The owners of The Independent and The Independent on Sunday newspapers have confirmed the print version of the titles will close, leaving an online-only edition.
ESI Media said The Independent, launched in 1986, will become “the first national newspaper title to move to a digital-only future”.
The Independent on Sunday will go online only on March 20, with The Independent following on March 26.
The move comes after the paper’s owners Alexander and Evgeny Lebedev agreed a deal to sell its cut-price sister paper i to regional publisher Johnston Press for around £24 million.
The Independent newspapers are part of the group owned by the Lebedev family, who have other media assets including the Evening Standard and local TV station London Live.
