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Type of site | Onlinenewspaper |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Guardian Media Group |
| Created by | The Guardian |
| Revenue | Unknown |
| URL | theguardian |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Mostly no |
| Launched | 2011; 15 years ago (2011) |
| Current status | Active |
Guardian US is theManhattan-based American online presence of the British print newspaperThe Guardian. It launched in September 2011, led by editor-in-chiefJanine Gibson, and followed the earlierGuardian America service,[1] which was closed in 2009.Guardian US is only availableonline.John Mulholland was appointed in January 2018 as the editor ofGuardian US.[2][3] Mulholland left his post atGuardian US in 2022 and was succeeded byBetsy Reed.[4]
Guardian America was created in October 2007 and was highly publicized at the time of its launch on the Guardian Unlimited website. The response from Guardian Unlimited users at the time ofGuardian America's creation was mixed, reflecting concern about possible changes.[5]
On July 23, 2008 theGuardian Media Group announced that Caroline Little, the former chief executive and publisher ofWashington Post andNewsweek Interactive, would join theGuardian News & Media America operation in the role of special adviser for its expansion in the United States. She also joined the board ofContentNext, the USA-based digital business news publisher that ownsPaidContent.org, acquired by GNM earlier in that month.[6] Until May 2011, the editor ofGuardian America wasMichael Tomasky.
The Guardian US won theAmerican Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2014.[7]
Guardian News and Media's publications/websites, including the UK parent version andGuardian US, have a broadlysocially liberal political stance.[8] The publication has also criticized their parent for publishing opinions "...that we believe promotedtransphobic viewpoints, including some of the same assertions about gender that US politicians are citing in their push to eliminatetrans rights."[9]
Guardian US is controlled byGuardian News and Media (GNM). GNM is controlled by Guardian Media Group (GMG), which is controlled by theScott Trust Limited, a company which aims to ensure the editorial independence of GMG's publications and websites.[10]
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