Guardian America

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Guardian America
URL	guardianamerica.com
Commercial?	Yes
Type of site	Online Newspaper
Registration	Mostly No
Available language(s)	English
Owner	Guardian Media Group
Created by	The Guardian
Launched	2007
Revenue	Unknown
Current status	Active

Guardian America is an American version of the British news website The Guardian^[1] .Although the British version is also available in print, under the name The Guardian, Guardian America is not.

A lot of the content on Guardian America is taken from Guardian Unlimited and The Guardian, although some content is produced for Guardian America. ^[2]

Contents 1 History 2 Political Stance 3 Format 4 Ownership 5 Other international versions of the Guardian 5.1 Guardian Weekly 5.2 Guardian Abroad 6 America on Comment is Free 6.1 Background 6.2 America on CiF 7 References

[edit] History

Guardian America was created in October 2007 and was highly publicised at the time of its launch on the Guardian Unlimited website.

The response from Guardian Unlimited users at the time of Guardian America's creation was mixed. ^[3]

[edit] Political Stance

Guardian News and Media's publications/websites (including Guardian America) have a left of centre political stance - ranging from centre-ground liberal to left-wing socialist in some comment parts of the site.^[4][5]

[edit] Format

Guardian America is only available online, although Guardian Weekly, an international version of The Guardian is available in print and online. ^[6]

[edit] Ownership

Guardian America is Controlled by Guardian News and Media (GNM). GNM is controlled by Guardian Media Group (GMG), which is controlled by the Scott Trust, a charitable organisation which aims to ensure the editorial independence of the publications and Web Sites of GMG. ^[7]

[edit] Other international versions of the Guardian

[edit] Guardian Weekly

Guardian Weekly is similar to Guardian America in that it is not UK focused, althogh Guardian Weekly provides a more international focus, and is only updated Weekly (Guardian America carries Breaking News)

[edit] Guardian Abroad

Guardian Abroad is designed to provide information (not news) to emmigrants of the UK. It is , therefore, very different from Guardian Weekly and, even more so, Guardian America.

[edit] America on Comment is Free

[edit] Background

Comment is Free (CiF) is the comment part of the Guardian and is named after a quote by the founder of the Guardian. It is a site where Guardian Writers publish a comment article then Users respond. This is different from Guardian talk, where the discussions are stared by Guadian Unlimited users. ^[8]

[edit] America on CiF

As of 28th October 2007 United States is the most Frequent topic (with 932 articles). The second most frequent topic is Iraq (which the USA is heavily involved in). There are also many articles about George Bush.

[edit] References