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Fri 12 Dec 2009IN&M confirms Lebedev talks
Independent News and Media (IN&M) has this afternoon confirmed that it has entered talks with the Russian billionaire owner of the Evening Standard over the sale of the London Independent and its sister title, The Sunday Independent.
IN&M said it had entered into an exclusive agreement with former KGB chief Alexander Lebedev which will expire on February 15th if an agreement has yet to be reached by that date.
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