The Guardian Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====''Guardian America'' and ''Guardian US''==== In 2007, the paper launched ''Guardian America'', an attempt to capitalise on its large online readership in the United States, which at the time stood at more than 5.9 million. The company hired former ''[[American Prospect]]'' editor, ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine columnist and ''[[New York Review of Books]]'' writer [[Michael Tomasky]] to head the project and hire a staff of American reporters and web editors. The site featured news from ''The Guardian'' that was relevant to an American audience: coverage of US news and the Middle East, for example.<ref>{{cite web |first=Leon |last=Neyfakh |url=http://observer.com/2007/09/iguardiani-reclaims-america/ |title=Guardian Reclaims America |website=Observer |date=5 September 2007 |access-date=6 March 2016 |archive-date=10 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410013556/http://observer.com/2007/09/iguardiani-reclaims-america/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Tomasky stepped down from his position as editor of ''Guardian America'' in February 2009, ceding editing and planning duties to other US and London staff. He retained his position as a columnist and blogger, taking the title editor-at-large.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/feb/18/michael-tomasky-editor-democracy|title=Michael Tomasky joins political journal Democracy|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=18 February 2009|last=Kiss|first=Jemima|publisher=Guardian News and Media|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=1 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101232654/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/feb/18/michael-tomasky-editor-democracy|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2009, the company abandoned the ''Guardian America'' homepage, instead directing users to a US news index page on the main ''Guardian'' website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://paidcontent.org/2009/10/20/419-gnm-axing-guardianamerica-com-shuffling-execs-in-restructure/ |title=GNM Axing GuardianAmerica.com, Shuffling Execs in Restructure| access-date=11 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624042418/http://paidcontent.org/2009/10/20/419-gnm-axing-guardianamerica-com-shuffling-execs-in-restructure/ |archive-date=24 June 2013}}</ref> The following month, the company laid off six American employees, including a reporter, a multimedia producer and four web editors. The move came as ''Guardian News and Media'' opted to reconsider its US strategy amid a huge effort to cut costs across the company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://paidcontent.org/2009/11/06/419-guardian-news-and-media-laying-off-seven-employees-in-u-s/ |title=Guardian News And Media Laying Off Six Employees in U.S.|first=Rafat|last=Ali|access-date=11 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624012953/http://paidcontent.org/2009/11/06/419-guardian-news-and-media-laying-off-seven-employees-in-u-s/ |archive-date=24 June 2013}}</ref> In subsequent years, however, ''The Guardian'' has hired various commentators on US affairs including [[Ana Marie Cox]], [[Michael Wolff (journalist)|Michael Wolff]], [[Naomi Wolf]], [[Glenn Greenwald]] and George W. Bush's former speechwriter [[Josh Treviño]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cohen|first=Noam|date=26 August 2012|title=The Guardian Backtracks From a Bold Move in Hiring|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/27/business/media/guardian-backtracks-from-hiring-of-joshua-trevino.html|access-date=31 December 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=7 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207091118/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/27/business/media/guardian-backtracks-from-hiring-of-joshua-trevino.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Treviño">{{cite web |author=Guardian US |url=https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/9 |title=adds Josh Treviño to growing US team |work=The Guardian |date=15 August 2012 |access-date=6 March 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120539/http://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/9 |url-status=live }}</ref> Treviño's first blog post was an apology for a controversial tweet posted in June 2011 over the second Gaza flotilla, the controversy which had been revived by the appointment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/us-news-blog/2012/aug/16/2011-gaza-flotilla-tweet-clarification?commentpage=all#start-of-comments|title=My 2011 Gaza flotilla tweet: a clarification|first=Joshua|last=Treviño|work=The Guardian|date=16 August 2012|access-date=16 October 2014|archive-date=20 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020012322/http://www.theguardian.com/world/us-news-blog/2012/aug/16/2011-gaza-flotilla-tweet-clarification?commentpage=all#start-of-comments|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Guardian US]]'' launched in September 2011, led by editor-in-chief [[Janine Gibson (journalist)|Janine Gibson]], which replaced the previous ''Guardian America'' service.<ref name="PressRel">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/guardian-unveils-us-url|title=Guardian unveils url for the US – guardiannews.com – as its new digital operation gets underway in New York |newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=22 July 2013|date=14 September 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019113929/https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/guardian-unveils-us-url |archive-date= Oct 19, 2013 }}</ref> After a period during which [[Katharine Viner]] served as the US editor-in-chief before taking charge of ''Guardian News and Media'' as a whole, Viner's former deputy, Lee Glendinning, was appointed to succeed her as head of the American operation at the beginning of June 2015.<ref>{{cite web |first=Jasper |last=Jackson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/01/lee-glendinning-editor-guardian-us |title=Lee Glendinning appointed as editor of Guardian US | Media |work=The Guardian |date=1 June 2015 |access-date=6 March 2016 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305042151/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/01/lee-glendinning-editor-guardian-us |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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