Guardian confirms Australian launch
The Guardian has confirmed that it is to launch a digital Australian edition.
It will be headed by the British newspaper’s deputy editor Katharine Viner and commercially backed by entrepreneur Graeme Wood.
Rumours of the launch first emerged in December last year. Wood is also behind not-for-profit website the Global Mail.
According to an article published by the Guardian overnight, the venture will launch “later this year”.
I read the UK version every day (because I can’t afford The Times!). The reason I read it is it’s very international (plus great reviews and comment pieces). If I want local Aussie stuff I’ll go to the local Aussie sites. I’m not sure this is needed, but hey, I’m sure they’ve done their sums….
Will the SMH still trawl it and publish last week’s articles?
Today SMH:
http://www.smh.com.au/executiv.....2crbz.html
Last week Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/mone.....ck-picking
About as smart as The Australian Spectator.
Thank heavens! Just when Messrs Rinehart and Singleton are about to cut the integrity out of Fairfax, we might be saved!
Ye Gods. Haven’t we got enough biased, left wing “journalism” in this country already without having to import it?
Which country are YOU in Hoin, or has your compass lost all sense of direction?
Hoin,
Practically every media outlet in this country is right-wing, so your complaining is hilarious in the extreme.
@ What the… For all the Gillard bashing in the News Ltd press it’s given back to Abbott in spades at Fairfax. I guess it equals each other out really….
Queue the right wing Murdoch lovers talking ranting on about lefties this and lefties that.
(Oh, you are already here!)
This is a good thing for Australian news journalism.
talking ranting?
It’s about time we had some good quality investiative journalism over here. No more sensationalist lazy journalists