The Guardian to launch Melbourne office and ramp up staff to more than 50
The Guardian is to open a Melbourne office and launch a new hiring spree, with its overall Australian staff to grow to more than 50 in the coming weeks, Mumbrella can reveal.
The opening of the Melbourne office comes nine months after the UK masthead officially launched its Australian presence.
“We launched in May last year and had an extremely warm reception,” Ian McClelland, the managing director of Guardian Australia, told Mumbrella. “Our traffic has grown, the amount of page views per visitor has grown and we feel we have been welcomed with open arms.”
“Kath (Viner) and the team have done a remarkable job being high up on the news agenda and breaking some stories and having some terrific exclusives. That has really helped us be front of mind.”
Will be interesting to see if Inception hold onto the sales contract for display. Surely it makes sense to move it in house
Great to see ABC staff have other left wing options for their future careers
Mumbrella can reveal? So can The Guardian’s website.
When is the Daily Mail AU launching?
Another socialist paper to support The Age and The ABC, maybe they can make a great start by getting their facts right.