"The Guardian" Launches Digital Edition for Australia

"The Guardian" Launches Digital Edition for Australia

                            

ADELAIDE, KOMPAS.com- Is this the future trend of the media industry? One of the most famous British newspaper, The Guardian , announced their intention to launch a digital edition in Australia.

Edition will appear this year driven by so much Guardian reader , which living in Australia, according to the launch editor of this edition, Katharine Viner, Tuesday (15/01/2013).

"We've had a lot of readers in Ausstralia, who told us that they wanted to read more reports directly from the field , comments are full of content, and open and full of innovation journalism, "Viner said in a statement, as reported by Australian news agency AAP .

" We will put a small team in Australia that will cover issues importance to Australia and Australian readers connect with a network of journalists and commentators Guardian in the world, "he continued.

It also said The Guardian already have a digital reader global total of 39 million, with 1.3 million of them living in Australia. This operation will be assisted by Graeme Wood, founder and editor of news sites and features a non profit, The Global Mail, as a former director of editorial policy ABC Paul Chadwick will become non-executive director Guardian Australia.

"I welcome the contribution that will be made Guardian Australia for media diversity." said Chadwick.

The Guardian, with an independent editorial tradition and the long investigations, is the leading innovator in the field of news and digital information. "The decision to open the issue of Australia is testament to optimism that quality journalism can still perform the function of democratic media in the midst of rapid change." Said Chadwick again.

Chief Editor Guardian News and Media Alan Rushbridger said the issue of Australia is a "natural step" for the media, which began in 1821 in the UK. "Australia is not only a digital edition will present a unique story about Australia, an important country globally and regionally, but also a base for reporting and interacting with people across Asia," he said.

Reuters correspondent reported in Australia, strong L. Literature Wijaya, The Guardian is one of the influential media in the UK. In the political map, The Guardian tends to support the Labour Party in Britain, and is considered more inclined to the "left" in a political direction.

Initially, this media format printed newspaper (broadsheet ), though in recent years, more smaller format though not the tabloid format. the newspaper format, The Guardian competes with such The Daily Times and The Daily Telegraph .

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