 In 1980, Express Newspapers merged the "Standard" with Associated Newspapers' "Evening News" in a Joint Operating Agreement.The new paper was known as the "New Standard" until 1985, when Associated Newspapers bought out the remaining stake, turning it into "The Standard".In 1987 the "Evening News" was briefly revived to compete with Robert Maxwell's "London Daily News", but was reabsorbed into "The Standard" later that year, after the collapse of Maxwell's paper.