guide, London Restaurant Guide, London Fashion Guide, The Best of ... London Guide) and archived material including The Alexander Walker Film Guide.

In addition, ANM's own dedicated electronic newsroom updates and keeps the site fresh with unique Web content, 24-hours a day, seven days a week. This 14-strong news team transfers London onto the Internet with the support of 260 Evening Standard journalists. Among the respected writers and opinion leading, knowledgeable columnists who contribute to This is London are Alexander Walker, Fay Maschler, Ken Livingstone, Anthony Hilton and Mimi Spencer.