''Guardian US'' is the

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-based American online presence of the British print newspaper ''

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''. It launched in September 2011, led by editor-in-chief Janine Gibson, and followed the earlier ''Guardian America'' service, which was closed in 2009. ''Guardian US'' is only available

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. John Mulholland was appointed in January 2018 as the editor of ''Guardian US''. Mulholland left his post at ''Guardian US'' in 2022 and was succeeded by

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''Guardian America''

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announced that Caroline Little, the former chief executive and publisher of

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and

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Interactive, would join the Guardian News & Media America operation in the role of special adviser for its expansion in the United States. She also joined the board of ContentNext, the USA-based digital business news publisher that owns PaidContent.org, acquired by GNM earlier in that month. Until May 2011, the editor of ''Guardian America'' was Michael Tomasky.

Political stance

Guardian News and Media's publications/websites, including the UK parent version and ''Guardian US'', have a left of centre or broadly

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political stance. The publication has also criticized their parent for publishing opinions "...that we believe promoted transphobic viewpoints, including some of the same assertions about gender that US politicians are citing in their push to eliminate

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Ownership

''Guardian US'' is controlled by

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(GNM). GNM is controlled by Guardian Media Group (GMG), which is controlled by the

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, a company which aims to ensure the editorial independence of GMG's publications and websites.

References

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