 After the "London Daily News" collapsed, The "Evening Standard" 's publishers, Associated Newspapers, continued the "Evening News" for some months as a separate brand, aiming for a more downmarket readership than the "Evening Standard" before re-absorbing it into its sister publication and former rival.The "London Daily News" was the first home of the "Alex" cartoon, later published by "The Independent" and the "Daily Telegraph".Maxwell admitted defeat on 25 July 1987 an hour after paying undisclosed damages to Associated Newspapers for accusing it of lying about the "Evening Standard"s circulation figures.