We reported last week on the American expansion of the bikini-loving online wing of British newspaper The Daily Mail. The Guardian is also expanding its online presence here, but under rather different circumstances – and for the second time. Does anybody remember Guardian America? Yeah, that’s because it didn’t go so well. We Read More
FishbowlNY is reporting that Guardian America—the Washington-based Web site with which The Guardian is hoping to target American readers–has set its official launch date for Oct. 23 and has found a few prominent critics to contribute original content on a freelance basis.
The site was originally supposed to go live in Read More
As Gawker reported this afternoon, Eric Banks is resigning his post as editor-in-chief of BookForum after four years; once he closes on his last issue this spring, he told The Observer, he’ll cover horseracing for Michael Tomasky at Guardian America, and possibly also help with the site’s books and arts coverage. That Read More
The Guardian’s new Web site for American readers was supposed to be online by the end of last month, but according to Michael Tomasky, who has been heading the project since March, the launch has been postponed until the third week of October because several staff members have had family emergencies to attend to back Read More
