Guardian US
{{Short description|US version of The Guardian}}
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{{Infobox website
| name = Guardian US
| logo = The Guardian 2018.svg
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| url = {{url|theguardian.com/us}}
| commercial = Yes
| type = Online newspaper
| language = English
| registration = Mostly no
| owner = Guardian Media Group
| author = The Guardian
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2011}}
| current_status = Active
| revenue = Unknown
}}
Guardian US is the Manhattan-based American online presence of the British print newspaper The Guardian. It launched in September 2011, led by editor-in-chief Janine Gibson, and followed the earlier Guardian America service,{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/guardian-unveils-us-url|title=Guardian News & Media press release: Guardian unveils US url|work=The Guardian|access-date=22 July 2013|location=London|date=2011-09-14}} which was closed in 2009. Guardian US is only available online. John Mulholland was appointed in January 2018 as the editor of Guardian US.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/johnmulholland|title=John Mulholland|website=TheGuardian.com|access-date=20 August 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2018/jan/18/paul-webster-appointed-new-editor-of-the-observer|title=Paul Webster appointed new editor of The Observer|work=The Guardian|date=18 January 2018|access-date=20 August 2019}} Mulholland left his post at Guardian US in 2022 and was succeeded by Betsy Reed.{{Cite news |last=Mullin |first=Benjamin |date=July 14, 2022 |title=Guardian names Betsy Reed, The Intercept's top editor, to run its U.S. newsroom. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/14/business/media/guardian-betsy-reed.html |access-date=July 14, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}
''Guardian America''
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 of Guardian America
On July 23, 2008 the Guardian Media Group announced that Caroline Little, the former chief executive and publisher of Washington Post and Newsweek Interactive, would join the Guardian News & Media America operation in the role of special adviser for its expansion in the United States. She also joined the board of ContentNext, the USA-based digital business news publisher that owns PaidContent.org, acquired by GNM earlier in that month.Jemima Kiss, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jul/23/guardianmediagroup.digitalmedia GNM hires ex-Washington Post web chief] The Guardian, July 23, 2008 Until May 2011, the editor of Guardian America was Michael Tomasky.
The Guardian US won the American Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2014.{{Cite web |title=2014 Pulitzer Prizes |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2014 |archive-url= |access-date=14 February 2023 |website=The Pulitzer Prizes}}
Political stance
Guardian News and Media's publications/websites, including the UK parent version and Guardian US, have a broadly socially liberal political stance.{{cite web|last=Walt |first=Vivienne |url=http://thebrowser.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/ |title=The Browser: Analyzing the tech biz |publisher=Thebrowser.blogs.fortune.cnn.com |date=2013-08-15 |access-date=2013-08-21}} The publication has also criticized their parent for publishing opinions "...that we believe promoted transphobic viewpoints, including some of the same assertions about gender that US politicians are citing in their push to eliminate trans rights."{{cite web |title=Why we take issue with the Guardian's stance on trans rights in the UK {{!}} Sam Levin, Mona Chalabi and Sabrina Siddiqui |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/02/guardian-editorial-response-transgender-rights-uk |website=the Guardian |access-date=8 December 2021 |language=en |date=2 November 2018}}
Ownership
Guardian US is controlled by Guardian News and Media (GNM). GNM is controlled by Guardian Media Group (GMG), which is controlled by the Scott Trust Limited, a company which aims to ensure the editorial independence of GMG's publications and websites.{{cite web|url=http://www.gmgplc.co.uk/ |title=Guardian Media Group |publisher=Gmgplc.co.uk |date=2013-03-31 |access-date=2013-08-21}}
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Category:Newspapers established in 2007
Category:Newspapers established in 2011