With the surprise announcement on Thursday that Geordie Greig was jumping to the Mail on Sunday, Sarah Sands has been made acting editor of the Standard. Some suggest that if Lebedev had wanted to give her the job full time he would have just done so last week. Given the long handover time, speculation is swirling about…

Former London Paper editor Stefano Hatfield has apparently been making himself rather visible in the building in the last few days. He’s currently overseeing the “i”…

One theory is that Chris Blackhurst, one time Standard City editor, could return to push the button on the rumoured merger with the Indy. This would explain the decision to only create an “acting editor”…

The other name doing the rounds is Matthew d’Ancona. Currently a columnist on the paper, he would restore their national political clout and oversaw a record rise in circulation at the Speccie. If Guido was a betting man…