Guardian Media Group
Guardian Media Group has only one shareholder - The Scott Trust. The Trust forms part of a unique ownership structure for the Guardian that ensures editorial interests remain free of commercial pressures.
Today more than half of our revenue comes directly from our readers, helping to support Guardian journalism and keep it open for everyone.
Our structure
Guardian Media Group (GMG) owns Guardian News & Media (GNM) - the publisher of the Guardian and Observer newspapers in the UK, theguardian.com and Guardian US and Guardian Australia.
The Scott Trust, named after our longest serving editor, CP Scott, exists to secure the financial and editorial independence of the Guardian in perpetuity.
Leadership
editor-in-chief,
Guardian News & Media
Katharine Viner is editor-in-chief of the Guardian, a position she has held since June 2015. Prior to this, Katharine was deputy editor 2008-2015, launched the award-winning Guardian Australia in 2013, and was also editor of Guardian US, based in New York. Since becoming editor, she has put the Guardian’s purpose at the heart of its journalism and led the development of the Guardian’s successful reader contribution strategy. Under Katharine’s leadership, the Guardian became the first news organisation in the world to win both an Oscar and a Bafta.
chief executive,
Guardian Media Group
Anna Bateson is the chief executive of Guardian Media Group (GMG), a role she took up in September 2022. Anna worked at the Guardian from 2016 onward, first as VP for platforms and partnerships and then from 2017-2020 as chief customer officer, and briefly as interim chief executive. Prior to the Guardian, Anna worked at a number of tech and media organisations, including YouTube, Google, ITV, MTV and Bloomberg, and was most recently CEO at a VC-backed e-commerce beauty business.
GNM executive committee
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Sustainability
Being a purposeful and sustainable business is central to the Guardian’s strategy, bringing together many aspects of our work and the decisions we take together.
In 2019, we became the first major news organisation to certify as a B Corporation. In 2023, we successfully renewed our certification, increasing our overall score and making progress in almost every category.
We are committed to reaching our goal of eliminating two thirds of our emissions by 2030 and report on this annually.
Our people
We value and respect all differences in people, seen and unseen, and aspire to an open, supportive and inclusive culture which makes the Guardian a good place to work for everyone. We have a global workforce, with the majority of our staff in the UK and growing operations in Australia and the US.
Supporting the Guardian
GMG operates a diverse revenue model including reader revenues, advertising, jobs advertising, licensing and philanthropic funding. We are increasingly global with growing commercial operations in the US and Australia. Revenue from readers now accounts for over 50% of GMG's annual revenue, with more than half of reader revenue coming from readers outside the UK.
Reader funding
Guardian readers can show their financial support for our journalism by giving a single amount as often as they like, or by setting up a recurring payment every month or year. To support at a higher level, they can join our Patrons programme.
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