The Guardian

The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. It is published Monday to Saturday in the Berliner format, with left-of-centre politics. Until 1959 it was called The Manchester Guardian, reflecting its provincial origins: the paper is still occasionally referred to by this name, especially in North America, although it has been based in London since 1964 (with printing facilities in both Manchester and London).

Ownership

The Guardian is part of the Guardian Media Group of newspapers, radio stations, and new media including The Observer Sunday newspaper, the Manchester Evening News, and Guardian Unlimited, one of the most popular online news resources on the Internet. All the aforementioned are owned by The Scott Trust, a charitable foundation which aims to ensure the newspaper's editorial independence in perpetuity, maintaining its financial health to ensure it does not become vulnerable to take over by for-profit media groups, and the serious compromise of editorial independence that this often brings.

Related Topics:
Guardian Media Group - The Observer - Guardian Unlimited - Scott Trust

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The Guardian and its parent groups are a participant in Project Syndicate http://www.project-syndicate.org/, established by George Soros, and intervened in 1995 to save the Mail & Guardian in South Africa http://www.mg.co.za/, but Guardian Media Group sold the majority of its shares in the Mail & Guardian in 2002.

Related Topics:
Project Syndicate - George Soros - 1995 - Mail & Guardian - South Africa - 2002

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